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Columbia CONTINUED FROM PAGE 3 Theatre opens its 37th season this season with the staging of “Ragtime.” The production of the award-winning musical’s Broad way run garnered 14 Tony nomi nations in 1998. Workshop Theatre’s production of the award-winning musical promises to be a success as well. The theatre will stage five more productions during its 2003-2004 season, which concludes with the famed “Jesus Christ Superstar” in May. Columbia’s Trustus Theatre also produces many works each year. The theater has begun its 19th season with “The Night of the Iguana” on Sept. 5. The Tennessee Williams play runs through Sept. 27. Bringing the beauty of ballet to the Roger Center stage, USC Dance will stage its first fall pro duction on Oct. 16. This year’s bal let is entitled “Star Crossed,” and it features selections from the musical, “West Side Story.” In addition to holding school produced events, The Roger Center, located right on campus, holds a variety of traveling pro ductions, including operas and concerts. The impressive glass front hall is a valuable asset to both USC performers and the area artistic community as a whole. With so many art-related op tions, one can easily indulge in the best of high-minded culture in Columbia. Art enthusiasts have access to world-class works, while theatre buffs can take in storied productions. Combining the staples of college life with an array of artistic offerings, the Capital City has proved that it not only knows how to strident ly support a favorite football team, but that it appreciates the art world’s finest creations as well. Take a weekend and ex plore all of Columbia’s cultured options. Comments on this story?E-mail gamecockmixeditor@hotmail.com Housing director plans new suite-style residence hall BY ADAM BEAM THE GAMECOCK A new suite-style residence hall for freshmen and sopho mores is in the planning stages, according to Housing Director Gene Luna. The residence hall is phase four of housing’s expansion proj ect. Luna said the dorm would eventually replace the Towers, which are scheduled for demoli tion sometime after West Quad opens in 2004. Luna said USC President Andrew Sorensen will present the proposal to the Board of Trustees sometime this semes ter. A location has not been de cided yet. USC's master plan calls for two research science build ings to be built on the Towers site. The removal of the Towers would reduce the number of hall style dorms on campus from 10 to six, as housing continues to try to respond to students’ wish es. The new dorm should also help with housing freshmen. All freshmen are guaranteed hous ing if they apply by May 1. For the past two years, that meant some freshmen had to begin their college careers by living in ho tels. This year, Housing assigned on-campus housing for all first year students who applied - some 3,070 spots. The new dorm would be the third housing project announced in the past two years. West Quad, an environment-friendly “green” apartment-style dorm, is sched uled to open in fall 2004. The Greek Village on Blossom Street opened four more houses / this year, with three more sched uled to be open in the next two to three weeks. That has opened up space in the McBryde Quadrangle for 175 first-year stu dents. Adam Hark, president of the Residence Hall Association, said he thinks the Towers should be tom down, but not at the loss for students. He said the proposal for the new dorm should be a relief to students. “I'm leery of the impression I've gotten that Greek housing will fill some of the void for the Towers,” he said. “I don't think someone should have to go Greek to go Greek to stay on campus.” rhis article originally ran in the Xugust 21,2003, issue. Comments on this story?E-mail ’amecockudesk@hotmail.com ■