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Vol. LXIII-No. 19- University of South Carolina, Columbia, S. C. 29208 Thursday, November 2, 1972 The noise BY BOB "You can't have progress with( Murdichian, resident engineer for undergraduate library. Murdichian said the reason for tl to keep the earth from giving way "Presently we are having to use is harder than we had anticipated. piles would drive at 35 blows per per foot. Subsequently, we had to 1 on schedule." "actually the excava stage to a two and one half year completed there will be four sub fle library." Opinion is varied on the new librn said "the construction is necessai in this summer." Lester Duncan, documents librai that we are willing to put up with Fraternity opinion was more ad1 tion is unbelievable," said Sarge Thomas, Kappa Alpha said "they s is bad and relocation notices were before school started." When asked about the new lib president business affairs said th library for the past three years. "T built underground for reasons of c< tion." Brunton said the excavation an the summer session but constructi "We know that the piledriving p but the piles are required under 1 precaution against possible cave-i: the pile driving will be finished b the university made contingency pl out relocation notices for anyone and installing air conditioners for noise. Brunton also said that in the lal be closed to put in a new air cond existing library. Miss Black USC Finalists chosen BY BETTY ANNE WILLIAMS The five finalists in the Miss Black USC pageant were presented Wednesday after Black Vogue, the Black Week fashion oresentatinn. Finalists, Yvonne Clark, Felicia Friendly, Marjorie Miller, Cynthia Jenkins and Cynthia McLeod, par ticipated in talent, evening gown and question competition. They were judged by three official judges and a body of students in the Association of Afro-American Stu dents. Miss Black USC will be selected on the basis of votes from the judg ing panel and the Association mem bers. The winner will be crowned at the Black Ball Friday night on T the Coliseum concourse. Each participant was to express "Who I Am". Each chose to use dramatization as her medium. The celebration of Black Week will continue with Talent Unlimited tomorrow night. Their competition followed a showing of African and American fashions in "Black Vogue" with Association members and models from Fashions Unlimited, a local men's shonn of progress GRONDAHL out some inconvenience," said Karmy the eight story addition to the Cooper e piledriver was to drive steel sheeting behind the library. two pike drivers because the ground Core samples indicated that the sheet foot, but we are driving at 70 blows ise a more powerful piledriver to keep tion and pile driving are only the first project he said. "When the library is ors and four floors to match the present try construction. Tom Ingram, a senior, ry but they should have put the steel ian said "we have been waiting so long the noise." erse. "The room shakes and the vibra Cashon from Pi Kappa Phi. Charles tarted at an inopportune time, the dust " sent out by the university three weeks rary addition, Harold Brunton, vior : university has been planning a new lie majority of new libraries now being ast, space security and book preserva I piledriving had been scheduled for Dn problems had caused a delay. resents a noise hazard," Brunton said, he Federal Safety Standards Act as a is. Hopefully, if the weather holds up, ,y November 15th. "Brunton said that ans for the fraternities such as sending waiting to move before school started the fraternities to inhibit the dust and :e spring the library will temporarily itioning system and renovation of the YE /1 ~ ( ies day' s the bigi i i lW Doug Finberg Student Senate Passes two bills BY NICK PARHAM Student Senate passed two resolu tions during a short session Wed nesday night. The first called for the "im mediate installment of more and better lighting on campus" because the "lack of lighting in strategic areas has given rise to numerous assults on university students and or their personal property." The resolution stated that the uni versity had received federal money for security expenditures and asked that these and other monies be used for the project. During discussion Senator Hun gate said she had been informed by the business office that the federal money had already been spent on other projects. The second resolution asked the administration to remove the Institute of Archeology and Anthropology from the bottom floor of Maxcy because of space prob lems. Specifically, the measure pointed out that Maxcy has a recrea tion room large enough for only one ping-pong table, district no. 10 has only one study room, and residents must go outside to reach the The question was raised as to 87 where the institute would be moved. Tim McConnel, president of the Senate, stated that the old B. A. new location.