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VOL. LXVI NO. 9 University of South Carolina, Columbia, S.C. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1975
Street proposal
to be reviewed
in public heari
By TOM COONEY
Gamecock Staff Writer
A public hearing will be held next week by the special
Student Government Association (SGA) committee
investigating the current proposals for Green, Sumter
and Bull streets.
The purpose of the hearing will be to permit "students
to express their opinions regarding the proposed
changes for Green, Sumter and Bull streets to the
committee. The committee will then be able to make a
,student-supported recommendation to Vice President
of Operations Harold Brunton of what should be done to
Green, Sumter and Bull, according to committee
Sparks fly
at debate
on abortion
ByBHILLY COX
Gamecock Staff Writer
"Anyone who wishes to express an
opinion is entitled to three minutes," said
Kerry Northrup, moderator of the British
Union Debate. "Whether or not you get
to use your three minutes is entirely up to
the audience."
"We would also like to remind you," he
continued, "to refrain from making
references to one's family." Everyone
laughed good-naturedly.
HY TilE time the fist-shaking, mud
slinging session was through however,
this supplement to a classroom program
resulted in genuine ring-around-the
collar for many frustrated students.
People were taking the American version
of Parliament's traditional House of
Commons debates seriously.
The debate, coordinated by Dr. Lynn
MacCauley and sponsored by the
Carolina Forensix Association with the
departments of Theateir and Speech,
centered on the issue,- "Resolved that
abortion is, in reality, murder."
"The topic was chosen from a survey of
Theater 140 classes," Northrup said.
"When I first hleardl what the issue was I
going to be, I was dismayed because it
seemed to be such a worn out subject."
But once the room was vacant and
fumigated, he acknowledged, "I was
surprised and impressed at the amountL
of emotional response it got."
lIaen Se I)BRATE, Pagn SIx
ig
,chairman Barry Alford.
The hearing has been set for 3 p.m., Wednesday, Oct.
8. It will be held in the Russell House Theatre.
AFTER THE HEARING, the committee will do one of
three things: approve the current plans, suggest
alternative plans or recommend that everything be left
the way it is now. Alford said the committee's recom
mendation will depend upon the attitude of the student
body toward the proposed changes.
Alford said he hopes a large number of students turn
out to express their opinions at the hearing, and
hopefully they will have a good understanding'of what
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the proposals for the three streets involve. If they come
in with a general understanding of the plans, we'll be off
to a headstart, he said.
BASICALLY, with regard to Green Street, the plans
call for the widening of the street by 10 feet on both sides,
the construction of a 20-foot wide landscaped median
down the middle of the street, and the elimination of
parking on the street. Also, utility and phone lines will
be placed underground should Green be widened. Even
if it is not widened Brunton has suggested the lines be put
under ground anyway, according to Alford. The changes
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5C to seek
5 million
f reports
st for $65.2-million in state funds for the fiscal year 1976-77
USC's nine campus system with projected enrollment of
ents was approved Tuesday by the Executive Committee
ird of Trustees.
uest, when submitted to the Commission oi Higher
, represents a 3.7 per cent increase over the $6,'-million
r the current fiscal year.
,ARD of Trustees, which approved the budget in principle
uthorized the executive committee to act for the full
!n complete enrollment figures were available.
sident William H. Patterson said the request of state
he main campus is $159,000 less than was requested for
it fiscal year.
lest for state funding of regional campuses is $2.3-million
was requested for the current fiscal year.
REGIONAL campuses will require a greater ap
i because of a 21 per cent increase in enrollment since
ecause three of the campuses--Aiken, Spartanburg and
rolina--have reached four year status," Patterson said.
r programs by their very nature require more funds than
air schools."
2-million state appropriation request will be augmented
m federal funds, student fees and other revenue sources
a total operating budget of $100.1-million for fiscal year
Ie current total nine-campus budget of $87.9-million. The
ate budget of $53.9-million, which includes enrollment
ts, was appropriated by the South Carolina General
lairman T. Eston Marchant said the committee took no
a letter from U.S. Sen. Ernest F. Hollings, urging the
rustees to hold a special public hearing to "clear the air"
school controversy.
t said he advised the committee of his reply to the letter.
hittee decided to defer action until the ABA investigation
us." he aid.