Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Grier Grier, Staff Cut Tape, Aid Student Investigatiing complaints and solving problems of both academic and administrative nature is the job of USC's ombudsmen. Whether "trouble-shooting" or "cutting red tape," the staff of five - Mike Grier, eeileen Berlin, Joe McCulloch, Furman Brody, and Barry Rosen - try not to dramatize problems but to keep things working smoothly and con sistently. While they do not have absolute powei, they do have some power which they try to use sparingly and for the benefit of all members of the Carolina Com munity. Often people come to the om budsmen because they do not know where to go or who to contact to get their problem solved. In these cases the ombudsmen can refer them to the proper source or, if the need exists, act as an in termediary. Since they only handle problems directly related to the Carolina community, peop;le with personal problems are- referred to a counselor and those with off-campus legal problems are put in touch with llegal aid. One problem the ombudsmer have is that many view the office as a partisan student organization. This image is not accurate; they also represent faculty, ad ministrators, and staff members, In its present form, the office of ombudsman has existed at USC for Ithe past two years. kGrier, the University Ombudsman, was appointed by President Thomas F Jones. Grier, a lawyer, is alsc legal counsel for the university and spends at least half his timE working in that capacity. Grier is assisted by four students lwho work on a volunteer basis. Berlin, appointed by Rita McKinney, SGA, serves as the student governemtn om b)udswoman. Joe McCulloch. Furman Brody and Rosen art assistant ombudsmen appointed by Grier. The ombudsmen may be con tacted in room 403 of the Russel House from 9 a.m. to 5p.m. week days. P.E. Center Dedicated To Blat The University of South Carolina will dedicate its new Physica Education Center in honor o former S. C. House of Represen tatives Speaker Solomon Blatt ii ceremonies set for Saturday (Oct 27). The 5 p.m. event in the center o1 Wheat Street (near the intersectioi of Sumter Street) will be precede4 by an hour-long open house. Th< public is invited to both th4 dedication ceremony and the opei house. SAVEA BY DAN TOWERY Gamecock Staff Writer "If a student is willing to invest one dollar per semester, then he will be able to save as much as ten to fifty per cent on brandname merchandise," according to Habib Hakim, vice-president of Carolina S.A.V.E., Inc. "We want to give the student the opportunity to buy things at a pricewhich will suit his budget and at the same time ex pose him to our services." Carolina S.A.V.E., Inc. is a purchasing agency which buys namebrand merchandise of all types and then sells it to students at reduced prices. Included in their list of items are stereo equipment, cars, tires, kitchen appliances, and round in The circle skirt, very full.to the Here's the style have them in hi black solid or ti plaids. Wool or For you 5 to 131 by classic of Bc (dept. 121) Juni Sportswear, Upj sking For. home furnisings. "If S.A.V.E. is accepted at USC, then it will give five scholarships per semester to anyone that the school desires," said Neil Woodcock, president of S.A.V.E. "We also would give eight hundred dollars per semester back to the school for ad vertisement. Our main objective is to expose the students to our services before he graduates. We may not break even, but we are looking toward the future and so should many of the students." Woodcock and Hakim presented their proposal to Rita McKinney, president of the SGA, in Sept tember and have yet to receive an answer. "We knew this was a new oing circles , falling ankles. s, you can )nter or irtan wool-nylon. s, 26.00 ston. or )er Level doiso' pn1:0am,s tudent D( corporation and thought it needed investigation," McKinney said. "We are talking in terms of ap proximately $20,000 per semester and before we go spending that kind of money, then we think it needs some sort of investigation." Al Pollard, attorney general of Student Government, and Rodney Shealy of the Senate 7inance Committee are checking into S.A.V.E. and its operatiDn. "Even if things check out all right, I am not sure that the u.;,ersity would allow it. It would probably have to go before the Student Allocations Co'mmittee and it may be necessary for a referendum." According to Hakim and. Woodcock,Shealey was supposed to have a meeting with them and never showed up. "We sent a letter to the SGA but still have not been able to talk with anyone about our proposal," commented Hakim. - If the proposal by Carolina S.A.V.E. is turned down fo it may still be possible for a student or g group of students to do business wiwth them. It wou8ld cost more than one dollar per semester, but g the benefits would be the same. If the propo?at is accepted then the procedure would be of this nature. A printed sheet with every students' name and ID number would be sent to S.A.V.E. to avoid any conflicts of outsiders coming in -and trying to take advantage of student rates. I