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VOL. LXIV No. 56 UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COLUMBIA. S.C. 29208 April 1, 1974
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BY MARK MORROW
The old cliche "an ounce of prevention is
worth a pound of cure" is probably the best
way to describe the activities of the
Student Security Patrol on campus.
From 7:00 p.m. to 1:00 a.m. seven days a
week four pairs of students patrol the
campus with a walkie-talkie in one hand
and a flashlight in the other. The purpose
of patroling the campus is not ''to harrass
the students but to help them and protect
them,'' according to Ben Feldman, head of
the St udent Sec'urity Patrol program.
The' most important function of the patriol
is to he(lprev'ent campus cr'ime, l"eldman
said.
Feldman said he thinks the plain-clothes
students deter crime b)y keeping outsiders
intruding on campus from possibly
causing trouble. lie said a criminal would
probably think twice' before commiting a
crime' on campus if he knows that any
st udent could be working for the student
pat rol.
Basically the student walks through
the ca mpus during the course of a night
and keeps his e'yes open for trouble andl
susp)ic'ious act ivit ies.
F"or F"eldm'an, who has been the director
lor' three years andl is a gradluate' stude'nt in
n)schnlogyv t h(e busins Il'5of keening t he
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and girl. Guitar. Water. A peaceful set
then settle on together. A chance meeting
iaybe. Everything is not all bad. There is
by Russ Jeffcoat.
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lien Felman (right), dlirector ofteSU(etsn
campus and Gene (lover,. assistant drco.ste~
dtesigned to prev'ent camipue crimesbeoet' h')
ampus safe for students is a very serious ae'ptyt
bligation. leldman said he "would like to toeptyati
llieve the activities of a stuidenit patrol raeopeen
had somiet hing to dto with the past couple of bcce(I tee
,ears of c'omparatively low crime rates ~rl'ilI' no
on the campus.'~dhug tull
l'el(Idan sa id thle act ivit ies of t he to(dcla ije
>at rol mnight iniclud(e aniyt hing from 'l' rgrml
alking a coed hack to her dor'm at night to lv er I(
eport ing a c'rime( t aking place on campus. l~~~ i.ht
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BY LISA GARI)NER nE
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Students on campus seem
asigned to the Gibbes Green
roject according to interviews of
udents taken last week. S
The project, the creation of a s
all in the area behind McKissick tl
,ibrary and in front of Sloan and r
,eConte Colleges, has been the a
enter of discussion the last few t
,eeks. Vice President Brunton c
as said the mall will give a touch
f class to a part of the campus that
3 often nothing more than a
riudhole with cowpaths. e
The students seem to agree as
Dng as there is some vegetation t
eft.
"I think it's good it they can r
mprove that section : it's a mess
Lfter the rain," Janet Green an art
najor said. "It's all trampled now r
md they haven't been able to grow t
my grass there, everybody's
rlways cutting through. I'd like to ;
;ee a lot of%egetationthough not all 1
:oncrete or fountains." t
Dennis O'Connor. a business
idministration major , said if the
nall comes out looking like the
>illboard depiction posted on the
reen. he's for it. "It'll look better
:han it does now."
Lawrence Gurris, a veteran
returning for a degree in political i
oiling Uni
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enf. pr'ogr(
ings " lut he added that witht
ies might help prFevenlt a weeks
omfeone' from losing their
i lie said the patrol is lBut
:edI in a stake out such as impor
bicycles at night trin tg meeti
the S
as eenl on the cam pus for impol
a studlents work with the ''goot
tuents employed hy the We w
1rimvarily work -study out th
en Mall
dents
['o Fate
ience, said the Gibbes Green
eds something to unify the
iildings and that the plans look
od.
Some disagree.
"I'm more of a nature lover."
kip Rector, a psychology student,
aid. "I'd rather see more grass
man rock and concrete. I love
ud. It seems like a crime to put
11 this stuff in. A lot of people used
> sit around here on Saturdays and
,undays."
The mud doesn't bother Richard
,vallon, a computer science major
ither. He said it's just an excuse
n the part of the administration,
nat the existing sidewalks are
dequate and if the administration
eally wanted to grow grass. they
ould.
Jereta Page, a child develop
nent major, considers the project
o be a gimmick to get her money.
'They just couldn't think of
nything else to build. There could
>e grass growing there. I liked it
he way it was, it was nice and cool.
Other students see the con
truction as being inevitable. "It's
in on-going process," Mary Lynn
logers, a nursing student, said.
'There'll always be construction.
r'ou tolerate it, it will get better,
t'll be worth it."
versity
s, according to Feldman, who
approximately 80 percent of their
'rom the federal government and 20
it from the university.
man said the students there are no
Al requirements because they are
ted not to get physically involved in
e unless it is absolutely necessary.
udents carry a special university
cation sotheyl'an get into the dorms
'ntify themselves to other campus
ties when they are on patrol. The
s report every 30 m1inutes among
1d1 every hour to the station. Thev
((e one 2) intite break during their
.'S('C campus is j~ust one' of manyi
se's around the country' which uses a
pat rol to pr'event and rep)ort crime
en I"eldman said he believes it is a
'ssive progi'am. Feldman meets
he 15 pati'ol members every two
to disc'uss problems and1 ideas.
tor' "eldman, this is not the most
ant meet ing. T'he most important
ng is between the other students and
t udent Patrol. lie said the most
' ant t unc't ion of the St udent Pat rol is
I police andl community relations.
ant the students to know that we'rie
re to nr'otec t them''