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Dorms oppose Gret R% LAURA L. HENDRIX Gamecock Staff Writer Columbia City Council Aug. 20 approved several proposals concerning Green Street. Since that action. several viewpoints have been voiced about what should actually be done. Steve Hill. president of the Student Government Association (SGA) and Harold Brunton. USC vice president of operations. had proposed the widening of Green Street by 10 feet on each side, the building of a 20-foot wide median on the street. the closing of parking on the street and the channeling of all traffic to the west side of Longstreet Theatre. Hill said their proposal also included provisions for stop signs on the street and a lowered speed limit of 15 miles per hour. He said council had not approved these provisions. but had approved the others. There has been some opposition to the proposal of Hill and Brunton by the Senate Residence Life Committee Chairman Dave Wilsford and Preston president Danny Sansbury. One of the objections is to the plans for a wrought iron fence to be placed in the median. "It would be nicer and more 'wholesome' if we had an open mall where people could go freely." said Wilsford. He said the two proposed spaces in the fence would be very constricting to pedestrians. Planting shrubbery would be a better plan, he said. One of the reasons for placing a fence in the median is to protect the grass there. Wilsford feels the area does not need grass because it is "so hard to take care of." Instead, he said, there should be a patio with trees there. "I can see the reasons for the fence," said Sansbury. "The good points of it are that the safety of pedestrians and automobile traffic is better controlled, and the appeaarance would be more attractive and it*l look more like a college street." Who's Who forms due Students may nominate themselves or others for Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges prior to Sept. 15. Nominec3 must be receiving undergraduate or graduate degrees between December 1975 and August 1976 and have a 2.25 minimum GPR. Those with GPR's between 2.0 and 2.25 may be selected by unanimous vote of the committee. Nominating forms may be picked up in Room 107 Pendleon Building. Enrollment EnrollThe GAMECOCK is the student newspaper of tha University of South Carolina and is published twice weekly, r son Mondays and Thursdays, during aregat endn at least one class onete n oc thee ninen USC campuse this fall. The fl Auust by the USC Board of Publications and Communications. 10 per cent University of South Carolina is an equal opportunity institution. From Ne%ss Releases Changofiaddressforms,sscrition requests and other correspondence should be sent to The GAMECOCK Enrollment figures released Drawer A, USC, Columbia 292W. Sub Sat urday show that 32,259 students scription rates are S3 per semester and 62 for the sumnmer sessions. are attending at least one class on Scn ls otg ad a the nine USi campuses this fall. Condlas pt a 21.786 sudentsCnrolled.Include The fall figures are up almost 10 per cent from the 29.410 students who registered last fall. The ______________ largest gains were on the regional campuses. where enrollment is up ZIP- LE n 18.8 per cent. On the main campus there are Cleaners & Laundry1 21.789 students enrolled. Included in this figure are 14,748 un dergraduate students: 1,2 1en Csrudentsndinstpwbished rwproweekmy wihi te olee fenran Houras aTurdyrn a degees an 93 stdensailth anspri 7:30-6:00 one Columia ttalw2619. GradunegSt. 7:mme0wi4:fo0 clase aoud he taenrlld 320 Mutain th St.ordo shudb-ett The GAMECOCK, an Advertising cmr. forsa therfalloseme te r, 3prsmse n AplyRm21 Pedorn me Bldgon. Intrvewtobean ouCed bys potae Bad of tudntPubictios&Communic& atinsr mn St. changes Despite the good points, he wants the area left alone. "I fail to see the purpose. All the people must cross at one place and this is an in convenience." Another objection is the construction of the median and widening of the street would disturb the residents in the Preston and Woodrow areas. Hill said the construction would not begin until the summer and would be finished by fall, along with Russell House and Long treet Theatre. "If they won't start until May, that's okay. If not tha 's not satisfactory," said Wilsford. Sansbury said the idea of starting in May is a good one, but there is no guarantee the project will be finished before fall. He also opposed the closing of parking on the street, saying people in the quad and com muter students depend on these spaces. Preston and Woodrow dorms have had a petition circulated within them concerning the Green Street proposals. The petition says that the undersigned voice opposition to present or future plans to change Green Street between Bull and Sumter streets. In effect, said Sansbury, the petition says if Green Street cannot be closed, leave it alone. City council has said it will entertain no more proposals to close the street, according to Sansbury. At a meeting Friday of the Student-Trustee Liaison Committee, Brunton said of the students opposing the plans, "If they took this action they would lose all credibility, possibly of the trustees and definitely with the Columbia City Council." Brunton met last week with Hill, vice president of student affairs Bill > Campbell and the group from Preston and Woodrow. He said if the group obtained a petition, he would send it to the trustees. Hill plans to set up a committee of six to eight people from all areas of campus and possibly off-campus students to study the situation. ... 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