Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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ID Cards serve many purposes by Bob Askins Office of Information Technology It’s an ID card. It’s a phone card. It’s a dis count card for cultural events. The USCard, the University of South Carolina’s multi-purpose photo-identification card, is all of these things and more. There are an incredible number of features packed into this credit card-sized piece of plastic. It’s a veritable Swiss Army knife of cards and one of the most important items to keep on hand for campus life. You need a USCard to pick up student tickets for athletic events and for admission at the gate. A student card is good for a discount at most University sponsored concerts, plays and other cul tural events. It is also good for discounts at a number of lo ad movie theaters. If you live in on-campus housing, the USCard may be the key to your residence hall. And, if you have a meal plan or cash card, that’s on the card as well. You can even run it through a little device in the Registrar’s Office to get a self-service printed copy of your class schedule. Guard your Card Etch student who registers for classes at USC I Columbia will be issued one identification card free of charge. . I*', - . -.A--. If you lose your card, there is a $10 charge to replace it, so hang on to your card. You could be subject to disciplinary action for lending an identification card to anyone; for failing to present a student identification card when requested to do so by a University official; lor possessing more titan one student identification card or for possessing an other student's identification card. The USCard is engineered to last at least four years (.that's 25.000 Ilex test cycles in engineering speak). It will be valid throughout your university career even if you leave the University and re-en roll at a later dale. How Do I Get One? Girds are produced on-site in the ID card pro duction station located in the Carolina Mall, base ment level of the Russell House University Union. USCards are issued to students during the ori entation process and cards are also produced Mon day through Friday between 8:30 am and 4:30 p.m. For more information, contact the ID card pro duction station at (803) 777-1709, the Office ol the University Registrar, (803) 777-5555, or the Rcg is(rar’s Web site, aigo.regs.sc.edu. -1 0 \ U N I V I R S I i Y_O | SOUTH(7\ROLI NA. COLUMBIA 1234 4321 1234 4321 Cocky AUTH-#1 234123 1 I US HELP YOU WITH ... - What you can do with your major - Resources for finding career-related ' work experience Career planning during and after college CAREER^^CENTER For more information: Visit the Career Center on the 6th floor, Close (BA) Bldg. Call: 777-7280 Email: career@sc.edu http://www.sc.edu/career/ Hours:8:30-5 M-F