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Election of presid Senate's first or By Amy Bedenbaugh The USC Student Senate will hold its first meeting at 5:30 p.m. today in room 15 of the Laicou ouiiamg. "The first order of business will be to elect a president pro tempore said Jill Mainwaring, vice president of Student Government I? - v=i--v. - * ^ Jill Mainwaring Photo by Mary Ann Mollis SG vice president r i s i -i _ - i - nomerman asu: (AP) ? USC wants to buy 1,500 microcomputers and link them to the computer's big "mainframe" computer for a total cost of $16.5 million. USC President James Holderman submitted the request to the state Commission on Higher Education Monday, and some members were awed by the size. * * 'I'h i c i c a r\rrvf/M?ri/4 i iiu u u (jiuiuuiiu uwiaivju iui t.lie commission," said commission Chairman Fred Sheheen. "To make a judgment...on the basis of your three-page memorandum to us is not comfortable to me." The proposal made up the majority of $35 million worth of "unique" projects proposed by state-supported schools, along with appropriations totaling $359 million for the next fiscal year - a 25 percent increase over 1983-84. Holderman said the new computers were I Facelift in sight fi this semester, Ho By Susan Muir Greene Street renovations may finally be a reality. In an interview ith the Gamecock last week, President James Holderman said the work on Greene Street should begin this semester. Work was not done this summer because the university concentrated on renovating some dormortories, he said. This past October Columbia City Council and USC officials decided to create a malleffect on the Greene Street area in front of the Russell House instead of extendine the hours the street is closed to traffic. NEARLY A year later, work is beginning to install black raw iron gates in place of the aluminium and wood gates now used to close the street between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. A spokesperson for the facility planning office said construction to install brick pillars on the west side of the street, the side closest to the Thomas Cooper Library, is underway and will be completed as soon as possible. "Our top priority for the time being is the gate on me wesi siae. we a iiKe to get it completed as quickly as possible," she said. The clay on the Woodrow dormitory is so compacted from students walking on it that workers have had to use jackhammers to ioosen the soil, she said. After the brick pillars are installed, iron gates will be attaced. Then limestone will be placed around the pillars. The limestone has not yet been delivered, but because the pillars and gates must be installed before the stone it's delayed arrival has not slowed the construction process. WHAT HAS held up the work, she said, has been last-minute crises that have occurred when students have moved back to campus, pulling workers away from construction to repair air conditioners and solve other npaintenance problems. The beautification project for the street was suggested last fall in place of a Student Government proposal to close the street ent pro tempore der of business and president of Student Senate. Thp Qpnafp i c t U/ A mr\nf lie KnU in/4 m ? * a v i^vkuiv 10 vrr v niviliUO UV 111 1114 111 1111,11 elections, she said. "We will also take care of the inauguration of the Senators that weren't inaugurated last Spring, Mainwaring said "Some of the court members will be voted on and elected at this time as well," she said. The Senate's first meeting will probably focus on in-house organization more than campus issues, Mainwaring said. "The main thing is to elect the (president) pro tempore. Otherwise, we'll be mainly trying to regroup and get the momentum going for the new year. Various committees will get together at the end of the week and later bring up to me the issues they discussed," she said. Mainwaring said all students may attend Wednesday's meeting. "I can't stress enough how important it is to get involved in your student government. Students can come to bring up issues and can voice their opinions with permission of the Senate," she said. 5 for computers "a minimal request for the major university in South Carolina." The proposal was based on three years of study, which showed that the typical USC student has about one hour of computer access a week, compared to a national average of 10 hours, he said. Holderman said the Graduate Record Examination, used to screen graduate school applicants, now includes a section on "computer literacy." * * WF ?% ' r/1 lltrf M/X# f ? iiv it juii iivji iaLiii5 iu 11 lid ill South Carolina," he said. Sheheen said after the meeting the proposal probably won't be included in the normal budget process, but might be recommended later this year to the state Budget and Control Board. The new computers would be used exclusively for instructional purposes at the university's nine campuses. ? Oj. 4 ir ureene direet Iderman says permanently. Former SG president Ashley Abel used the Greene Street issue as a major part of his campaign but when Columbia City Council was not receptive to the idea, Abel and USC officials modified the plan. The second plan suggested the street be open from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. weekdays and on Sundays. When the plan was due to go before council at the Oct 27 meeting, USC withdrew the recommendation at the last minute. In its place, Steve Beckham, executive assistant to Holderman, presented an alternative proposal to beautify the area and keep the original hours for the street to be blocked off. BECKHAM S/*ID USC opted to change plans rather than present a futile proposal, since traffic reports from Michael Cribbs, city traffic engineer and Side Thomas executive director of the Central Midlands Regional Planning Council, proved the evening traffic peak ended about 9 p.m. instead of 6 p.m., u* ? ec:~ * 11?i -- aim nta\y name navciicu on vjreene ^ircei on all Saturdays,whether there was a home football game or not. The report also said Greene Street is one of the few east-to-west roads in the area. Although Abel still wanted the street to be closed votes from councilmen to close the street didn't come through, and USC officals decided pursuing the original proposal was fruitless. USC originally sought to close the street because it is dangerous to cross, and because it bisects the campus north and south, creating a psychological barrier. The mall effect to be created by the iron fences and removed parking spaces is expected to releave some of that barrier. 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