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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
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Jill Mainwaring Photo by Mary Ann Mollis
SG vice president
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(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.
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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
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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
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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."
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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.
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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.,
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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.
"We really want'to get it done ? it'll really
make it look like a university," a facilities
planning spokesperson said.
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