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EHK VOL. LXIV NO. 54 UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COLUMBIA. S.C. 29208 .M1arch 14, 1 Ins ura BY FRANK DEIA)ACIIE South Carolina's Chief Insurance Commissioner has ordered Reliance Insurance Co. to change the wording of the student in surance p:.mphlet and questioned the policy itself. In a letter to Joe. W. Pearce, insurance company agent, Com missioner Howard B. Clark ex pressed concern because the student insurance card urges the student, when injured, to go im mediately to the infirmary when on campus. The card fails to note that any infirmary charges will not be covered by the policy although the Gibbes Green Remains A Mystery ,2Y MERRY iATI.AN The Gibbes Green project has created a mystery and posed some questions to which answers are hard to come by. Recently a group of students I rom SGA and Council of Presidents <COP) met with Harold ltruntbn. vice president of business affairs, and did not receive ant satisfactory answers. Brunton had them talk with Bob MlacNaughton, projects coor dinator and John Califf, the ar chitect. When asked about the cost, who approved the project, why no one was informed about it, NlacNaughton and Califf replied, "We really can't answer your ctuestions." Judy Corley. representing COP, aIid. ''It was obvious to us that thc' were told not to answer alny thing specific. Our entire m teecting was so vague. The whole project is being kept a secret. The students. faculty and alumni were not informed of what was going on until construction started. We still don't know anymore than the fact that there is construction.'' Harold Brunton said. "Gibbes Green project is not a project, it is an improvement. We are taking it piece by piece and haveno idea of cost, but it will be be very little' The newly appointed USC president, William Patterson was contacted about his knowledge of the project. He asked what Gibbes Grieen was because he was not familiar with it. Patterson said "Tlhe cost certainly has to be high, you c'an't undertake such a con struction as this at a low price. There is no sense in all of this s'cr(cy'. I feel the faculty and students need to know what is occ(uring around1( c'ampus. I am c'onc'erned that t hey' are not in forme "'( 'The mall will give a touch of class to t he ('ampus,"' Brunton sa id. After looking at the iSe (1G H1'lS. Pagie .) nce Pla policy would cover any charges by other outside medical facilities. "I think there are some problems with the pamphlet. I w%ould like to see these exclusions emphasized extremely well.' Clark said. "I don't think thdt the basic (policy) proposition makes a whole lot of sense either. It doesn't make a lot of sense to keep the premium low because the student is paying anyway." According to Clark, USC students would have to decide whether they wanted to accept the present conditions. There is nothing illegal about the policy itself. Any students who paN s the insurance premium accepts the conditions. 4 . Now that the streaking fad h the latest fashion to hit U SC? : College after staving up all nig Brunton Gives O Bike P BYl('Al ~lIt.%. Top admuinistr at ion off ic.ials unanimlouisly agreced W ednesday afte'rnooni to try. on an ex perimental basis. the student senate's contr ove(rsial "bikes in dlorms" bill. aILccording to Harold Brunt on. v ice pr esident for b)usiness a ffairs. "The way it standls now. w ith Student At fairs. I lousinig and( myI office now in agireemnt, we'l go into a trial basis subjec(t to cetain agrceed-on regula tions.''iBruntoin Tlhe ac(tion to appr)iove& the nteetimni ot it h)\ the .iime of iials n Ordei "The policy seems to say that they (the students) should go elsewhere although the charges would be higher, claims would probably go up and the premiums increase. Any insurance company would write the policy if the premium were right and I don't see why the premium would go up at all," Clark said. M.D. Tavenner. director of personnel and institutional re'search. is in charge of n.gotiating coverages and premiums in the student insurance plan. He contends that to cover the smaller charges covered by the infirmary would drive the premium very high. as passed, is this Whatever it is r is it .Joe or Carol legislators ha p ht for an exam? L lan Winsi Ihomas F. Jones. egulations governing the plan include a provision stating "ab solutely no bikes may be left. p)arked. or stored in halls, stair wells, lobbies or other common The guidelines further require hat ''signs must be posted in advance of imp)lementation stating2 that hikes left anywhere in th( residence hall other than th( st uden t's room will be confiscated and the ow ner will be required tc pa y a recovery fee of $5" (am pus securIty will have I h( duLt ies of enfoircing that provisior1 arnd ''confiscating"' the bikes ir lordation of the rules. according t( Ilin-e-tor of Ilousing Rtobert A -ed Rew Dr. lsao liirata. Jr.. Student V Health Services director, is in fl complete ,. agreement with w Tavenner. We said the current p premium for the supplementary insurance plan was very low and u intended mainly for hospitalization anyway. Plans that pick up first dollar coverage cost like hell," Hirata said. "We're doing a better job than nine out of 10 school in firmaries in the country, and the students are paying much more h reduced charges." Tavenner said the plan is h designed for all students but especially for students on their own t or whose parents don't have i separate insurance coverage. The g a> et's hope it keeps the parents and y. Staff Photo by Mlike Amason. tpproval Stewart. Ot her guideI( linest tor th' storage ot s.tuden it bikes s~'tate. ''no mjotor ized bikes ' of any kind will be a llowed inside r esidenc e halls at anyh time ' lo rqired111 (( under the idmimistiration's guidelines is a prois0\iion that bicycles he stoi'ed onily with the consent of the room's ()ni eaining of the ad muu stri's 1 acceptance of the *'-bikes mn dor'ms'' plan. st udent governmeintI) President itita AlcKinney said ''1 can't un dlerst and whby it iookthein So) long to coe'01' to decision Illow f'ver. she added that she' was pl''asfd w ith ritten ffort to keep the premium down is >jr the benefit of these students -ho could not afford a high remium. <;t'orgc l"rooks. the law student ho questioned the policies t iall' . has engaged a lawyer and ill bring suit soon. lie is con n(hng that the policy is in n(ii(all. I risleading to students. Ib' not(es se eral places in the iturance pamiphlet and other t('rature where the policy is S'crib r i,eI as compreheu(siVe in ta(d O jItust designed lor major o"-pllla(/atron. Since his case has not yet come o court. Frooks preferred not to -eveal all the grounds for the harges he is making Protest Plans Axed By Council An attempt to gain access to the 1.000 block of Pendleton Street for a planned Impeach-Nixon demonstration has been turned down b. the Columbia City Council. The demonstration. which coincides with both the South Carolina Republican convention and the arrival of Vice President Gerald Ford. is scheduled for Friday and will include a march from the Capitol to the Carolina Inn, where a picket line will be established. "This is perfectly legal, per fectly constitutional." said Mark Gibson. a member of the activist group. AWARE. "The purpose of the demonstration is to give people without ready access to people in power a chance to make their feelings known." Gibson cited an article in Wednesday's Columbia Record intimating that those organizing the demonstration had threatened violence after their request to seal off part of Pendleton Street was denied "Nothing could be further from the truth." Gibson said. "We said if the city street was not closed and enough people showed up. it would be extremely difficult to keep the people off the street. This might cause some problem with traffic." (ibson also said one ('itV councilman told the group seeking to c'lose Pe&ndle'ton1 that it was up to (Congress to see if President Nixon should be impeached. that the people had no business in it. ''This is a direct violation of our Constitutional rights of the First Amlend(menlt.' Gibson said in reference to the right to peaceably assemble and address their g riev anc'e s. ''When Nixon makes an ap pearance," Gibson continued. "lie seems to always make it down South. This gives people the idea