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T.E VOL. LXV NO. 22 UJniversity of South Carolina,9 ColUDivb- &.C THUMSDAY,, NOV( 4 ~ USC conto BY BILL PRATT Of The Gamecock staff A temporary mall of benches and plants has been set up by the University in light of the Green Street closing. The move marked the latest action taken in the 20-year Gibbes Green Material delay co BY SID GRIFFIN Of The Gamecock staff Construction work on Gibbes Green remains uncompleted although several USC officials said it would be finished by the first week of October, Gibbes Green, the area between McKissick Library and the Pickens Street bridge, can ap parently not be completed until the mechanical contractor, Walker Plumbing and Heating Co., finishes their basic work at the New Russell House addition, ac cording to W. S. Turbeville, director of USC Facilities and Planning. Turbeville said the Walker Co. would be using the area betweeft Currell College and the College of Librarianship, preventing the completion of landspaping and bricklaying there until year's end. "The mechanical contractor has had a hard time finding all the necessary supplies, in particular steel pipe, so we have had unex pected delays," said Turbeville. Ed Bass, the director of engineering and construction for the Gibbes Green project, said "Gibbcs. Green is finished in the main section except for the Social se BY LEE POWELL Of The Gamecock staff The Facility and Grounds Ad visory Committee discussed proposals and recommendations for as the parking situation and the social sciences center at a Tuesday meeting. The new social sciences center is expected to cost about $6 million to complete, $1 million of which was donated by USC alumnus E. Smythe Gambrell recently. Drt. John Kimmey, chairman of mp lates .Green Street debate -and is an indication of what can be done to the street if it is closed. "It was just to give an in dication of what can be done in the future if Green Street is closed," Harold Brunton, vice president of operations, said in reference to the new mall's purpose. shortages mpletion possible planti of azeleas on corners for a =.I touch." Accordin to Dr. Richard A. Rempel, ad of the Facilities and Grounds Advisory Committee, the project is "not inordinately or excessively expensive. I have no doubt that the office of operations and maintenance, that being Mr. Brunton and Mr. Turbeville, have put everything into this they possibly could," Rempel said. Rempel, who agrees with Tur beville -on the date of completion, credits Eileen Berlin a member of the Facilities and Grounds Ad visory Committee, with the idea of leaving theGreen grassyas a way for taking the student's minds of their studies for a moment as they walk to their next class. Berlin says leaving the green natural "shows the student, the faculty, and the Staff that the University cares enough about them to protect and respect their environment." Berlin said she realized this fully when Edward S. Ebert, a USC student wrote a letter to the committee last April 26 on the benefits of leaving Gibbes Green natural. "The University was doing Continued on Page Five ience ceni the sub-committee on the social science center, said the remaining $5 million for the project was funtded by the General Assembly, and this sum is contingent with Gambrell's donation. Kimmey said the estimated cost for the center has increased somewhat. Kimmey said a planned com pletion date was Dec. 31, 1976, and adding, "so far I think we're on schedule." He discussed design of the building, but it was noted that Gambrell would probably have the final say.so as to the exterioe rurther Gi "If it were to be c"osed, it would be completely changed with student and ad ministration input," Brunton added. Changes under consideration are additional parking and landscaping according to Ed Bass, of the division of campus planning. Bottle baby Hi there! Aren't I a cute little k here at USC. By then I will have tra a 'Carolina Gamecocks' one. Oh, what's in the bottle, but I'l-tell y Russell Jeffcoat. ter plans 4 design. One design which Kimmey suggested to the committee as being possible was a five- to six story building with a two-story front. He said the building would be designed to accommodate outdoor conferences and to include a smali garden. Units in this design, according to Kimmey, would include the Dean's C~omplex, the History department, Govern ment and International Studies, the Government Bureau, a science laboratory, an auditoriumn and 'een Stree "Parking will be added- on Bull," Bass said, "and, from Pickens Street to Bull Street on Green. Landscaping, very similar to Gibbes Green, from Bull Street to Sumter Street on Green would be added," he said. "The benches in the mall were benches we already had. 111 Id? Someday I hope ka be studying ided in my 'I Love baddy' shirt for by the way, I bet you can't guess ou It's not milk! Staff Photo by discussed classrooms. Various academic department shifts would take place upon completion. Suggested by Kim mey were: Psychology would move to Hamilton, Sociology would switch to Callcott, and An thropology department to move to the new center, he added, although It was psible that Religion may move thr. The proposed site of the project Is the College-Henderson Street Continued on Page SIx changes They will be put around campus after the reopening," Bass continued. The plants, he said, will be placed beside the Russell House upon reopening. In a related matter, Campus Engineering will shortly complete the second phase of its traffic study since the closing of Green Street on Oct. 14. "Our data will be collected within the next two. weeks," Lynn Campbell, director of the project, said. Asked when the project would be completed, Camp bell said. "We could run into some time delays, but we expect to have it in by the middle of January." Data taken before and after the closing will be studied by Campbell, and a recom mendation will be made to the Columbia City Council in the final report. Campbell, however, would not make a prediction on the results of the study. "I haven't seen all the data, and it would be unfair to make a decision." The study was initiated at the request of the university officials the student govern ment association and the a val of the Columbia City, folowing a series of stormy public hearings. The University has con tended Green Street is unsafe for students, and with the street closed the north and south portions'of the campus can be tied together. The entire cost of $11,800 is being assumed by the University. RICHARD A. RRupeL