Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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VOL. LXII - NO. 86 University of South Carolina, Columbia, S. C. 29208 Thursday, June15, 1972 Horseshoe Scl While the city of Columbia has never been known for its main tenence of areas of historical significance, one location within the city is to be renovated because of its 'historic interest." The USC Horseshoe will have a facelifting which is slated to begin in .July 1973, pending allocation of state and federal funds. According to David Spinazzolo, USC student body president and former Horseshoe president, a bond for $2.8 million has been sent to the Senate Finance Committee. Student Government, who did a lot of lobbying for the project, are optimistic about the passage of the bond. While the entire Horseshoe will be involved, Spinazzolo said that the residence areas are the first priority since they are still used as dorms. Harold Brunton, dean of Business Affairs, said that the renovation and restoration will not occur overnight, but that "they vff1 Cracking and peeling exteriors are only two of the problems facing Horseshoe renovators. The entire ManaA patron When two summer camps moved into the Physical Education center, students and faculty were asked to move out. Uinder an arrangement worked out by the University Ombudman's office, anyone who has paid a $5.00 fee for the first term may receive a refund. Anyone wishing to have a refund only from the time when a limited number of courts were available may receive a refund of $2.50 through the P'. E. management. Anyone wishing to completely cancel his usage.of.the facility for renovation Ledule would be spread over a period of about ten years." Brunton also said that he felt the renovation was important because 'the Horseshoe has historical significance and that what should be the most prestigious place on campus is actually rented for the lowest rates." According to l)ean Brunton, there are three main areas of proposed renovation. The first area is exterior work which includes repainting, waterproofing and windows. The buildings are no longer waterproof because of the crumbling bricks, which causes the interior walls to blister. The walls also cannot hold paint because of this. The second area of renovation involves the interior, which will cost the most by far, since more will be involved. Spinazzola said that the interior would probably have to be gutted. Two plans for remodeling the interior have been submitted by student government A insides of the buildings involved must eventually be gutted to replace antiquated systems. remen t s full n teentire first summer term will be allowed a full $5.00 refund. C'oach I'rank McGuire is con ducting a three-week basketball camp in the facility while D)r. Warren Giese of the physical education department operates a five-week summer program, the N('AA Suimmer Sports Program for l)isadvantaged Youth. l'or years McGuire has operated a basketball camp for young people and the University has made it a practice to make ser vices and facilities available to the camp. lE'or the first time, the newly conibleted Phyufe'a'V' Eddeation set f( but neither has yet been accepted. Landscaping the grounds will be the third phase of the project. This will also include lighting and new walks. Several suggestions have been made as to work on the grounds, including restoration of a well, and of a gazebo which existed before 1860. Another suggestion has been to close the Horseshoe to traffic. The renovation will include installation of air-conditioning systems and improvements in the plumbing which "is primitive and periodically fails." The electrical system also needs improvement since it "is designed for 'pre app)iance' and 'pre air-conditioning' days." All the buildings slated for restoration and renovation currently were erected before 1860, including two which were built in the first two decades of the cen tury. The peripheral Horseshoe, those buildings on Pendleton and Green Streets, are not involved in this project, although they will get similar repairs at a later date. Spinazzolo said that if the money for the Horseshoe is approved that it will leave the money formerly used on Horseshoe maintenance to be used elsewhere, such as the peripheral horseshoe. In a letter to Charles Lee, director of the S. C. Department of Archives and History, Brunton asked him to "file a request with the Department of the Interior for federal aid." Sr4cifically, this would include a planning grant of $5,000 with which to hire an ar chitect to advise on the restoration. For the restoration project itself, Brunton mentioned a total of $5 million. In both instances, the fee would be shared with the University paying half and the Department of the Interior providing the rest. As far as renovating the interior of the tenements, the prevailing offiers fund facility was included in the areas requested by McGuire. The Ombudsman's office said, "We have checked with the management of the facility, and find that current student and faculty demand for the facility is not as great as the demand generated by the two special programs: it seems logical, therefore, for the University to make an adjustment for faculty and students who have been in convenienced during the month of .lune and to plan scheduling hereafter in a way that will avoid a r Jul idea seems to be that of apartment style living similar to that planned for Bates House West, a planned girls dormitory. :J3 University employees are repainting screen frames and some other woodwork of buildings on the Horseshoe. Although SGA, cor abolish p By joint decision of the Student Government Association and the Registration Committee of the University, the present system of registration priorities has been abolished. The action came following discussion concerning the inequities of the former system and the unwillingness of either student government or the ad ministration to assume the task. According to Tim McConnell, SGA vice president, there have been 3000 requests for the allotted 500 priorities each semester for the past few years. The number of priorities was set by the Registration Committee which consisted of two students and nine faculty members and ad ministrators including one ex officio member. McC'onnell also said there was considerable difficulty in deter mining whether or not a student was making a legitimate request or merely "trying to beat the syatem." y 73 The buildings involved in the project at this time are: Rutledge, Continued on page 2 renovation in this area will hopefully begin July, 1973, the woodwork must be maintained to keep it from rotting. nmittee riorities SGA proposed several alter natives to the former system, including the formation of a committee composed of students, faculty and administrators to handle only those cases that the committee deemed extremely urgent and necessary. Another proposal would make the Registrar's office fully responsible for the issuance of priorities as demonstrated in Student Senate Resolution No. 4-28-72-3. Neither suggestion gained any degree of support from the Registration Committee. " The registration system is already set up on a priority basis, for it is based on the number of hours earned," said McConnell. " What we are concerned with is an exception to the pre-established priority system. However, to give one student an additional priority means that he is being pushed ahead of some other student, thus leaving another student to register at a later time. "There is.no fair way."'....