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BMB Four-day ii/ppk in Lancaster i 1 By Dm Dm LoGrand Gamecock Staff Writer USC at Lancaster will adopt a j four-day school week as a part of j their energy efficient schedule I with reduced gasoline con- i sumption being the primary goal, according to Peter Barry, Lancaster director of academic affairs. "Most classes will be held Monday through Thursday to reduce the number of trips students must make to the campus ~i_ m t n a J ^4^ eaciiwetjk, j.n.. ai iiuiu, assutmic i dean at Lancaster, said. In addition to saving gasoline, energy will also be conserved by turning off classroom lights on Fridays, Barry said. PI ACGlTfi U/II I lnct 7ft minnfoc vursuujuu ?? itji.4 ?uuv v ii?i?iuww Monday through Thursday, and no classes will be held on Friday, as opposed to the traditional 50minute classes three days a week and 75-minute classes two days a week. In order to reach a required average of 150 minutes a week, the semester will be extended three riavs Staff and farultv will be required to work on Fridays, Barry said. "Friday is not a day off for teachers, but since few of them commute, we're still saving energy," Barry said. Sixty-five percent of the 800 students at Lancaster commute from surrounding areas including Chesterfield and York counties, a distance of about 28 miles, and Kershaw County at a distance of 18 miles from the Lancaster campus. Students and faculty who j. uur rid uj in plannit By Diane Spalding Qcmecock Staff Wrtt?r The 1980 publication of USC's Garnet and Black yearbook is currently in the planning stages, and will include spring semester events, Steve Hall, Garnet and Black editor said. Previous issues of the yearbook have not covered spring events, only those held before February. The 1980 edition will also cover graduation ceremonies, Hall said. "It will contain more copy than before, and pictures will contain more action. We want to capture the flavor of academic life," he added. The yearbook will include offcampus students, not just those on campus, according to Hall. "We want it to be something that all students can remember years later," he said. "Everything that has chronological order will be in chronological order," Hall said. "There will be four main sections ; consisting of students, sports, organizations and people. The people section will list students, administration and faculty by departments," he said. They will by listed by name, hometown and ciass, neaciciea. Previously, yearbooks have gotten away from the student's interests, according to Hall. "We want to liven it up this year. The Garnet and Black is the undercover jnc&ft *ad we want to ] ? responded to a survey, conducted by USC in Lancaster's No-Name Communicator weekly publication, voted 20 to 1 in favor of the energy efficient schedule, Barry said. The four-day week is a result of increasing complaints from students about the cost of getting to plncc ArnnlH cniH CARPOOLING will be encouraged, Barry said, and carpool requests will be publicized in posters and printed in the NoName Communicator to match students in the same vicinities, he added. "The four-day work week is not a ig stages make it visible through nrnmntinno " Uall aHHnri pi V/lllV/tlV/IUJ, 11U11 uuuvu. "Among the promotions will be a dorm and apartment decorating contest. Sponsors will award prizes to the winners. Also, prizes will be awarded to selected students who have their picture taken " Hull suiH "The grand prize will be a weekend at Myrtle Beach. Other prizes will include steak dinners, movie tickets, gift certificates and two Bee Bees tickets," Hall said. Pictures for this year's yearbook will be taken until Sept. 7, he said. Thp r?rin<? fr?r vonrhnnlr \u\ 11 Ko $10. The GAMECOCK is the student newspaper of the University of South Carolina and is published three times a week on Mondays. Wednesdays and Fridays during the fall and spring semesters and once weukly on Thursdays during both summer sessions with the exception of university holidays and examination periods. Opinions expressed in the GAMECOCK are those of the editors and not those of the University of South Carolina The University of South Carolina Is an equal opportunity institution. The Board of Student Publications and Communications is the publisher of the Gamecock The Student Media Office is the parent organization of the Oamccock Change of address form*, subscription requests and other correspondence should he sent to the GAMECOCK, Box 85131, Russell House. University of SC. Columbia. S C. ?9208 Subscription rates are ?>U usr semester and $2 for the summer session# Third class postage paid at Columbia. S.C ? HH r ...,ZL. ,.v. 3 totally new concept. In fact, when this school started 20 years ago, we originally had a four-day week because the teachers commuted from Columbia which is about 65 miles away," Barry said. The success of the schedule will be measured at the end of the semester or full year using students and faculty's responses for a survey, Barry added. i HI ii m\ LLJU t-UJ* V1 UBBEUG rrmr? mm i LJUJ 1 GGJOtJB Etf mmwEi .u/A cm*'* . \ Studeni fees to li By Paula Williamson Qarmcock 8t?H Wrh?f The Thomson Student Health Center has requested a $4 increase in student health fees. The present fee of $35.50 will be increased to $39.50 this fall semester, according to Dr. Isao Hirata, health center director. The reason for the increase is "strictly a matter of mathematics," Hirata said. "Inflation has hit everywhere, and the health center is no exception. The center receives no allocation from the state; therefore, all overhead comes from student fees," he said. awt/iMArkoA ? m11 nnf imrvrniro 1 lua lllVl ease will nut. uupiurv the present quality of the health center. It will merely keep it in existence," Hirata said "Due to the financial problems the center has been facing over the past years, more and more staff members have had to leave," Hirata said. "Eighty-five percent cf the overhead goes toward employee payrolls, and it is hard to maintain a full staff,"he added. W.W. Carothers, business manager for the center, said without the increase the standards from the previous year cannot be maintained. Currently, the $35.50 health fee covers visits with physicians, Hirata said. X-rays, laboratory fees and medication is provided at the center at an extra charge to the students, and this will not change V mMmi warn? euiu M ILCWtLE ro/Tifximm/af) LDUJLUtyLJE/Ti AtDe mv mams* \ vtmiE ^ P A M 'i r? Tl 1 t health ncrease with the increase, according to Hirata. The Thomson Student Health Center at USC is not the only center requesting increases. Clemson University has requested an increase from $45 to $55 a semester effective this fall. according to Norma Langley, staff assistant of the Clemson Health Center. "This fee covers laboratory work, x-rays, medication (up to a 2-week period), office visits and extended stays in the hospital facilities," Langley said. "The Clemson Health Center is supported by student fees only," she added. The University of North Carolina at flhanpl Hill is pxnpotiru? an in crease from $43.50 to $63.50 a semester because of the expansion of their health center, according to UNC health officials. The UNC health center is also supported totally by student fees. If the USC Board of Trustees approves the health fee increase, it will become effective this August, with the $4 added to the current tuition fees, according to USC officials. The increased health center fee will be included in the $75 tuition increase effective this spring semester. "The last increase received by the student health center was in 1974 when they began absorbing their own utility fees," Carothers said. \k 1 i Wmu t?