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New Pf Business in the Campus Shop's new Paperback Store has been "pretty good," Julia Cox, manager, said. T he new section, which has been open almost a month, is virtually done except for some "internal changes and additions," Cox said. "Our stock is pleasure and supplementary reading," Cox said. "They're all paperbacks, mainly best sellers, gift books and how-to books." She emphasized that this bookstore is mainly for pleasure I've completely reorganized the arrangement they used in the old store," she said. "The books in here are categorized by topic and alphabetized by author, not by titles. This way people can see what's available in their area of interest. It's harder for the staff to inventory, but it's easier for the st udents. Their old method was detrimental to browsers-I Corpools Get Cho USC Pa Wanted: 5,000 more parking spaces for University faculty, staff and students who spend countless time and amounts of gas driving around campus looking for avail able space. "We're still trying to alleviate the chaotic situation," said Harold Brunton USC's vice president for business affairs, as he disclosed a new,parking plan to be implement e ed [this fall for the Carolina com munity. For students, the parking prob lem is somewhat more acute. Al though 5,000 decals were issued to students last year, the estimate for the number of student cars exceeds 10,000. Available spaces in lots, the garage and at campus meters are less than 3,600. Student decals are $15 for 12 months. The yearly A Gather of GentE >erback S( couldn't believe they arranged books like that." Cox said current fiction and psychology books are the best sellers in the new store. "General sales have increased since this store moved here (across from the entrance of the Campus Shop). The arrangement is more conducive to browsing now that we're out of the textbook area. Business in the fall will probably improve a great deal." "I do want suggestions on what books to order," she said. "I'd especially like to hear from faculty members on good supplementary books-not the heavy required texts, but what they'd like to see students reading on the side." More than 3,500 text and 8,000 paperback titles are stocked in the Campus Book Store's facilities. For sometime, the Faculty Sen ate has recommended that books be brought up from the basement !ce Spots rking Prol fee for the parking garage is $75. Four stories are being built on the Blossom Street garage to add some 400 more spaces for student cars. While construction is under way the intramural field adjoining the garage may be used for student parking. A new student lot with 125 spaces has been added at the corner of Henderson and Senate street; another has been enlarged on Wheat Street adjoining the po lice station. Reserved carpools of three or more students are 245 spaces in the Pendleton Pickens, Henderson and Senate block. The carpool students have first priority;scommuting st udents, second. Another attempt to encourage student parking away froms the congested center campus area is being studied. A bus-train may run Local ing Place for tI1 ~el Southern Ce )PENING MID-SEPTEM 30 DEVINE AT FIVE PC action Arr area to the main part of the store. By converting a store room a cross the corridor from the Campus Shop to the book room and be relocating the store room in the basement, this has been accomp li The new bookstore ha. "browser" in mind. blem Still on a regular schedule trom the Bates House parking lot to campu stops. This summer, most parking lotc are being re-lined to maximizE space useage. According to Brun ton,s a recent traffic survey dis closed that 40 per cent of the car driven to campus were compacts The new business administratior building lot has special spaces foi compacts, and, in other lots, space. are being shortened from nine tc eight and one-half feet. Brunton said that plans ar( being studied now for a seconc parking garage in the Pickens Stree1 area. Cards are to be sent out by the first of August to faculty and stafi for each to list his personal pref erence for parking. Based on this LeIngestion mestibles BER >INTS anged For This temporary enlargement ( will include the addition of more 1 check-out stations in the enclosed corridor between the two shops. I New book store director, Ben Swansea, explained that the name, been designed with the Remains C preference and on space avail ability, assignments will be made and appropriate decals will be issued. According to a committee mem ber, George Key, space would be available for eachUSC staff and fac ulty member within four and one-half blocks from his office. No fees will be charged faculty-staff for decals. Only one decal number will be issued per family. A few reserved spaces, pre sently limited to off icers of the Un iversity, to deans, vice presidents and vice provosts, will be retained. A determination of these will be made by Vice President Brunton. Faculty and staff living within six blocksof thecampuswill not be issued B,C,D or E ddbls. Available WELCOME STUI ACROSS Open 7 a.c 1 a.m. all COIN OPERATED LAUIN 9 conveni SPROFESSIONAL Dry CIeoning sukw, O,...e. AR knit,, etc. SOLD SEAL - ry Cleoning Speist hand Cleening foUhs se Students ampus Shop, has been changed to he Campus Book Store to empha .ize the more prominent display of >ooks to encourage reading be ond normal classroom assign nents. Harold Brunton, vice president -or business affairs, recalls when the book store had a total of 50 aperback titles all shelved in one :ook case. The book store was then located n a converted bowling alley in the basement of the Russell House and Nas opened only twice a year for fall and spring semester book pur chases. E.P. Hickman, business admin istration, is chairman of the Fac ulty Book Store Committee. Mem bers are Steven Blair, physical ed ucation; George Geckle, English; Harry McMillan, engineering; and Lisle Mitchell, geography. :hao tic to them will be K decals which permit parking in any lot from 2 p.m. until 8 a.m. and on weekends. Members of the faculty staff and student parking committee are John S. Herin, business admin istration, chairman;xGeorge Key, public safety;sDavid Islitzer, stud ent affairs; Martin Lipinski, engi neering; Lisle Mitchell, geography; A.E. Weiss, education; Phillip New som, Jay Smith and Marilyn John son, students. The updated parking and trans portation plan is based on the $33,000 Wilbur Smith Associates and Midlands Planning Council study which was financed through the Urban Mass Transportation Act of the U.S. Department of Trans portation. DENTSI from SCLEANERS FROM THE HONEYCOMBS ti. to 6:30 p.m., Weekdays to 6 p.m., Saturdays new washers DRY NEVER CLOSES ent Locations Sued. ? Le.thr CLEANING *eemnd afks men. SL AUNDERING Sh..ui. pillow asse