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VOL. LXIII- No. 38 University of South Carolina, Columbia, S. C. 29208 Thursday. March 1 1971 Universi' BY BLAKE LORICK Gamecock Staff Writer The University has officially petitioned the Columbia City Council to close Green Street for one month on an exper imen tal basis. Harold Brunton, vice president for business affairs, released a letter that was mailed to the Mayor of Colum bia and members of the City Council. The letter states in part: "Traffic congestion and potential safety problems con tinue to multiply on Green Street in front of Russell House. Over the years, various remedies have been tried from full-time police officers to the present flashing lights installed with the cooperation of the City of Columbia. "Some people believe that with the.bottleneck that now exists, Green Street is virtually closed to traffic already. Other people believe that there is very little through traffic and many vehicles are University related or occupied with 'girl watch ing.' Most people feel that 'something should be done'. "In an effort to get some fac tual data, the stu?lents last year conducted very comprehensive origin-destination interviews involving 2,009 cars. Their study indicated that 76 per cent Studen AUTHORS NOTE: Julie is a fi USC student who has temporari continued school to live as a v and undergo a sex change fron to female. She plans to return t next fall and continue her th major. This installment deals wi early life and is written by her is being us.ed in place of he feminine name. Aaron Mi "The woman lay suffering, tr3 give birth to her baby...the bat me. Having wanted a girl fro beginning my mother was very pointed. Time dictated that I be far more than disappointed. While in the first grade, pe somewhat before, I began to1 that I was more than just me, me, the body and me, the feeli mind. I was interested in the around me and especially the of those around me. I procee explore the bodies of my frien found that those who behaved li had different bodies from m' They had bodies like my moth on the other hand, had the same as those messy little creatures w~ around playing cowboys and I I was quite confused...boys and I simply had to be a deformed m of the latter group. ty Petitior is University oriented or non essential. "Based on this study, the USC Student Government has asked us to present a formal request to City Council "to close Green Street between Sumter and Pic kens Streets for a period of one month to determine and solve traffic problems which might result. "The University Administra tion hereupon submits such a formal request." Brunton explained that the University would authorize Wil bur Smith and Associates to make an in-depth study of traf fic on Green Street. Brunton said, "The University administ ration agrees completely with the accessibility and desirabil ity of the Student Government proposal. On the other hand, we recognize concerns that the city has for east-west traffic as well as technical concerns such as fire lanes and access to present parking areas." Brunton was referring to the student and staff parking lots which are located on both sides of Russell House. The Student Government proposal, presented in a press conference last week by Stu dent Body President David Spinazzolo, did not say what would be done with these lots while Green Street was closed t Tells Si armer My mother treated m ly dis- ter. She took me to the roman with her and to the ( male helped my mother wit USC her hair, in the selectio eatre in the decorating of th th her I matured rather ur . Julie body developed, quite r own that of a normal male. was a Jewish boy. I n -dlock was in the second grac was building his father In looking back on our 'ing to ry was m the disap wvas to rhaps notice I was ngs or world bodies ded to is and ke me i own. er's. I, i body ho ran aidians. girls; ember is To Ck during the one month period. Also not mentioned was how Bull Street, which would have to be closed at the north end, would handle traffic to South Building and South Tower. Bull Street is presently one way at the south end. Spinazzolo explained later that Bull could be converted to two-way traffic. Brunton commented, "The Stu dent Government concept is excellent, however they should have done a little more homework on detail." A high ranking University administrator, who asked not to be identified, said the experi mental closing would probably not come until next fall. Columbia Mayor John Cam pbell told the Gamecock that he had not received the University request as of Wednesday. Cam pbell said, "Right at the moment there is an important question relating to East-West traffic on Green Street. We would have to have a traffic count." Members of the City Council could not be reached for comment. Brunton also commented on Student Government's proposal to convert the parking lots at Pickens and College Streets and Pickens and Senate Streets to attendant parking areas. Brun ton explained that an analysis of the two lots done by USC campus planning discouraged ory of H( e as her daugh- would say tha beauty parlor sex, or more e tress stores. I would get to h her make-up, remove our cl nofclothes,and another's bo e house. friends as a ch ieventfully. My for going t itubbornly, into girlfriends we My best friend Around the iet him when I the midst of pt le as my father ent that there a grocery store. from me and relationship, I about two yea Ins - The Student Sea (left), and heara improve the cam tion. Ernie KastnE 5. - The USC Cheerli ing to get a chai dent student or charges of discrini details on Page 2. * The Carolina A defeated Fordam, back and waits for mine its postsea Hersh's story on I )se Greer Vice President 1 attendant parking. Brunton said, "Technically, we don't agree with the Student Govern ment findings, so we are having the lots laid out by University drafting to recheck our earlier findings." Spinazzolo explained that Parking Management, a Washington, D. C. firm, had assisted Student Government in surveying the lots. Brunton also announced that the University had just received approval for a $33,000 mass transportation study to be ?r Sex- CI : it was mostly based on ling m iccurately, nudism. We I woul ether, lock the door, more i othes and play with one had nc dies. I had few other hated ild. My boyfriends were enjoye o bed with and my sexual re for friendship. queer, age of twelve, while in I hat iberty, it became appar- as I wa was something different tion. I all the other boys. For sports, rs people had been cal- room, to say 1 ing wh Duri ide Ia i ate met last night whom, several plans to glader aus lighting situa- glad re tr reports on Page lvedL I think I de< lading squad is try- that I s ter as an indepen- the san ganization, amid ual ac< ination. Bob Craft I woul' ship wi a girl a basketball team each o 77-72, and now sits lasted the NC AA to deter- both ti son fate. See Jim wanted nae 9. Street larold Brinton conducted by Wilbur Smith. The study, expected to be com pleted in a year, will recom mend the most practical answer to the parking problem on cam pus. Brunton commented, "We are very enthusiastic about this study and several of us feel mass transportation is the most immediate answer to the park ing problem. ' He explained that mass transportation would entail a large parking facility off campus connected to the University by a transportation system off of traffic arteries. iange e queer because of the crushes d get on boys. I felt more and incomfortable around boys. I thing in common with them. I sports, I was not aggresive, I d girl talk, and moreover, I was ly aroused by boys. I wasn't I was a girl. ed my first year in high school s forced to take physical educa was awful at every one of the I felt misplaced in the locker mnd I made the boys feel uneasy, :he least, by my incessant star ile they undressed. ng the ninth and tenth grades friends with a beautiful boy to this day, I still adore. We had sex with one another. I'm e didn't, it would have made ationship seem perverted. I tim as would a normal girl, and I always will. :ided I should prove to myself vas indeed transexual, while at ie time disproving the homosex :usations of others. To do this :I involve myself in a relation th a girl. I was approached by t school and we started seeing ther. In a relationship which wo months I kissed her twice; mnes she was the aggressor. I to be like e very body else, but (See SEX, Page 3)