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VOL. LXIII-No. 37 University of South Carolina, Columbia, S. C. 29208 Monday bus stop - . at reflecting pool Spinazzol By BLAKE LORICK Gamecock Staff Writer USC Student Body President, David Spinazzolo, described steps being taken by Student Government to ease campus-community tensions and improve the quality of student life at Carolina in a press conference Friday. Spinazzolo announced the initiation of a student-operated Consumer Rela tions Bureau to arbitrate disputes between students and local merchants. He also proposed closing a section of Green Street between Pickens and Sumter Streets and converting student parking lots to attendant parking. Spinazzolo, pointed out that Univer sity students represent nearly 18,000 To Become Four-Yeal Jones: Reg By BUNNY SMITH Gamecock Staff Writer Three regional campuses, Aiken, Costal Carolina, and Spartanburg, posses the neces sary legislative requirements to become four-year colleges, according to President Thomas F. Jones. The USC Board of Trustees has already approved the addition of third-year courses at Coastal Carolina. many To add third-year courses, the tional regional campus must have 700 The ot full-time students and to proble become a four-year college, the fers fi campus must have an enroll.. In fac ment of 1000. The schools must 49th iri also meet accreditation income requirements. Pre: Dean Harold Brunton said region two factors influence the con- "cost e version of regional campuses to ing co four-year schools. The first is region South Carolina does not have as low."1 - russell plaz y "russell house Student Government's prop o Proposes consumers for the City of Columbia. "This, obviously, has a tremendous impact on the economy of the Greater Columbia area," Spinazzolo said, "In order to insure good relations between area merchants and students, Student Government has proposed a Consumer Relations Bureau." The bureau will be administered by a Board of Directors. A Grievance Committee, composed of members of the USC Legal Aid Ser vice, will investigate complaints and an Arbitration Board will rule on final solutions. Spinazzolo explained that the Columbia Chamber of Commerce and several area businessmen had cooperated on the project, but a formal endorsement of the Bureau had not been received. The Student Body President then r Institutions rional Schoc post-high school educa-dnsliiae facilties as other states.igcss,h a her factor is the income Brtosa m.. South Carolina suf-cmuesgo 'om inadequate income. t, South Carolina ranks the nation in per captia spooeya ;ident Jones said thegrdaesu al campuses provided aabu50oft ffective" way of attend-stdnboyB liege. Brunton said themoecnmi al campuses keep "Costs hm n te 3y ommtin, th st-tn thins he sai '1r osed Green Street Mall. Mall For P announced that SGA had completed an origin-destination survey of traffic patterns on Green Street which showed that 75% of traffic is either non-essential or campus oriented. Cit ing the danger to student pedestrians as well as the inconvenience to motor ists, he proposed closing this section of Green Street on an experimental basis. Spinazzolo said should the clos ing be successful and resultant prob lems be alleviated, the University con vert this section of Green into a pedes trian mall. Spinazzolo explained an artists conception of the proposed mall which was done by Steve Carter, a pro fessional planner and architect, he explained that the Mall would cost between $280,000 and $520,000 dollars. He estimated that it would take between six and eight months to com ils Meet RE Jones id Brunton expensivehous- year courses and fo d. regional centers woi I the regional great help. vth is greater Rep. Charles Edward campus, espe- (D-Horry) said he did re s hman an d the enrollment was dec -s. He said the Horry County; theref i students or expansion of Costal ( e nt s mak e u p extension to a four-yea1 e main campus tion was warranted. unton said it is He said 700 full-time; al to reside at and 1200 students ove .I school. Brun- enrolled at Coastal C Idition of third- Rep. Hodges..sai the.. edestrians plete the project. "We feel that we have a valid and well-thoughtout proposal, and we request that the University adopt this proposal and advocate its approval to the Columbia City Coun cil," Spinazzolo said. He remarked that the closing of Green Street would add to the campus parking problem by eliminating the parking places on Green. To help alleviate the problem, he called on the University to convert the parking lot on Pickens and Pendleton Streets to attendant parking on an experimental basis. If it proves to be successful, Spinazzolo advocated converting all other parking areas in a similar manner. Spinazzolo estimated that parking could be increased from 1,975 spaces to 4,368 spaces if the proposal was accepted and implemented by the University. quirements should provide a four-year col lege for the people in that area. If Coastal Carolina became a four-year college, the students would not have to come to Columbia; thus, saving the money spent on room and board. Rep. Hodges predicts that Costal will have 1000 full-time students by next year and will then be qualified under state law to become a four-year school. The STATE (Jan. 31,.1973) ur-year said in an editorial regarding ild be a regional campus expansion that the USC Board of Trustees had Hodges opened a door that could "Lead iot think to vast and wasteful over lining in spending on higher education." ore, the The contention of The STATE arolina is that South Carolina could find r imstitu- itself with a "higher educa tional structure far in excess of students its needs and far more expen rail are sive than it can afford." arolina. liversity (See State, Page 3)