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The GAMECOCK VOL. LXV NO. 48 The University of South Carolina, Columbia, S.C. . THURSDAY, MARCH 27, 1975 New of assess BY MARK DILLARD Of The Gamnecock staff A new housing contract and a change in University food service are main goals of next year's top two Student Government Association (SGA) officers. In separate interviews Tuesday, President-elect Steve Hill and future Vice-President Trey Lott expressed dissatisfaction with University Dining Services, which runs all campus restaurants, and with the current housing contract, especiany wnn tne part con cerning "undesirable tenants.' Both Hill and Lott will bf inaugurated Tuesday. Lott wil serve as president of the nev Student Senate which convene, Wednesday. Hill said students evicted fron dormitories for offenses com mitted off-campus should b given a partial refund of thei pre-paid housing fees, th4 amount depending on how late ii the semester the student leaves. The standard housing contrac provides for the removal o "undesirable tenants," includini persons arrested on drul charges. Lott said, "In my opinioi someone shouldn't be kicked ou GREEN STREET--Caroli1 students were disappointed I] Columbia City Council's decisk~ to leave USC's main drag opel Page 2. ficers future of his housing 'til he's been proven guilty. That's the American way: innocent until proven guilty." Hill suggested control over food services on campus be turned over to the University Union. Lott had a different idea. "I think competition would improve the quality of the food service." He proposed letting companies like Shoney's or McDonald's operate on the second floor of Russell House. Other Hill priorities include closing Green Street. He said the issue is not dead even though Columbia City Council has voted it down. One possibility, he said, is to circulate a city-wide petition. Another of Hill's suggestions, which would need approval by the state legislature, is to make the SGA president a voting member of the Board of Trustees. Hill said he also favored University Governance, a plan to run the school through a senate composed equally of students, faculty, and administration. Of the possibility of enacting the 26 points in his campaign platform, Hill said, "I think all of them will take a lot of work. In some instances we won't be able to get them passed but could get a compromise which still would be good for the students." Lott said he favored University Governance and -gave it a 50-50 a chance of being approved in the r next two years. 3 The newly-elected vice ' president said he wanted teacher evaluation forms used again. t Lott said better teachers should f be used in 101 courses because i introductory courses give a i student his first taste of a new subject. "When you go into a t -Continued on Page 3 -On the inside a KEATON--A Buster Keaton y Film Festival is the highlight of n this week's campus movie i. schedule. Pagte 8. ~4W11 That time o Green Si BY MARION ELLIOTT Of The Gamecock staff Columbia City Council's unanimous vote last week to keel Green Street open left Universit3 officials disappointed, but they d< not consider the matter closed Council's decision came aftei an engineering firm studiet traffic flow around campul during the street's trial closinj and recommended it remain opei FOOTBALL-Spring practic began Tuesday under new Hem Football Coach Jim Carlen. Pai IS. 4W4 AL I:A f year again... ur" siji treet to sta during the evening commuting period. The study said traffic on Blossom, Picken3 and Pendleton streets slowed down two to five miles per hour during the evening rush period. "The data reveals there was no significant traffic impact in the morning or mid-day peak periods," according to the study. The University originally I requested Green Street be closed from Sumter to Pickens streets but changed it to include only Sumter to Bull. The study was taken when the street was closed from Sumter to Pendleton. "I was surprised and disap ~.. pointed at the decision," * University Board of Trustees ~;Chairman T. Eston Marchant said. "I was hopeful and did think the facts would convince the City Council the street should be closed. I don't disagree with the statistics that closing Green SStreet would slow down traffic three to five miles per hour on other streets during the evening rush, but I do disagree with the conclusion that because of that the street should remain open. S"I don't believe It would cause d that much of a problem as op e posed to problems of pedestrian traffic In front of Russell House," Marchant said. Erucible available April 18 BY JIM HERSH Of The Gamecock staff "The Crucible," USC's literary magazine, will be distributed April 18. According to the magazine's editor, Scott Kearns, this semester's issue of "The Crucible" incorporates several ideas that will make the magazine different and better. One of the major changes in this semester's. magazine is the liberal use of art, Kearns said. "This is the first time the magazine ever made a conscious effort to combine art and prose," he said. "Finally the artists and photographers have been given an equal opportunity with the writers." The magazine, which will have 56 pages, will include nine drawings and 12 photographs. Even with the increase in art work, prose will still make up the majority of the magazine. Six short stories and 40 poems were chosen for publication from -Continued on Page 6-. .y open "If they are saying it's not justified for people to be. slowed up going home in order for the University to not have to use buses or destroy campus unity, that is not a just conclusion. "Various results convinced me that the street should only be closed from Bull to Sumter streets and that was what we asked for instead of the original request. I thought that would have been a reasonable com promise between the alter natives," he said. However, Columbia Mayor John T. Campbell said, "We're talking about 15,000 students inconveniencing some 50,000 people east of the university. "The main thing the council considered was that we have only three east-west arteries out of downtown." Blossom, Gervais and Green streets are the only through-lanes east-west from downtown. "A two to five mile per hour slowdown in traffic is very -Continued on Page 6 Classes Fridayi Despite hopeful rumors to the contrary, President William Patterson's office says classes and all University offices will be amen tamorrow, Good Friday.