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Greek Week begins p. 4 .?* ? d&B/ B m 'E vita'opens tonight p. 10 S ET^ Brm. April 11,1983 Tennis teams split p. 14 H H HH University of South Carolina * Media arts I ? I says nis ai . can handle By Ann Applegate Department of Media Arts Chairman Porter McLaurin is "optimistic" that his department can make a smooth transition to the College of Applied Professional Sciences. The USC board of trustees will decide whether to approve the proposed transfer of the undergraduate media arts program to ^ APS at its April 14 meeting. University administration originally recommended eliminating both M.A. and B.A. media arts degrees as part of a cutback package i i M$0: /H Porter McLaurin r%. oFBeilBS^ Renovations di ^HHHf ;.^g^^|HHH|^y^^-i:'^, v':' v.v5 _> ; . . . INMK. , * . - JHDbH^^^s S sSlra ijLv -I ? MtfifelBi^B^^B jr^^' iilnFffK^ ^ggmrni lllwiir8iiMBBii 11 . f4 .< S:: : 1 - i . - - ~ . i- . ||r%ayijK USC officials are waiting for Columt between Sumter and Bull Streets. The | Horseshoe. ; chairman apartment ?transition in academic areas. OTHER CUTS proposed to the AnaHomin Affairs nnH Fflfllltv Liaison Committee were suspension of the M.A. program in anthropology, elimination of the undergraduate health education degree, reduction of the College of Social Work faculty to nine months and a phaseout of associate degree programs in APS. The committee discussed the recommendations March 24 and prupivseu suspending me ivi./v. aegree in media arts and transferring the undergraduate program to APS. McLaurin said he didn't know what motivated the university's compromise in the media arts department. "I can only figure the administration reviewed information about our department and felt it would make a worthwhile transition, and at the same time, resolve a delicate problem," he said. THAT PROBLEM is the controversy that has clouded USC's budgetary situation. "The College of Humanities (and Social Sciences) had delicate l_ 1 ml /ii i * ? i v pruuiems. iney une administration; were shrinking what APS was doing," McLaurin said. "Our program was becoming more professional, and I think the adSee "Media arts," page 5 treei stayed until City C / <.? jw.i\ >, ; \ X"'.-: .' awB Jb . W. '. - . . -,< lia City Council to approve Greene Street rei ilans include new gates similar to the ones us Vfl 1 K# \ * IM HHB^nRi, r Yr*MTnf mnmi rflii ? fy^jBfnrWH Shooting through the trees Aftnr Hauc nf hnauu rain thoco llflH ctnHpntc tnkn ariuanl ni ivi uu j u vi iiuu w | i uiii; www v?mmwii?v %unv muwwii< play a game of basketball on the court next to Woodrow d University of Miami baseball series scheduled for this past v\ ouncil approves USC's j By Chris Handal and Glenn Burkins iSffiv ^ 1 Greene Street renovations between ^ .*. ^ i^i Sumter and Bull streets will begin as soon as Columbia City Council approves plans submitted by Ub(J, according to David Kg Rinker, system vice president for facilities *: w and planning. Two-and-one-half weeks ago, USC President James Holderman said, "We've : * * ? ? ? l, / * U ? tlin wiiiLCii ilium vine uuuuliw ciuuui inc ^ changes and heard nothing back. I'm ^ frustrated. I don't understand why it's such a problem. I really don't." Rinker said he expects the council to Br-iV; annrmro t ho nlans Thp rpppnt plpptinn and Pi Ilk swearing in of the councilmen has delayed > consideration of the plan, Rinker said. IF THE council approves the plan, work on the new gates will begin immediately, hut work on the street itself will be delayed until summer when traffic is not as big a /. * problem, Rinker said. The cost of the renovations "as not been determined, ne wr^,: said. USC proposed the changes at the council's fl, jffl-k Oct. 26 meeting. USC previously sought to close Greene Street, but changed that plan. The new plan called for extending the hours t hf? ctr#?ot is r?lrv5orl - However, after two local planners recommended the hours of closing not be altered, USC withdrew the plan and instead '' nrnnn?Ml rpnnvntintf flropno Steve Beckham, executive assistant to Holderman, told the Gamecock in October that USC withdrew the extended hours plan novations because USC officials doubted the section ed on the would be closed after the planners' reports were given. Mv^ s|CT^^K^|| Photo by Capers Hammond tage of the clear, warm weather yesterday to orm. The rain forced cancellation of the USCreekend. I i _ rr* _ _ i jsaris, uiuciai says 'We've written them (Columbia Citv Council) about the chanaes / VI and heard nothing back. I'm frustrated. I don't understand why it's snr.h a nrnhlem I rpallv rlnn't.' ... ~ ? r- ? ? 7 ? ? USC President James Holderman ACCORDING TO Rinker, the renovatioi plans include installing a median that wil run along Greene Street from Sumter to Bui streets. The median will be textured, whicl will make crossing Greene Street safer, h< said. Also, two gates similar to the gates on th? Horseshoe will be erected, Kinker said Tnese gates will be closed from 9:30 a.m. t. 4 p.m. when classes are in session. A nV>ar\rf/? tnall fiuv/uiui cuangc win uc iiic i:jiiiui(itiuix U) parking on Greene Street between Sumte; and Bull streets, he said. Greene Street wil also be redesigned. Kinker said the street': contours will be changed, and plantec aiuao, wciiiywajrr> auu ti uaswams win ut added. It was hoped the renovation would be done over the Christmas break, but Beckhan said in January those statements had beer "said with a lot of optimism." The Greene Street controversy dates tc 1961.