The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, October 21, 1981, Page Page 2, Image 2
Editorial
Who Will Crass First?
Greene St.
For the past 10 years, there's been the same arguments
why Greene Street should or shouldn't be closed. And during
that time, the arguing personalities have changed.
In 1981, the only change we've seen is the temporary daily
closing of the street between the hours of 9 a.m. and 4 p.m.
Not much of a difference for an issue debated so vehemently
in the early 1970s that sit-ins and minor riots erupted. I
RIGHT NOW, the situation is at a standstill. In one corner,
Columbia, vocalized bv Mavor Kirkman Finlav. thinks the
street should stay as It is because it's relatively safe and
nobody's been hit by a car on Greene Street. In the same
breath, Finlay says he'd be open to making the area a
grassed -in mall for students to enjoy.
In the other corner, the university and President James B.
Holderman said they are open to alternatives for closing the
street. The Columbia City Council says USC has been
dragging its feet; USC can never make up its mind with
regard to what to do about the situation.
Holderman told the Gamecock Monday he would favor
some sort of compromise in which the street could be cut off
permanently. Finlay was quoted as saying to some Government
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if the street could be closed from Pickens to Sumter Street,
he'd agree to have it done tomorrow.
WITH agreement on both sides for the first time since the
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Issue Divides <
issue became a controversy with students, faculty, Columbia c
citizens who use the street and city council members, why I
should there be any more delay?
The reason is that both sides are unwilling to concede on f
any point. The university doesn't want the entire stretch ]
from Pickens to Sumter closed,- because access to the <
Thomas Cooper library and the Russell House would be i
marred. The city said it has negotiated enough and is tired of
plans being altered every few weeks after agreements are \
met. <
Finlflv's comment that the street is fine the wnv it ik i
because nobody has been hurt crossing it makes all the sense <
of saying that an airplane that's never been involved in a
crash won't face that same fate in the future. i
PERHAPS the mayor has never had to drive out of the i
Russell House parking lot to make a left hand turn by <
creeping his car out inch by inch just in time to swing over
into the far lane while cars are zooming by in either i
direction. I
On Wednesday, Oct. 11, 1972, 350 students paraded back i
and forth across Greene street and tied up traffic for an hour
to protest both the open street and the lack of Darkimz. Before i
that, campus police were called in to remove students 1
holding a sit-in on the famous street. I
Now we have level-headed students, administrators and j
Letter. To The Editor
Misunderstanding
TO THE EDITOR:
What's all this stuff we hear about "An war"? Our English
TA, who asked to remain anonymous, says that the indefinite
article, "an", is only used directly before a vowel. Otherwise
the proper article to use is "a". For example: "a war". Now
let's get this right? two semesters of English are required at
this school and furthermore, the writers of the Gamecock, /
more than the rest of us, should know better. This is unex- r
c usable.
Besides, what's wrong if the picture in the cartoon was
supposed to be a duck? Not everyone can be a professional
artist. We still draw mostly stick figures. And what's
everybody got against ducks, anyway? Cartoons are supposed
to be funny (except maybe Dick Tracy); can't ducks
be funny, too? Does anyone out there remember Howard the
Duck?
OK, let's get serious. Why is everybody sad an war
(actually, a war) has ended? We want more peace, not wars.
And if all we have to do is shoot a duck and make him cry to
ena an war, men wny . . .
What?! Oh, never mind.
DAVID BASS
ROBERT FOLTS
JUL! ANNE TRASK
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:ity planners but do we have the compromise that will shut
Jie street off once and for all? { 'M
Here is an alternative for both parties: close off the street
'rom Pickens down to the beginning of the Preston/Woodrow
jariung lot entrance, mus, parking win siui De permitted (or
he back of Woodrow and Preston, as well as the lot to the
iide of Longstreet Theatre.
Approximately 80 metered Russell House parking spots
vouid be lost in the process. Add to it another 50 for the
losing of the street itself and that sum adds up to a mere
inconvenience for those too many people who drive to school
ivery day.
BULL STREET (the road that runs next to South Building
and South Tower) has already been converted into a
makeshift two-way street. That allows for the intersection of A
Green and Bull to be closed for good.
It's not too much to ask two intelligent groups of people who
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t>asic proposals to sit down until this problem is solved, one
way or the other.
Ttie way it now stands, we're at the closest point the city
and university have ever come to converting talk into action.
We hope that the past can be wiped clean and we can get the
street closed for the good of all. Or maybe one day the nonaccident
statistics of Greene Street will be increased by one.
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