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Space Shorl Funds Bloc BY KAREN PETIT of The Gamecock staff Solutions to overcrowded con ditions in many USC departments are being hampered by a lack of funds for building and renovation according to Harold Brunton, vice president of operations. Univer sity officials see this space problem as a deficient amount of the right kinds of space with few departments expericincing an overall space shortage. The two biggest space shortage areas are the College of Pharmacy and the music department. A $2.3 million federal grant solved the pharmacy problems, said Dr. Larry Milne, spokesman for the pharmacy school. According to Milne, pharmacy enrollment has exceeded the 1972 space plans. In 1962 there were 6 full-time faculty, 1 part-time paid faculty member, no teaching assistants, and a graduating class of 32. In 1975, there are 19 full-time faculty, 8 part-time faculty, 10 teaching assistants, and a graduating class of 55. The space capacity in 1962 was 14,168 square feet and while enrollment and faculty increased, the amount of space did not. Another factor contributing to BOO-TJI-FU BLOUSESI Yew Nesme Ut We've Set It Big Tops Fun Tops We@ot Eu. lI * * Huge Warehout Across From Fairgre 1120 Shop Road - 7 6 Dnay.. 10 Till '7 age Thrives; k Solution the space problem is the increased amount of research conducted by the staff. The new building will more than triple the current amount of space. To alleviate the present problems some classes are held in the BA building, nursing school and law center. Larger offices have been made into two offices and a trailer behind the pharmacy school provides office space as well as ar, animal quarantine. When asked for his reaction to the new plans, Milne said, "Hallelujah for the new building. It is going to be a lot of work, but it is the type of work you don't mind doing." At present there is no long range solution to the music department's needs. The Dorn apartments are providing some space for teaching studios, said Dr. William J. Moody. music department head. "As you increase students, you increase problems of space," Moody said. As one of the fastest growing departments, the music depart ment has doubled in students and faculty. More space is needed for practicing rooms, rehearsal areas, teaching studios, and a library. "We are anxious to get the band room attached physically to the The Pip 25-50%Ei on DYE Tops N' IFor FunkI And SV fto Your V r uper i FANTAS-TIK SWEATERS IV.Negk - Crew - Needed - Juckets JE=ANS N9 That's yewr Soomo-- Our Wide Sebtemo unds 2 Blocks 71-7029 In "Bo This laboratory in the pharmac accomodate up to eight people at on room must be given up to storage for music department. The separation across campus is undesirable for both faculty and students," Moody added. The most serious problem for the music department and other performing arts, according to Moody, is the lack of auditorium space. A proposed auditorium in the BA and Humanities area should help the situation. In the future the music depart. ment is hoping for a new music building to be built on the same block with the auditorium. eRack 1iscount IAMITE Bottoms r Juniors ringing plates Whseels saEs eRooY SKIRTS AU Styles See Many SL.ACKS Sporty and Dressy h River - 126 * From Dutch Square ordwalk Plaza" y school must apparatus space time. So much who must use ti equipment and tasks. Originally McMaster was designed as an elementary school and the building doesn't meet the needs of a music school today. Acoustics are poor and the sounds from one studio interfere with another. A!::, the humidity is bad for instruments. Other areas experiencing space shortages and some solutions are: 1. art department - Space in Booker T. Washington will be available this fall. 2. student affairs - At present student affairs is located in the rented Pendleton Building. Except for the desire to move, there is no immediate solution. 3. administration - University officials hope the Senate Street Federal Building will be available for use. Now space is being rented at 1800 Gervais St. 4. psychology department - Space in the Dorn apartment complex offers a short range solution. The department needs significant remodeling. 5. theater department - The renovation of Longstreet Theater will provide some additional space. 6. history department - The completion of the new Gambrell Hall will solve this department's problems. 7. early childhood education - The early childhood education school will be located in BTW in the fall. 8. housing and resident's life - When the new library i's completed, these offices will be located in Pet igru. 9. criminal justice graduate program - The new criminal justice program at the graduate level will need significant space in the Coliseum. Plans are being made to remodel the General Studies area. What has led to the current space shortage? According to Brunton, "We have never caught up. Even though we have done a tremendous amount, construction has lagged the needs of about three to five years. We are still catching up." Difficulties in long range planning have been another problem, Davis said. "We didn't know of the Gambrell money until a few weeks before it became available. That required some rearranging and removed some facilities used by regional cam puses. Those are some of the things that are difficult to forecast," he added. The source of funds for all Done Edms that little room Is left for those ie laboratory to accomplish their projects comes f"Om several areas but the main source is from state capital funds. "To some degree, we have not recently gotten state support for renovation andcapital construction projects we have proposed," Davis said. "The space shortage is not a crisis but we don't have a lot of extra space. There are several particular cases where it would help to have $2-4 million in renovation money." Renovation projects for the Horseshoe, Wardlaw, and the College of Engineering cannot be completed because of lack of funds. Barnwell, Hamilton, Davis, and McKissick are other buildings needing severe remodeling. University officials say that better planning and a slower growth rate would help the situation. "The kind of growth phase we went through for about 10 years will generate some dif - ficulties and gaps in your planning. It is hard to stay abreast of that unless you have unlimited funding. and we don't have that," Davis said. "I think in three to five years our space situation will be good. Just opening Gambrell Hall will help. "The thing we have to explain to people funding the University is that you have to begin setting aside for funding and renovation. You must have a sufficientmain tenance and renovation plan once you get things build." The basic priority in allocating additional space is need. Departments must make a case for their need and show planning for their particular situation. "You have more cases of need than money for space," Davis said. "The issue is can we respond to the request with as little expensive remodeling as possible." The individual problems are those of space, renovation, and departmental needs. Overall, the view is a different one. The enrollment is stabilizing but the amount of funds has strong limitations. Money to maintain places and capital with which to build is limited now and in the future. "Looking at it from two things, we feel the future is not going to be in building but in shuffling departments around," Brunton said. "Totally, the University's problems are going to be making the most efficient use of the space 'available."