Housing:

USC Off-Campus Housing Services

The State--Columbia newspaper

Apartment Guide



Searches using "Downtown," "Shandon," "Five Points," "Rosewood," "USC," or "Forest Acres," will keep you fairly close to the University.

Utilities and Phone

Electric & Gas: South Carolina Electric and Gas (SCE&G)

A deposit of $150 is required to have lights cut on (this could be waived, depending on what comes back from your credit check). You should apply no later than one day before you need service. In order to apply, you must give your driver's license and social security numbers. If you are sharing the apartment, SCE&G will need the name(s) and social security number(s) of your roommate(s). If you need to have gas turned on, make arrangements with SCE&G to light the pilot. You may apply by phone.

1-800-251-7234 or, if in Columbia, 799-9000 (24 hr/day service - will accept collect calls)

Main Branch: 1400 Lady Street

The State--Columbia newspaper

Student rates (as of August 2005) are as follows:

Daily (Monday-Sunday) 17 weeks = $31.00

Daily (Monday-Saturday) 17 weeks = $16.00

Friday-Sunday) 17 weeks - $23.00


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Water: City of Columbia

There is an application fee of $30 if the water is on or $45 if the water has been turned off. The application and connection fees can be added to your first bill. You can apply over the phone - you will be asked to verify your social security number.

Telephone: Bellsouth (dialup or DSL internet)

1-888-757-6500 - this service is available 24 hr/day

You will be asked to complete an application over the phone. If you are sharing a phone with a roommate(s), you will also need to give their name(s) and social security number(s). Also, you will be asked to give two emergency names and phone numbers: your landlord's name and phone number and one other. Once you have completed the application, a credit check will be run. If a deposit is required, you may be asked to pay $75 - $250 deposit (depending on your credit rating). Ask the operator for the nearest location to pay if a deposit is required. There will be a one-time installation fee of $40 if a phone line already exists or $129.25 if a new line must be put in. This can be added to your first bill. You must show proof of ID when you pay the deposit.

Cable: Time Warner Cable (and high speed internet)

Car Registration

Department of Motor Vehicles

Campus Parking

Reserved parking spaces are available for the Campus Parking Garages.

General parking decals are available for $40.00 a year. The decals allow you to park in designated lots during the week and in Faculty/Staff lots Monday - Friday starting at 4:00 P.M.

There are also parking meters throughout the campus.

For more information on campus parking: Vehicle Management and Parking Services. Parking Services are located at the Pendleton Street Garage, 1501 Pendleton Street - directly across from the Department of Anthropology. Maps of the university, including all parking lots and garages, can be obtained at the Pendleton Street Garage.

For information on the public bus system that services the campus, call Central Midlands Regional Transit Authority at 255-7133.

Hamilton College - The Department of Anthropology

Turney-High Lounge, on the 3rd floor of Hamilton College, has a refrigerator, microwave and a few other appliances that the students are allowed to use.

Computer Lab

There is a Graduate Student Computer Lab on the 2nd floor of Hamilton College for your use.