Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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LOT PULL Signs of the times Kaat Efftveaing Effective Liseding Ballet__ _ _ Chess___ __ Adv. Chess ___ Guitar I ____ Parking BY CHERE COPE "The University should be pres sured into doing something about the parking problem," says Tim McConnell, vice president of stu dent government. "The student senate supposedly has power over traffic and parking-but it's really no power at all when a parking bill the senate has passed sits on Presi dent Jones' desk for a month with no explanation as to why it has or has not been signed." Last April, a bill designed to reduce parking and traffic prob lems on campus was passed by the student senate. The bill called for a parking lot in the coliseum desig nated for commuting students, with improved bus transportation to and from campus. "The bill was hung up in the presi WELCOME KORT COUtsEs OPEJMJ "OUSE. TIME PL __ _ _ _Mon. 7 P____ __________Mon 8 ____908 Woodr< STTH 7:30 _ ____P Wed. 5:15 PS __ _ _ _Mon. 7 __ _ _ _R STH 8 _ __ _ R -__ _ Tues. 2 R____ ____Tues. 9:30 am R SWeds. 7 ____PE D/ __ _ _ _ _ _Mon. 8_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ____ TBA______ ____Fri. 4 R____ Droblem: dents office for over a month before we even got a letter explaining why it hadn't been signed. Jones gave us little or no explanation as to why he had not acted on the bill," McCon nell says. Jones says the reason the bill has not been passed is because the buses were run practically empty last year. "There were no takers. But the bus has been rerouted to put the Coliseum on the route. We'll do what's possible," he added. McConnell says that the reason the buses weren't used is because they were inefficient. "They weren't running on proper schedules. Because of the con gested traffic, the buses were late, and consequently students were late to class." ACE COURSI C 310 Guitar II ~w St. Women's E 105 Photogral C 102 Israeli Fol H 322 Flower Al H 307 Square ID H 321 Skepticir H 308 It. Cultu LNCE Yoga - . TBA Biking . TBA Greek Co4 H 322 Wunemak answer The senate parking bill was passed mainly to encourage com muter students to park at the col iseum. "The problem is," says George Key at security, "that the majority of South Carolina's stu dents live off campus and commute. It can be understood where the problems lie." If the bus service could be improved so that commuter stu dents would use the coliseum park ing facilities, much of the problem, seemingly would be eliminated. However, according to Key, the shuttle service would be economi cally unfeasible. "Assuming that 250 students were bused from the coliseum to meet an 8:00 class, this would require at least seven buses with a 45-passenger capacity." It would not be practical Jones adds. STIME ____________Weds. 4 aib __________Tues. 7 _ hy ________Mon. 7:30 _ c Dancing Alt. Mon. 7:30 rangingTB incing _________Th. 8 TBA _ es _______Weds. 8:30.. SMTH 7:30 ________Fri. 3:306 king __________Th 6__ ___________ M8 _ in sight? Security has other plans to alleviate the parking problem, including an addition to the parking garage and the utilization of tem porary lots, until they are built up. Also, Jones says, the administration is looking into a protected and sec ure bicycle rack at the coliseum for commuters who could park their cars and ride bikes to class. Long range plans include a monorail sys tem. "But this would not even be in the development stage for at least 2-5 years," Key said. "The administration is too con cerned about long range plans," McConnell concludes, "The prob lem is how to solve parking now. We are concerned as to why the administration hasn't acted. Are they going to wait until someone gets killed?" PLACE SRH 307 _______Currell 104 ________RH 321 ____Russell H 310 S~TBA _________TBA S~TBA _______RH 307 SR H 306 S~RH 322 Baptist Center " TRA