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South Carolina Volume LXV No. 62 Burning a few lights in the new library al USC Faces En't BY R. VANCE BUTTS Of The Gamecock staff Remember the Energy Crisis? It's faded into the background now that you don't have to wait in line three hours for five gallons of super-extra-plus, but if you're a Carolina student, you ought to remember it. You'll be paying in part for that crisis. Energy costs rose $800,000.00 this past year, almost the same amount of revenue expected from the total increase in tuition and fees for the '75-'76 school year. Last week the GAMECOCK asked Dr. Harry McMillan, associate professor of engineering, about progress being made on the thermal front, the heating of water or fluids by solar means. McMillan said, "I don't see anything being done that's going to cut costs of energy next year or the next year." He said a lengthy period of time is required to generate feasible ideas, draw plans and implement their construction. In the midst of an inflationary recession, Mc MillAn said electrical costs are actually down. "Electricity is cheaper now than it was in the thirties. What else can you name that is cheaper now than in the thirties? The cost of electricity has continuously gone down. We're just using more and Patterson: Bu projl BY MARION ELLIOTT "4 News Editor year finat Sufficient quantity and quality of programs thint at USC can both be maintained to some degree we < during the current period of short funding, "( University President William H. Patterson said prog this week. anot Patterson's remarks came one week after woul the GAMECOCK questioned whether the of F funding of 16 University academic areas out of espe the USC's general operating budget would hurt scho the quality of its programs. Specific state stres funds for those 16 areas were requested by the facu University this past year but were turned down keep by either the General Assembly or the State Th Budget and Control Board. 'area Instead, the University now plans to fund all they 16 out of its basic educational and general suffi funds, from which all other programs are prog predominantly funded. The 16 areas include right six research bureaus, general research, "start year up" research grants, new programs in media he si arts and for honor stuadents nnd other secinal UiS I night can't waste too much energy, can it? Donna Bise rgy Problem more. USC's use of electrical power will increase in the coming years with the present construction of such facilities as the Russell House expansion and the building of Gambrell Hall. The Administration has already begun to upgrade the efficiency of USC energy facilities. Harold Brunton, vice president for operations, explained to the GAMECOCK Tuesday some of the moves already under way. An air conditioning chiller atop the Physical Science Center (PSC), Brunton explained has suffered repeated failures, and the $30,000 insurance collected is being used to connect cold water pipes from the West Energy Facility (WEF) to the PSC. This will reduce the amount of energy used to cool the building. Another hookup of pipes between the East Energy Facility (EEF) and the old boiler plant, (behind Currell) Brunton said, is designed to cut down on the use of the old boiler plant. "It's going to bust down in five or ten years," he said. "In the meantime, we think it can be shut down at times to conserve energy if one of the other plants is more efficient." That project is expected to be completed in a few months. "The medium range (5-10 years) approach to Please Turn to Page 4 [dget Won't Affe Dcts within USC schools. including lany of those things have been funded for custodial s," Patterson said, "and to suddenly not other area ice them would have been detrimental. I by $3.2. L we did the right thing in financing what T. Est lid, those 16 areas included." Board of ne can always question whether a having a ram at the University is as desirable as programs bier," Patterson said. "For example, I our utmo! d hate to suggest that we abolish a School keep up o ublic Health (one of the 16 programs), "Taking eially after it was decided that such a propriatec 1l was needed. I don't think we're really entirely jt sing quantity. We could have used more multi-purl ty and students in the school, but are now Marchai ing it available for the future." an examp e School of Public Health, as the other 15 the welfar s, are there for future generations when the best w can really be used, Patterson said. "Both health is yient quantity and good quality of our mission or rams can be achieved. We can operate all the admin this year as we stand. If this happens we believe after year, it would be a great problem," iid. C has recently announed budget cuts Green 5 More Ti BY MARK DILLARD Of The Gamecock staff Objections to current plans for Green Street have been raised by Student Government Association (SGA) President Steve Hill. Hill said he was unhappy about plans to allow cars to: exit staff parking lots directly into Green's pedestrian crosswalk; run a fence down the middle of the street; and move the curb closer to Russell House. - The basic Green Street proposal was endorsed by Hill and USC's Facilities and Grounds Advisory Committee (FGAC) and presented to Columbia City Council near the end of spring semester. The proposal calls for elimination of parking on both sides of Green between Sumter and Bill Streets, a 20-foot landscaped Departme In Restru BY MARION ELLIOTT News Editor A reorganization in Student Affairs that combines the office of Residence Life, Housing Services and Food Services was announced Tuesday by Richard Wertz, of Residence Life. The new structure will probably be called the Department of Residence Life, Food Services-and Housing, Wertz said. "It will be the largest department within Student Affairs," he said. The reorganization became effective July 1. "This means all aspects of the housing program-room assign et Quality cuts in preventive maintenance, services, educational supplies and s after the Senate cut its state funds kn Marchant, chairman of USC's Trustees, said, "I don't agree in contest between old and new for funds." We believe we should do t to implement new programs and Id programs, he said. money that is not line item ap I and using it for these programs is stifiable in perspective of USC as a lose institution," Marchant said. it used the School of Public Health as e. "This school is badly needed for e of this state's people. We must do e can with what we've got and public a need," he said. After the Com iHigher Education, the faculty, and istration agreed we need the school, we must (10 the best we can to have lIease Turn to Page 4 itreet: raffic? island in the middle of the street and a 15 mph speed limit. Details of the plan are being worked out through the office of Harold Brunton, vice president of operations. Hill and Brunton met. Thursday to discuss the plans. "I'm teed off about them exiting onto Green St.," Hill said after the meeting. Brunton said that "in the next few weeks" the Horseshoe will be permanently closed to traffic. As part of a temporary plan for summer, cars will be able to pass through a short section of the Horseshoe and go between Coker Life Sciences Building and Legare College to get to staff parking spaces between the Horseshoe and Green Street. That is the route used now. Please Turn to Page 9 nts Merge cturing ments, counseling, maintenance and all food service operations-will be handled by one department," Wertz said. Under the new setup the director of Housing and Food Services and the director of Residence Life will report directly to the new post of dean for Residence Life and University Housing. Wertz. for merly the dean of Residence Life. will fill the new dean position. Robert A. Stewart will be the director of Housing and Food Service and Mary Parrott' will be the director of Residence Life. Although all will be separate entities, they will report to one person and will be considered as' one department. Wertz said. Previously, food and housing services had reported to Vice President of Operations Harold ' Brunton and to Auxiliary Services. As such, they were independent of Residence Life. "I think the change will be beneficial to students since we can serve them better out of one department," Wertz said. "The whole problem of operating housing will be better served.' The reorganization was okayed by University President William H. Patterson upon the recom mendation of a Student Affairs special committee headed by C H Witten, former dean of Student Affairs who resigned in June. "The commit tee felt that housing and residence life c'ould be tied im and should be working together instead of being separate divisions.'" Wertz. a commit tee member. said The committee, which w as charged by the president to st udy Please Turn to Page :3