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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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uiaoauoiavuuii vjy llUi Uliyillg BQvertising."
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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
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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
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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<
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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
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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.
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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."
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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
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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
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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.
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