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In response to these complaints. The
Cavalier Daily contacted every major appliance
store in Charlottesville. In response to this
investigation, it was discovered that only one
store carried refrigerators that met University
requirements. Ray Fisher, Inc., stated that they
carried the refrigerator that met the
specifications and that it sold for $99.95.

All of the other stores contacted stated that
they either did not carry the type of
refrigerator needed or that it would take a
"long time to order it."

The Student Council seems to have expected
this problem as a committee has already begun
to look into the possibility of the Council
renting or selling refrigerators to students at a
lower cost than private enterprise.

Kevin Mannix, President of the Student
Council, stated that there were two reasons that
the Council might get involved in the supplying
of refrigerators.