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* Parking From Page 3B a huge multi-tiered parking facility in the parking area behind the Coliseum. The facility would in clude a safe waiting area with cafes and shuttle buses. Construction of this facility would necessitate the temporary removal of parking to some other part of campus. Rempel said, "I could see temporary parking at the fair grounds with shuttle buses for faculty and students during such a parking crunch when construction of new lots is going on." He also said that Harold Brunton, vice president for operations, had approached Columbia city officials about the possibility of using the city lot at the corner of Green and Park streets, but that the city was not Very receptive of the idea. Rempel said there are more ideas around. After the parking situation is under control, energy facilities would also be relocated in the fringe areas of campus and that the area now occupied by the energy facility behind Currell College could be turned into a giant park. "This university has a chance not only to retain but to develop one of the few healthy inner city communities in America," he said. Martin E. Lipinski, assistant professor of engineering, and former member of the NPACP summed up the current parking space situation, saying, "We're in a holding pattern now. We don't anticipate an increase in enrollment. We anticipate a On S.e ds di adi switch, a greater enrollment of graduate students, which means more people with more cars," he said. "The basic problem," according to Lipinski, "is that the University has enough space for parking, but it's not in the right place." Lipinski said the temporary Fairground parking idea, if put into practice, would create a lot of chaos. "If a person lives in Forest Acres-is he going to drive down to the University, to the Fairgrounds, to park his car, get on the bus and go back? He's going to go bananas! It's going to take him twice as long as it normally does to reach campus." "If you could build peripheral lots that would intercept the commuter between his home and the campus, the probability that he would use the shuttle system would be much greater," Lipinski said. "The fact remains, however, that it is easier to get funds for new buildings, not parking lots," Final decisions concerning the parking policies of USC will rest with the president and the Board of Trustees. USC President William H. Patterson, when interviewed by the Gamecock, said, "The only recommendation that's been made in regards to parking that we will not accept at this time is the one regarding a faculty-staff fee on surface parking on the campus." He added that fees would still be charged in the parking garages. "It's a sort of chicken and the eggs situation," Patterson said. "I don't know how I can make it better without charging some money, and if I charge some money, I don't know how I can furnish parking spaces for the money we've charged them." WE' 4 Tuesday, W4 it. 2, 3, 4 wi count card...1 nitted to elil t, or Caroline mis offer Is good on Sept. 2, 3, 4 - Offer' go Book Exchange i BY BILL HOGUE Of The Gamecock staff With inflation driving the costs of printing, labor and materials ever upward, the average Carolina student can expect required course textbooks to be a major expense at ihe beginning of every semester-but there is an alternative. Once again this fall, the Student Government Association (SGA) Book Exchange will be operating in the Russell House on a non-profit basis with cut-rate prices on used books. Student Book Exchange manager David Tripp noted that the facility, which opens for two weeks on August 28th, offers savings in two ways. "If someone comes in with some books to sell, we fill out a receipt and take the books on consignment. We try to sell the books at a price one-to-two dollars lower than our competition. Then we contact the person who originally brought the books in and give him the money from the sale," he said. "This way, the seller gets more money for his old books and the buyer gets a cheaper price on the books he needs for the new semester," Tripp said. ****** * *** ** COME BACK STUDENTS dnesday, and Thui ith the purchase of For only 25*... You heer the Jefferson I . Theatres FRE on any feature that will Sat these 4 Theatres... od until 5:00 PM 0 9ffers Discounts "We take a small percentage of the money to meet salaries and overhead, but because we're non-profit this system has ihe effect of eliminating the mid dleman. If the books remain unsold after a period of time, we call the seller and return the books to him at no charge." Tripp is expecting the Student Book Exchange to receive a subsidy of one thousand dollars from SGA, although the Senate has not yet approved the budget. "The money would be allocated from fee receipts paid by students. This is one form of tangible help SGA can provide for the students it represents," Tripp said. "During the last school year we almost broke even, but we were hurt by construction in the spring," he said. "A lot of people thought we moved, but we're still located in room 314 at Russell House and we're open from 9:30 til 4:00 daily. We have a good selection of books, especially on the freshman level, and people will just have to make a little extra effort to get there with the work that's going on now," he said. u.e rsday a student will be * iq., Plaza, * bse showing