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News_____ Seriate pass resolution to improve parking lots around Swearingen by Brandon Larrabee Staff Waiter Student Senate a refsholfu.t'°i! re‘ questing that USC im prove its maintenance of university parking lots near the College of En gineering was unani mously approved by the student senate Wednesday. According to die resolution, the parking lots “could risk the health and personal property of the students who park there.” “The student senate... requests that the quality of park ing adjacent to the College of Engineering is improved to the same standards as all other paved lots on the University of South Carolina campus,” the resolution states. However, Senate Finance Committee Chairwoman Sal ly Bailentine said that, according to Director of Vehicle Man agement Derrick Huggins, USC can’t pave the lots be cause they are leased from South Carolina Electric & Gas Co. But she said the university still has a responsibility to maintain the lots. “%fe lease it, so it’s our job to maintain it,” Bailentine said. “What we want to come out of this-is a regular mainte nance schedule.” Also on V^fednesday, the senate discussed an ammend ment that would allow Student Government to use special projects funding that student organizations fail to spend. Under the current financial codes, special projects fund ing refers to money given to student organizations to pay for projects or programs that are educational, content-neutral and open to all students.Content-neutral means the project does not advocate a certain religious or political belief. The bill would allow the Finance Committee to create' a special “Senate Projects Account” with any unused spe cial projects funds. The funds would then go toward projects sponsored by Student Government. ‘We’re not taking money away from anybody or any thing,” Ballentine said. “This [the captured funding] would be for student gov ernment activities,” Ballentine said. Timothy Clardy, former Finance Committee chairman, helped with the bill and said it would not give senate any powers it didn’t already have. The Senate will vote on the bill at its next meeting. Bookstore from page 1 Because meters aren’t monitored on the weekends, McLauchlin said many stu dents take up parking spaces close to the store, and frustrated would-be cus tomers take their business elsewhere. Nevertheless, McLauchlin’s compe tition at Addam’s and SC Bookstore said USC students need nearby bookstores with regular weekend business hours. Addam’s acting manager Michael Oliver said the store is open until 5 p.m. every Saturday and Sunday. “We found those hours are what the students have wanted,” Oliver said. “Be ing open on Sunday and having regular hours on Saturday is important.... These hours are the most suitable for our cus tomers.” Although SC Bookstore is only open on Sundays after Gamecock home games, front manager Greg Yancey said being open until 5 p.m. on Saturday is not on ' ly good business, but also a student ne cessity. ^ “It’s convenient for the students,” Yancey said. “Not everybody can get here during normal business hours. It’s just good taste.” But Yancey admits that SC’s attempts at offering Sunday hours have not brought in necessary profits. “We have considered it, but it has not been cost-effective,” Yancey said. While SC might have trouble at tracting Sunday customers, there are stu dents who say they would support The Russell House Bookstore if it opened for Sunday business again. Journalism freshman William Trout man said because of his hectic weekday schedule, he would definitely patronize the Russell House Bookstore on Sundays. “Sunday is the only day I have time for myself... [and] because I five in Pre ston, right across the street [from the book store],” Troutman said. “It’s just really convenient.” Athletic training sophomore Erin Schoen agreed “[It’s convenient] not having to go off campus, especially when you have homework to do,” Schoen said. And Denise Poole, an engineering major, said she would appreciate the store being open on Sundays when her family visits. “Sometimes, your parents are here, and they want to go in and look around,” Poole said. Picnic from page 1 said, “I think that maybe the other resi dents should get to interact with the pres ident more so that they, too, can feel in volved on campus.” Laborde resident Michael Jordan re spects the Palms’ decision to meet their neighbors this way. “I believe that it is perfectly reason able to want to meet your direct neigh bors,” Jordan said. Some Horseshoe residents, including Woodrow resident Alecia Ayer, say they understand why the Palmses invite only their neighbors. According to Melani Miller, associ ate director for Residence Life, 350 stu dents live on the Horseshoe, compared to 5,545 undeigraduates who live elsewhere on campus. Thomwell resident Jill Hauswald said, “I think it would be nice to do this with everybody, but it would get way out of hand. How would they manage that?” Both Rutledge resident Kathryn Hen derson and Thomwell resident Cheryl Lemon agreed that having this picnic makes the president and his wife more ap proachable. Service from page 1 You get a good feeling after you’ve ac complished something to help somebody else out. I think that’s the good thing about being in a sorority.” Although members have a specific number of service hours they must per form, service projects don’t take too much time out of a busy schedule. “All the service projects are on the weekends. Saturday, we’re doing Habi tat for Humanities,” Hollinshead said. For students who don’t want to give up their weekends, Hollinshead said some projects are offered on weekdays. Omega Phi Alpha has participated in a wide variety of service projects, from helping children with art projects at McKissick Museum to cleaning up the Colesium after the circus to selling con cessions at USC home games. Hollinshead said these activities and the teamwork involved helped make her a better person. “I think it made me an accessible per son,” Hollinshead said. “If people ask me to help with anything, I’d be willing to help. 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