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?opinion r;+., r namAii nnliiAn uuy wuuillrll 5UIVC5 Greene Street issue The Greene Street issue may not be permanently settled, USC officials said after Columbia City Council's Wednesday meeting, in which no vote was taken on the issue. The Council decided to widen traffic areas by eliminating parking on the section of Greene Street between Sumter and Pickens streets. City Council decided to build a median to aid pedestrians. But the street will remain closed Monday through Friday, from 9a.m. to 4p.m. The Council said USC could install gates at street entrances and begin landscaping. Reports presented to city councilmen stated that if the street is closed for longer hours, residents on surrounding streets would suffer from more traffic being pushed onto their streets. Although not what USC requested, this plan for Greene Street is some form of action. The r ults may be a disappointment for USC officials who have diligently worked on the issue for years, but for many, the decision is a welcome one. The issue had grown wearisome. Students grew tired of hearing about City Council's delay tactics and became restless waiting for a decision. University officials and Student Government have focused too much of their attention on Greene Street and are surely weary of the situation themselves and ready to move on to -ii : mi? j?:i? 1: ?n umtJi issues, i lie ueuisiun suuuiu ueai cuci iu an who have spent day and night compromising the proposal and planning strategy. City Council has made a decision, but USC officials said the issue is far from closed. Officials plan to keep working with City Council to come up with a better alternative than the present decision. Although it seems unlikely City Council will change its decision in the next 20 years, USC officials should be commended for their persistence. The president and his office have given a lot of time and effort to this issue. They've had to compromise their stand time and again, yet Al. 1 il ... uiey maintained tneir convictions to close the street for the benefit of students. Surely others would have let the matter slide. There is much to be said for USC's perseverance. Throughout the years, Student Government officers have focused much of their attention on closing the Russell House section of Greene Street. SG President Ashley Abel has devoted much of his time to this issue. He and the others have handled a thankless job with the determination npppcicarv Hoal iwitjl rSf-ir Pniinnil'r. J n/ UVU1 YHU1 V1VJUUI IV^ll d obstacles. Student Government has proven itself to be a group capable of persisting toward one goal on this issue. Student Government is to be commended for the role it played in dealing with City Council concerning the Greene Street issue. City Council's decision was a minor one in the scope of the university, but at least the decision was made, which was one step in the right direction. Students will still have the safety of crossing the street during the busiest hours without worrying about traffic and will have the ease of a median during the street's open hours. ? GomecocH I Editor-in-Chief Richard Meyers Copy Desk Chief David DeWitt Opinion Page Editor Victei Jinnette Asst. Copy Desk Chief Kay Bender Wire Editor Sydne Waller News Editor John Braun Photo Editor Andy Putnam Asst. News Ed.. Richard Culhertson General Manager Ron Ernler Asst. News Editor. . . Forrest Brown Adviser Mark F.thriclge, Jr. Ent. Editor . . . John Vaughan Manager Linda S. Haines Asst. Ent. Editor Chris Handal Business Manager . . . Jean Hatchell Siuirli IMilAr I? I 11 " " "i'". ?" uui?ui ?/itumiy du^s "wmvuuii .Timid^ri ivturn iwinwan j Asst. Sports Editor. . Dennis Switzer Advertising 777 4249 Newsroom 777 7/81 Production 777 2833 Business Office 777-3888 The Gamecock welcomes letters and guest editorials Ml letters and guest editorials must be typewritten, triple spaced on a 65 space-line Letters should be no longer than 300 words and guest editorials should be limited to one newsworthy subject no longer than four typed pages. Letters and guest editorials MUST be signed with the writer's name, telephone number, mailing address, class standing or faculty position and major. Pseudonyms are unacceptable, but the writer's name may be withheld upon request if the circumstances warrant. We reserve the right to edit guest editorials and letters Address letters and columns to: Opinion Page Editor, Gamecock. Drawer A, (JSC, Columbia. S.C 29208 r> m i ii i ' > i MP?? Jette rs?1? Student ques Editor: I must admit I like your style. J Every now and then you slip in a letter I: to the editor that is so feeble a ? criticism of your publication that, despite the intense effort of its author, < the Gamecock comes out "smelling i like a rose," and everyone sees the ? incompetence of the accuser, and not 1 the accused. ] Arthur L. Williams' letter to the < orlitnr- (f OC 1 noo \ 1 vviivui 190 ?a) IS IJU11U an * example. Williams, who offers no i support at all for his opinions (unless, of course, you consider such < emotional words as "nonsense," Grant concert po Editor: I would like to commend Kay Bender for Oct. 20, 1982 issue entitled, "College-age Surprises in Concert." I agree with Ms. Ben performed one powerful and energetic conc I have been somewhat disturbed that t> more coverage than there has on Christian I hope and pray that this is only the begin come. There are many of us out here who such things. Handicapped pa misleads driver Editor: During the last week before her mat technician requested and received a ham decal to enable her to park close to the lat informed that she could park in any han space on campus except for those specifica wheelchair-bound drivers. She chose to park on Devine Street betwc Sciences Building and the student dorms ( issued a ticket by the City of Columbia. Yoi lots may be "campus," but the streets a distinction made difficult for a person country, since both spaces have sigm universal handicap symbol and since no one out the difference to her. To make matters worse, no one apparent the university traffic office either, since si officer there that the City Police Departmer of the error, and that it was okay to con Devine Street. Needless to say, she receiv< Hopefully, the City Police Departmei derstanding; however, she is doing exact hoped to avoid this late in her pregnar worrying and excessive traveling, which a this incident. My complaint is not with the arbitrary campus and city, but with those responsib handicapped decals who, if aware of this dr warn or, if unaware, actually mislead dividuals. Franklyn F. 8 A. tions letter's 'illogical" and "silly" to be sub- o >tantial), criticizes a guest editorial L )y Tara L. Osborn for its lack of c iupportive evidence. HA! o He goes on to say that the m 3amecock prints only stories that are si .vordy and verbose. Of course this is after he dazzles his audience with this ? ittle gem: "What I saw in these 'eviews and in the printing of Miss 3sborn's letter is an obvious influence , IV the most transnarpnt atlpmnfc at 1 ? "v } ntelligence and depth." It also seems strange that a student of philosophy would question the media's purpose for printing an werful Student her article in the Christian Singer E^or- ... ... Her - Amv r.r.lnt The quality of the ert since last year. The f lere has not been reporting is much les events in the past. each issue. In my opi ning of what is to good newspaper. are interested in * ^ve ou^ ^own result, I miss out on ? Karen L.Binns tain that there are ma Nursing sophomore Because of my ab: - m would be interested t t* 1/1 HI! aredoin8 Thissumm i i lm ebb u thp ciippoco nf (Ka T TCi i mm a w b b wb k?v kiuvwoo \Jl Hit VJ vJ' ** team exists. I'm usin^ San example. I am fir featuring the less pub campus would be of readers. There are pe ernity leave, my body building, foreign dicapped parking would joyfully receive joratory. She was Thank you for your I dicapped parking lly designated for :en the Coker Life Towers), but was i! see, the parking re still "city": a from a foreign > displaying the r/~\ ; bothered to point ? ly bothered to tell | le was told by an it would take care itinue parking on id another ticket. Jm :ly what she had icy: unnecessary re both related to I Ji division between le for distributing M /ision, do not fully _ the affected in- fo-"2_9 "THE MARK OF lolander Jr., M.D., Ph.fJ. arm i-t\v t*^ r> . k assistant professor ABILITY TO Department of Biology COUNTRY '6> \l-lh * ! ! ? U W W93|CJBc^lhbwfe ; intentions pinion that is not exactly his own. .ike you, Mr. Williams, I do not ompletely agree with Donne's theory f human interdependence ? but I 'ould hardly call it "sheer nonense." As for your method of presentation, dr. Williams, at present your irgument is riddled with selfevelation and irony (both uninentional, I assume) that borders on mmor Joe Murphy Political science freshman requests irmation Gamecock has improved a great deal ormat is much more professional; the ?s biased. There is more of interest in inion, that's what combines to make a and commute daily to Carolina. As a 1 lot of the daily campus life. I am cerny students in a similar situation. sence from campus in the evening, I 0 know what the special interest clubs er I read, in another publication, about C polo team. I did not know that such a * my interest in horse-related events as mly convinced that a series of articles licized special interest organizations on interest to many of the Gamecock ople out here interested in wind surfing, 1 languages, water skiing and so on, who s such reporting. Lime and attention. Lucie Hancock education senior 1 v I A3Vm Vwlcr vll/ **** 3 m 'L J 'M) f<*. f^tf Sr^m I a 6g0p fblitlcian l<? the me Your opponent fop the,. when youte the incumbent