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MUSC and USC to create envi
ronmentally friendly campuses.
The SUI will conduct a full sur
vey of all the trees on campus lat
er this month.
Mike Roman, the environ
mental protection manager for
University Housing, says that the
electrical vehicles are mainly an
attention-grabber.
“We got the electrical vehicles
to make people pay attention to
our efforts to make the universi
ty more environmentally re
sponsible,” Roman said.
Roman also wants the electri
cal vehicles program to serve as a
role model for the rest of the uni
versity — he said it might en
courage other departments to be
environmentally friendly.
The electrical vehicle pro
gram began more than two years
ago, and in the coming months
Facility Services, the universi
ty post office and Parking
Services will be using at least
one of the four electrical vehi
cles.
Roman is also involved in
making sure students in univer
sity housing have the ability to
recycle while on campus.
Roman organized the waste
management for students mov
ing out of university housing at
the end of the spring semester.
The plan, called Move Out 2003,
has had collection bins placed on
every floor in every residence
hall for electronics, clothes, and
other items. Some residence
halls had areas to deposit furni
ture.
Also, the waste management
program at the nearly complete
Greek Village is almost up and
running.
According to Laura Pergolizzi
of USC Environmental Services,
the Greek Village will have full
recycling capabilities by mid-fall.
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Interest rates are
lowest in 30 years
BY BRIAN RAY
THE GAMECOCK
Now is a good time to take out
new student loans or consolidate
existing ones, according to Ed
Miller, director of the Office of
Financial Aid and Scholarships.
“Interest rates on student loans
are the lowest they’ve been in 30
years,” said Miller.
Interest rates for out-of-school
Stafford loans are down to 3.42
percent from 4.06 percent while
in-school rates for the loan are
down to 3.86 percent from 4.46 per
cent. Interest rates for PLUS loans
are down to 4.22 percent from 4.86
percent.
Stafford loans let students bor
row on their own credit, whereas
PLUS loans allow parents to bor
row on behalf of their child.
The new rate will affect student
loans taken out after October 1,
1998. Loans taken out before that
date will be slightly higher.
But graduating students might
want to think twice before con
solidating their loans, Miller said,
because they could lock them
selves into the current rate and
miss out on lower rates if the econ
omy improves.
No one can consolidate loans
more than once, Miller said.
“There’s no deadline for debt
consolidation any year,” said Sallie
Mae spokeswoman Erin Korsvall.
Sallie Mae is one of the leading ed
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