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r Qamei yR (jSlD CL 0 i Ulil M . '^, ' ~tm * Jm [ I^SnSETS Stories on ttwso two p?9< ^^ ~ -B-? -J UUllSll'UCll to pave ne By Bris OaiMcocI Construction is underway to pav lot across from the Business Ad Harold Brunton Jr., vice president The lot, bounded by Pickens an faculty and staff, but was virtuall; half years, Brunton said. Parking conditions varied, depei dustbowl to a series of lakes, h nromntpd mnnv nhnno nolle fwm , r 1 J I "Viii In 1975, because of financial pro Board recalled unspent funds it returned a little more than $5 mill had been proposed for the site, bul the funding cut-back. A TENTATIVE new site for th alterations in master parking plans and provide drainage for the lot, ! this year, it will remain a facult providing 349 spaces. The construction is being carri< Highway Department, but Brunto responsibility rests with the uni charged to existing revenue bonds Pendleton Street garage bonding According to Brunton, universil pressed the need for another gar expected by mid-fall. "This follows concentrate our parking in specif around," Brunton said, adding tha most acute parking area now on ACCORDING TO Brunton there in parking decisions, beginning wit for an area. Brunton gave as an e requiring parking space. The tn cars could allow more spaces to be Second, the location of new, i against the parking needs of an an Brunton said. Building conventior garages would reduce constructioi Brunton said conventional lots from campus because of increase the proposed shuttle system servic provide some insight into the feasi said. "THE END object," Bruntoi supporting." The parking reserve use 11 snouia pay ior it. The Pendleton and Blossom Sti bonds. Money is borrowed based each year, in this case the parking fines, decal and garage fees, Bn cock it from Junt Issue ion startec sglected lo in Duncan c Staff Wrlttr p jinH nrntHHii Hroinu<?A n ??-!' v -mmMmsm |/I V T 1UV Ui aillBgC 1U1 CI |MU Hi ministration building, according of operations at USC. d College Streets, had been used y unattended for the past two-anc nding on the weather, from a lite e added. The described conditi< irate faculty members. hlomc fha ofotu Dnrlrtnt 4 miv umiiv A/UU0CI CU1U VAIIJl had allocated for that year. U lion, Brunton said. A cultural cen t these plans were stalled becausc e center west of the coliseum a i provided the impetus to finally pc Brunton said. When completed la y and staff assigned parking ar aiif tn aaniimaftan C4 uut in vuiguii^tiuu wiui uic 01 n said the majority of the financ versity and that the cost is be t. Brunton said money left over fr made this construction possible, ty parking committee members age on Pendleton, and a decisior ?through with our lona-ranae nlan: fic areas and not have them spr< t the Pendleton Street vicinity is 44 campus." are several major questions invoh h the determination of parking ne xample the number and size of c end toward economical, small-si: squeezed into parking areas, najor parking facilities is weigl ea with economic asnectn weighed lal parking lots rather than high i 1 costs considerably in his opinion, would necessarily be located fart sd space being needed. Results fr iing the entire campus this fall she bility of planning along these lines 1 said, "is to make parking s s fund would ensure that "those i reet garages were built with reve on the amount of revenue comini \ reserve fund, which includes me! jnton said. 1 Osnftnl a r I By Jan Ea sterling OwmckK ? ? WrlHr Staff members now answer the telephone with a mournful "the late, great Osceola." The six-year- & old weekly tabloid closed Monday I with little warning and no chance 1 to print a final edition for its B Richland County readers. 1 Val Stieglitz, Osceola editor, I said the main reason for the | paper's closing was lack of funds. "The most discouraging thing was the failure of the Columbia com mercial community to support anything other than-a daily paper. Our paper took clear stands and g spoke out unequivocally on issues I that sometimes antagonized 1 I powerful interests. A lot of people g didn't agree with our politics or I issues, and they manifested their S k.. * 1 ? -J ? uiaoauoiavuuii vjy llUi Uliyillg BQvertising." I Stieglitz said the final crisis for the paper came when negotiations for additional funds fell through. The paper was owned by Parallax ; Media, Inc., which had a contract f with the Camden Co. to provide business management. 1"They were negotiating with an i investor," Stieglitz said. "We I Dlanned to use the monev tn 1 solidify our market and we had I drawn up the plans, but the in- | Ives tor decided not to invest." P Stieglitz said he did not know who the potential investor was. IN JANUARY the paper got a i t different mailing permit, Stieglitz said. "We began to circulate to a blend of high-income areas, professional people and what we thought would be politically active c . people. We were going to mail out w.or ^ 10,000 copies each week. What 1 happened was that this was not a "ef< . defined enough circulation area for ?ra . _y our advertisers. 1 "e8 ' Stieglitz said the Richland ^ , Northeast is another newspaper ?r * with a controlled circulation in hef? Columbia. "They have two sch| ! designated zip code areas that they sc circulate in. This means that 1975 f overnight you can get a huge PJ? k ? circulation, and the rationale is ?'t that you can get your advertisers "II # a* i - - * * j irom uiai area,'' ne said. tier Under the second-class permit pl? t Osceola had previously, the paper an ^ circulated to from 2,000 to 2,500 a < ' paying subscribers, Stieglitz said, ha ate "That was not a high enough ne number of subscribers for our m< inc advertisers, so we went connrr trolled," he said. "But our problem tin UIU ...nn ?i ? ? ? uicic was nut ueuning our re ex. market." to i is sti 510 STIEGLITZ became editor of the wi ga(1 paper in January when it im- vi< tjje plemented controlled circulation, ofe ^ Crusadinp* Os< ars - - O zed | pniuiiiiL" i m | i i m I bed in, Its first cover contained a photogr *ise Carolina's solid-rock politician, Strom 1 last cover contained a picture of a recc her state power, W.J. Bryan Dorn. Such is om dead newsnaner. OSCEOLA meant DC uld Since its inception in 1972, the newsp , he the state political scene with more entl most other South Carolina newspapers ieif. refreshing formula, but obviously not ,vho successful one. OSCEOLA stopped publication because nue generate enough revenue; the death ax< g in dead newspapers. Politically active, hig ters professional types were the readership L.1 41 I ?41 ? n. uiaimgcjiiciii, uui ure muvci u?er? puu< ut of h OllCj ame because I thought it wou k," he said. Stieglitz was edit the North Charleston Bann >re taking the position. He w, duated from USC in 1974 with ree in government and i lational studies, and was edit the Lee County Messeng ore returning to izradua DOl. tie paper was established ! as an "alternative to the dai 3s," said Dick Harpootlian, 01 he founders of the news pa pc t provided competition for otl wspapers and also providec ice for young journalists to co d work without the framework commercial newspaper. But s never been a viable finan< wspaper and it always 1 ?ey, he said. 1 J ? J -1 1L. *- -t ttc pruvuwu iii-uepui, oem e-scenes reporting, but mai porting with no fear of wh es we were stepping 01 Leglitz said. "Our news \ ritten from a progress ewpoint with no attempt to >jective." PPaIq ci rrni o-a.^a i 38 Obviously, aph of South politics of Sou liurmond. Its Newsweekly" intly-defeated .. . the story of a Stieglita .mi researchirtff m Hiucs. the story will 1 aper covered call at noon lusiasm than newspaper's i. This was a sympathize w a financially To its editoi it could not than a gath 5 of nearly all operation. It 2 h-income and way of life, a target of the Goodbye OS sd out. msiness BM-v:,; . ft f8 f 1 Lynn Shook ? GAMECOCK 2lltZ ld STIEGLITZ SAID the paper had or some financial trouble before and er had never had enough advertising. as "But there has been a continuing a commitment to provide an n" alternative to the daily papers." or The paper reflects each editor's er prospective of priorities, he said. *e <4We took a stand. Our readers mnv nnt havA o ? aav* IHVTV WU Willi UM? J11 stand, but we wanted them to know ly that we hadn't knuckled under to ne powerful interests." ir- Osceola was mailed to 26 states tier and had' 800 subscribers outside I a Richland County, Stieglitz said, me "I think this is the kind of paper tof whose value will be appreciated . ?- more when it is gone," he said. :ial "You could pick up a daily paper lost and find out the who, what, when and wheres of a story, but we were nd~ interested in the whys and hows." nly Along with increased coverage of osc state politics, Stieglitz said there is a need for more professional vas coverage of the arts. "I brought in ive ari critics witn expertise in sDecial uc areas. I wanted writers who could feel the arts emotionally," he said. fied politics someone was interested in th*? ?*nf? th Carolina though, "South Carolina's was mailed to subscribers in 26 states. i} editor of the newspaper, was busy id writing a story for the next issue, but lever be read. He received a telephone on Monday informing him of the demise. Gamecock staff members UU L- ? iui uic way ne xeeis-down and out. rial employuees, a newspaper Is more erer of news or a money-making ets into the bloodstream and becomes a love and a child. ICEOLA. it's bMn ni/?? ?1? ??u WC 11 IU1M