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Russell House serves as community center of campus by Kevin Langston Journalism Senior Located near the center of campus, the Russell House University Union serves as the community center for USC. At the Russell House, you can meet old friends or new ones for socializing, relaxing, dining, shop ping, dancing, a movie, a lecture, a concert, a co median, a game of billiards or a meeting. It provides facilities, services and programs designed to afford opportunities for social interaction and leisure ac tivities that complement the academic experience, enhance personal growth and development and pro vide for many of the day-to-day campus life needs of USC students, faculty, staff and their guests. The 200,000 square foot facility contains five floors, which include meeting rooms, offices, lounges, recreation areas, dining facilities, the Russell House Bookstore and various other services and amenities for the enhancement of campus life. Make yourself at home and take full advantage of the wide variety of activities and services that the Russell House has to offer. The Russell House also houses several of the uni versity’s dining areas. In addition to the Grand Mar ketplace, the campus cafeteria, it is home to Pizza Hut, Chick-fil-A, Taco Bell, the Gamecock Grill, Sub City, Baker Street and Freshens Yogurt. In ad dition, the union houses the Country Store conve nience store (located in the Carolina Mall), where you can stock up on food supplies, rent a video or get your film developed. For your school supply needs, the University Bookstore is located in the Russell House. The book store is newly renovated and is ready to serve your entire book and supply needs. The Carolina Mall, located in the Russell House base ment, offers a variety of stores for your convenience, including the Contact Lens Clinic, Earthworks and Scholastic Profiles. The Information Center is in the second floor lobby of the Russell House, and its staff can pro vide you with up-to-date information about pro grams, activities and services in the Russell House as well as the university in general. The center also offers a lost-and-found service, poster making, pho tocopying, tickets to upcoming events and a Capi tal Ticket Outlet. The theater located on the second floor has week ly features that are free to the student body. Some of the films shown last semester were “Fight Club,” “The Phantom Menace,” “Full Metal Jacket” and “2001.” The theater also shows sneak previews be fore they’re released to the general public. “Amer ican Beauty” and “U-571 ” are some of the sneak pre view features that have come to the Russell House Theater. Other services offered in the Russell House are the Campus Activities Center, Quick Copy (on the third floor), mail and package pick-up (located in the basement), Student Media (on the third floor), Stu dent Orientation and Testing (located on the third floor) and Veterans Affairs. I-_J Photo By Sean Rayford The Russell House rests on Greene Street and acts as the social center of campus. Students come here to eat, check their mail, buy school supplies and just hang out The sisters of Alpha Chi Omega welcotne you to USC!