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^ hI^hI ' ; :1 ij vL* I 1 University of South Carolina " a^pg m m -*mw m m voi.75.No.35 Greene Sti By Tom Coyne At Wednesday's Columbia City Council meeting, USC withdrew its plan to extend the hours the Russell House section of Greene Street should be closed. The plan was withdrawn after two local planners recommended to Council that the hours of closing not be altered. Ctn..? ?: ' ? oicvc DctMidiu, extfcuiivL* assistant 10 USC President James Holderman, presented an alternate proposal to Council: let USC beautify the gates and remove parking spaces from the area. BECKHAM SAIL) USC officials doubted the section would be closed after the planners' reports were given. Rather than present a futile proposal, USC opted for an amended proposal, he said. The reports came from Michael Cribbs, city traffic engineer, and Sid Thomas, executive director of the Central Midlands Regional Planning Council. friHhc marlp truffir> r>r?unt r?f o?-wJ surrounding streets to hypothesize the possible effects of closing the street's Russell House section for more hours. He said the study proved the evening traffic peak ended about 9 p.m., instead of 6 p.m., as thought. He said the study also found heavy traffic on Greene Street on Saturdays, on weekends with or without football games. Student fee off By Susan Muir Students pay $89.50 each semester foi student activity and athletic privileges, acc.c Rhodes, USC treasurer. The activity fee includes $43.50 for the hea fnr nrrfoniiofinnc <? 1 RH fr\r r?lnK cnnrtc (1 ^ ff ivsi \n ^ain/iUiiviio, x . u\r iwi v,iuu opvi vo , f iu iv and $5 for the football stadium, Rhodes said. The $25 from the student activity and cl allocated by Student Government to campus Mark Erickson, assistant to the dean of said Student Government uses the same pi each student's $25 activity fee every semester. Campus organizations submit their proj the SG Senate Finance Committee. The co organizations review the budgets and mendations on how to allocate the acti Erickson said. Pa|lMn^ poll'; fN^pnpMwmM -mmm**** ' -rX::;.-.> - . '' ;. - v#'^ ^ y.yyy >Yiiii>i>iXijXQCjXOOO?W x<*? vx<<-X'>v^ <-?x<<<oc<>frx<<->. H11 ^mmKM New sonators*nre sworn in by the Chief J Government Vice President Mike Sheely loo reet to rem; use ORIGINALLY sought to close Greene Street permanently, but later amended that proposal to open the street from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. weekdays and on Sundays. Prior to Beckham's request, Thomas told the Council, "Any further limitation of the use of Greene Street would penalize the traffic flow in the area." Beckham said the report was not totally disheartening, however. Thomas' report said that after planned improvements were made on Hampton and Taylor streets, the closing of Greene Street could be feasible. Thomas' report stated that Greene Street is one of the few east-to-west roads in the area. There are plans, when the city has funds, to convert Hampton and Taylor streets to one-way streets, creating a multilane east-west throroughfare. BECKHAM SAID USC had sought to close the street tor two reasons: the physical danger presented to students who cross the street, and the psychological barrier the street creates by bisecting campus into north and south. Wednesday's actions do not signify the end of the issue, in which USC has been involved since 1961, Beckham said. He added that there are no plans to pursue the issue any further, "but I'm sure with a new crop of freshman and a new City Council, the issue will come up again." See "Greene Street," page three . _ r i _ sets costs Tor ne The committee's recomme * health center ^e Student Senate At this tin >rding to Howard ancl make suggestions about t If an organization's repre* 1th center, $23 50 the Proposed budget, they m; >r athletic tickets Senate and ask the Senate t mittee's changes to the organ ub sports fees is When Senate and organizat organizations hearings, Senate votes to j Student Affairs, budget. ocess to allocate If Senate approves the allo< fall and spring president for approval. If th Student Affairs approve the i>osed budgets to president's office. "After thj mmittee and the becomes reality," Erickson s make recom- The budget is in effect for vity fee money, the spring fund allocations deal with more money than tl > termination r s . v r~ N Photo by Ruth Schooler lustice of the Supreme Court as Student ks on. ain open, ge Two local planners recommended that Columbia Cit Street is closed at the council's Wednesday meeting, extend the hours of closing. alth, athletics and nidations are then reviewed by Erickson said the le the Senate may ask questions weeks. During thai he proposed budget. spends a minimum sentatives are dissatisfied with organization s budgi ay appeal their allocation to the The organization: o reconsider the Finance Com- support their clubs t ization's original request. After the spring ions complete the fee allocation money goes back inl accept or reject the complete said."The fall fee al tover money, he saic , , , , ? Another portion nations, the budgets go to the SO fee B A i3aetwylei e SG president and the dean of fajrs said the $16 g( budget, it goes to the university hel for stude *t (the president's approval), it Uckets cost more , ,a'"- department relies o a fiscal year. July 1 to June 30. free athletic event ti are more time consuming and le fall allocations, he said. esult of low par By Rachel Waterhouse and John Braun ft A student poll concerning campus v0 parking, organized by a Student Senate committee, was terminated after two days ^i< because of low response, according to a m) senator. jn Allen Dent, chairman of the Senate's Off| campus Affairs Committee, announced yesterday that he had decided not to extend # ? the response deadline because "people did not participate as much as we had hoped." sc I Vint cnirl ho rfi'inhnH liic floficinil i 17V.IU OUIU I IV I V.UVUVU llio UV/VIUIXMI ^vi Q? finding only about 25 responses in the | collection boxes in the library and physical \ sciences buildings. f() He told the Gamecock Tuesday that ie | would be satisfied with a response as low .ts jj 1 40 percent. . The results of the poll will be announced in (1j I the next two weeks, he said. ( % Dent told the Student Senate Wednesday ^ that, judging from first-day response, # "People think we definitely have a parking p, problem, the Shuttlecock is not adequate q and there needs to be a solution." U In other Senate news: q Ticket pickup for the Florida State football game will be Monday instead of Tuesday 1T1 utxuu^c ui uic tilled IUI i U iy nwi iKiciy y ocuait ^ | Athletic Committee Chairman Kyle Pruitt _ I announced at Wednesday's meeting. 0 I ii Senator Yvonne Padgett, chairman of the # I Communication Committee, said its project I of senators talking to University 101 classes ^ 1 about Student Government has been very i successful. // "Some people didn't know the senators in their district, and some didn't even know c, where the Student Government office was," j she said. - t facelift I x* flBmv x:iV fflrafew.. :% >. : : S fc. ?vv M I Hi i r- Mil "*** "" % < Photo In Win Mt\'amee y Council not change the hours Greene As a result, USC withdrew its plans to organizations spring process takes about five to six : time, the Senate Finance Committee i of 25 hours a week working with the ets, he said. 3 submit budgets requesting money to hroughout the year. semester ends, organizations' excess to the general activity fee fund, Erickson location is simply re-allocating this lefJ 1. of the $89.50 students pay is a $1(> athletic r, senior vice president for business afoes into athletic department accounts to nt athletic event tickets. Since season :han $16 for each student, the athletic n other income sources to give students ckets, he said. See "Fee," page three ticipation /like Vinzani, who represented liberal arts d continuing education, contested being ted out of his seat at last week's meeting. Vinzani cited sickness as the reason for ; missing his Senate and committee ?etings and said he had also gotten behind other activities. Phe Senate voted to reinstate Vinzani to > former position. Seven new senators were sworn in by the r T 4 * L. ^ ^ nei justice ai int; iiieciuig. miut* new nators were absent and must be sworn in tore they have voting power. The airport shuttle during the lanksgiving holiday will stop at the Uowing places on campus: Capstone, the >wers. Wade Hampton Hotel, Russell ouse and Bates House. The Academic Committee is considering langing the selection process to a different )int system for winners of I JSC's Who's ho Awards. The following appointments were aproved by the Student Senate: Nancy rube, Elections Commission; Scott oliday, University Athletic Advisory ommittee: Cynthia Price, Amoco Outanding Teacher Award Selection Com littee; and Christopher Brown. Advisory ommittee on Veteran Affairs. nside A variety of events await those wishing to f 'lebrate the Halloween holiday Page iree. "Idiot's Delight," now playing at Drayton all, is a lackluster production Page eight IJSC's men's and women's rugby clubs ornpete in state tournaments at Fort ackson this weekend. Page 11.