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I * The South Carolina Library Campus Volume LXX, No. A^5 University of South Carolina, Columbia, S.C. Jan. 16, 19BO Compared to 1 New USC co By Kimberly Cihlar Gamecock Staff Writer The Amdahl Computer purchased by USC runs 11 percent slower than the International Business Machines computer originally leased by USC and then acquired by Clemson University. The transfer of the IBM computer to Clemson came after controversy concerning a USC official involved in the computer's purchase. MARK JANKOWSKI, interim director of USC's Computer Services Center, said the USC computer has less processing power than the IBM model 3033. The July 16, 1979 issue of Computer World, a computer journal, compared the relative performance of the two machines. The Amdahl was rated 200 to IBM's 223 rating in relative performance. "The IBM will do more work faster," JanKowsiu ? ?; ,j T i ? ?:J *I-_ -I? - sctiu. ne saiu me siower processor oi Amdahl "negatively" affects the work it does. Students get upset when their work backs up and turn around time (the time it takes to get an input back) takes longer, Jankowski said. The greater turn around time is a result of less processing power, he said. THE COMPUTER controversy arose during February 1979 after Jack M. Cooper, then vice president of computer services, took an IBM expense-paid worldwide trip one day after signing a IWIW1 W iiilenl lo purchase with [HM. At the time, USC was leasing an IBM 3033 for $75,000 a month. Benchmarks?a series of computer programs?were run on both computers. Cooper claimed that Amdahl unsatisfactorily ran the benchmarks, a fact Jankowski said was later determined incorrect. Amdahl, which bid $877,500 lower than IBM's " f^^-rJ^MMBgl^^BBBPl^Ptf'? yB.?^v- * >?* >?r?* "''* N. ,x ^ % - :. : *k-& > " ' '. " -'; < 8* v'ftf -i-'y :; :\ t ' Facelift for G By Tammy Baughman Gamocock Staff Writer Plans for a complete renovation of Greene Street are being considered by USC officials. If reconstruction is agreed upon by the officials, renovation would pvfpnH fmm Sumt#?r tn r>ir?bT?r?o " - ? KVV?aa* VV/ a W M. IVIWIIO streets. USC is also considering closing Greene Street from Sumter to Bull streets, according to Harold Brunton, vice president of operations. THE PROBLEM of closing or partial closing of Greene Street has been in existance for the last 10 years. During late October 1973, when the university distributed a questionnaire to 540 students concerning Greene Street, 8.4 percent of those polled believed Greene Street should be closed and 16.4 percent felt that the Street should be left open. In November 1977, the Columbia City Council allowed USC to close the street between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. weekdays because of the heavy flow of students crossing the street. ' 'This works great in the daytime, but it gives the students a false sense of security,'" Brunton said. former system mputer slow bid of $3.4 million, contested the opinion that it was a lesser computer. After the State Budget and Control Board opened investigations with the State Law Enforcement niuicinn TDM > * ' 1 ' * l/uuivhi, ium uui aiiu mnuani was awarded the bid. On April 20, 1979, the IBM was removed. "We had no choice in the matter," Jankowski said. Clemson bid for a new computer also, Charles H. Burr Jr., director of the State Computer Systems Management System, said. "The state took advantage of the rental credits when Clemson bought it (the IBM)," Burr said. THE RENTAL CREDITS the state earned in leasing the computer to USC amounted to $219,000. IBM bid $3.53 million to Clemson, who bought the computer in April, 1979. Clemson was allocated $4 million for computer equipment from the General Assembly, according to C.J. Duckenfield, director of computer services at i isieiusuu. JANKOWSKI DEFINED USC's computer as a general purpose computer. Its functions serve "broadly academic and administrative needs along with other institutes of higher education." Jankowski said. The Citadel, College of Charleston, Winthrop College and technical stemming from USC's computer. he said. Jankowski said the lesser processing power of the Amdahl computer "certainly could" affect the computer's efficiency. "They (the IBM and the Amdahl) are different hardware architectures; they're just different," .l!)nlfrtu;cl<i cairl pwnniu ii uiu uuiu. HBVUni' B ^'*"2 < ?^*v* e! S?: I ' llllll : ' % v?" M/manm, .<?** >.*?>> * Dave Roback ? GAMECOCK ireene Street? BRUNTON SAID students have taken up the habit of crossing the street without looking and this creates a safety problem when the gates are re-opened at 4 p.m. Drivers also forget there are pedestrians /*??Af?finrt tf ? ' vi voouig me aucci. it me suct'i was t'luscn permanently or renovated, Brunton said, the safety problem could be solved. Another problem associated with Greene Street is parking. SG President Peter Haeseker said the parking spaces in front of the Kussell House would be lost if the street were closed. Haeseker said his personal opinion is to acquire permission from the city to be able to close the street at certain times, but not permanently. Haeseker said it should be closed during classes and when needed for social occasions. He also said the street should be closed before 8 a.m. instead of 1) a.m. to benefit th(^e students going to early classes Haeseker said that by closing the street per manently students would lose parking at night and on the weekends. "It would affect the commuter student since the commuter student needs the parking spaces," Haeseker said. See Greene Street, page 4 gjfflM ;Sv; "^S^^^^'-'2r;' ' 'y^^M'-^-' ' ;,: S IK fet^.~1 faHK^E^v :-i;#a*#:-?1^^He? *Kfe:-ivf5HBH^^^^^^Bf&feli;k-f^;^':ii^'':V' -"^H -1 ^Stmsm -^S'.rv-- Bfr' -^R-' . JH| gjj. j yUl 86fei ^S8S8^KSSfififil ti wMpiy1^ |m^MBWj ^ M _ - 5 ?& 1 mmHH K3& b'llJ*z'f-* * * '.-J-'* I'^Hu Tt'W:t-0-' T'* i^HKkW'^ -jfiymni f W/r --; -'v_;_._^ r ^^. ? i-:L?-^^gp*":>;>Z1^V";-^:;c':'Vif'fA.- "Jf|-v'-""^jg"^'! i"~"' -V ' J >1 ' " / '.-? ( '4-/i?r??< , SAC adviser bvDasses senate mS M. By Ronda Templeton Gamecock Staff Writer Money transfers within organizations funded by the Student Allocations Commission are never sent by the SAC adviser to the student senate for approval as required by Student Government regulations. SAC adviser Doug Bostick said lie does not send requests for fund transfers to the senate because he considers it "an administrative duty and not a senate duty." Allocations are sent by his office to the senate for required approval, he said. REQUESTS to transfer funds within an organization s budget should be handled by the dean of students, and fund transfers in excess of 10 percent of an organization's total allocation require approval by the student senate, according to Student Government codifications. The Homecoming Commission failed to follow funding procedure regulations during the revision of their 1979-80 budget. Out of a total | budget of $10,000, about $3,013 was transferred within the commission, Bostick said. "It (transfer) was over 10 percent, and I did not follow the codifications." ! Bostick let the Homecoming Commission budget revisions "sit on his desk" because he thought obtaining senate approval would slow j I down the fund transfer process, said an ad hoc Homecoming Investigation Committee member who asked not to be identified. fl / <. /. r i " " it [transfer/ was over 7 U percent, and / did not follow the codifications.' j Doug Bostick, SAC adviser j Members of the Homecoming Commission did not know senate approval was required for fund transfers of more than 10 percent, the investigation committee member said. "They (the Homecoming Commission) didn't know Bostick was holding it (the budget revision)," the source said. THE REVISED Homecoming Commission budget "went through SAC to Bostick and iust stoonori thorp " SAC ? h;n rn un f lr?<i U/A?>tK.. v r r ~ ' v. ?. ??* *iiu?i vi ? 1' l" vil^V said. The revisions were not sent to the senate for approval because "Bostick said it (senate approval > was just an administrative detail and it was common to by-pass it." Worthy said Student activities co-orriinator Whit Mollis said he didn't know the Homecoming Commission's budget revisions had to be presented to Set* Homecoming, page 4