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4 South'aCaro J. ini &na*Li brary 1 (Hopsaahoe ?' M " Gamecock Volume 77, No. 14 University of South Carolina September 5, 1984 Construct Engineering built to begin this fal d.. i?: n uy JKII nunc Thursday afternoon band practices ai Monday night intramural football games < Field F will be a thing of the past by 19 when the John E. Swearingen Center f Engineering will be erected on the \aca area next to the USC police station. Th<a Q 1 ^ miltir^n fa^ilitv uQt nrinina A IIV. I ^ lllllllWll luvim ? " ? ^ v/? planned to be built on property owned South Carolina Electric & Gas Company a Southern Railway between Main a Assembly streets, but a cost discrepancy b ween the university and the two compan influenced the university to look for a loi tion elsewhere. "It was the university's hope a understanding that the property would niven to us with an arrangement that the c< wouki be relatively low. (SC'E&G a Southern Railway) did not want to make tl large a commitment to the university, whi caused us to look at other alternatives," s? David Rinker, system vice president I Facilities Planning. The alternative found was prope already owned by the university that v located on the corner of Sumter and Whi streets behind the computer center compl Rinker said the only disadvantages of decision would be finding both the band a intramural program another practice ficlc "The aim is to cet the band to oractice Field A and make another intramural fielc the near future," he said. The decision was made after a recomm dation from USC President James Hold man to the building and grounds commit and the board of trustees. An investigat was begun to find property to build Swearingen Center on another location a lower cost. The relocation had nothing to do w Green's discount beverage store locati which would have been situated across street from the nronosed site, Rinker sai< ?? i I The relocation has caused a three- or fc months delay in construction that ' ' >' ~ x V,1l THe<mem|^:s? ipW|Mft|* $?*%} and apefcmj, ^'?-AU BBtfSNfc* are irvifia to'It#-every <aspe< ion work fs ling construction II on playing field originally scheduled for late June or July. nd "The university suspects that constructor will get underway late this fall with a ground 86 breaking ceremony to hopefully take place it or November," Rinkcr said. mt The 250,000-square-foot building will tak< 16 to 18 months to build. It will be accessibl* lly to students by 1986. The complex will bi by funded by individuals from private corpora nd tions outside the state. Swearingen, a 193! nd graduate of the USC College of Engineering et- retired chairman of the board of Standan ies Oil Co. of Indiana and the facility' ;a- namesake, has joined Holderman ii m-Mierntinti nrivate sunnort for the engineer nd ing facility. be The old engineering building, Sumwal 3st College, located at Sumter and Green nd streets, will be used by the College of Scienc mt and Mathematics to solve the space needs o ch that department, Rinker said, lid The center will also nearly double th for number of students in the undergraduate ani graduate program. By the early 1990> rty undergraduate enrollment is expected t /as gro\s from 1,400 to 3,000 students. Graduat eat enrollment is anticipated to increase fror ex. 4uu to as many as i stuuenis. the "South Carolina produces a small numb< ind of engineers in respect to the population. Tt i. university needs to provide facilities to trai on engineers instead of having them drawn ou 1 in of-state," Rinker said. By providing additional space and stat en- of-the-art laboratories and technology, tl ler- university will not only draw studentsintotl tee program but lure industries into the stat ion David Waugh, dean of USC College < the Engineering, said the industrial power of tl it a center is already evident. "We met with officials from ith Northeastern-based computer company wf on, said the center will be a major factor in the the decision whether to locate facilities in Soul i. Carolina. They see the center as a commi >ur- ment by the university to qualify education, was Waugh said. mmittse Russell \ have been set for this week - ' ;ruitrnem les would not reveal th there are probably 12 or 1 U diaiiman viui, L'SC ORIGINALLY pi; 2t bowling alley, but cancellec &?t fpip ment eosts and lack of \' Business Affairs Richard V been considered as a poter counseling offices, whic j Buildings, he said. "It really doesn't lend it ?. V, " in the basement," said Wei '>' 11 would have been an ; sly of soiicitatioris jjc sajcj t[le idea of a m Country Store in Capstone ttatmg.wUh a large administration endorsemei /* Kotti Basement renovations, i building walls and installin June, Wert/ said. named Ufeu ^ gopd f^f *|Hl5 e^Of.;' RENOVATIONS S1IOI week, he said, noting the | Tuttee is S100,00&^& wall pay tor itself in three i1jp^ fof two in-stat^|^1 Choosing possible mere *arS" determined through studt been approved b? Wert/ said the merchants lahopius, executive have been through a high I He said a newspaper ad to be of interest to the cc 'miliar sight 4 -^gfldfltfljl " '**** ' ll?i@3si?sifl8?8l HH ^^M| {<:?:' ?.vfl'5 'A IB J ^ *^'~j J5 2?nS v=Jf h^w^ n SIHK Hmn i-d ? ' !;sM t-M ^SR^H iB^fe,,: [ ; ,jj -<. BmIHB ,i|^I '''J \ mm i - -flNB' .$? 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U " rt C ' 1 /a f n l?l i r\ r\ I II <11 t Jiv/W III lliv V IV7.1VI self to too many things because it's Classified . . . rtz. "It you do offices, quite frank- Dateline . . . . awful lot of money." Kritertaininen all evolved from the success of the Features . . . . ' House, and the proposal received Opinion it this summer. Sports mainly removing stored textbooks. g electrical conduits, began in early Human develop Counseling and his job J LI) be completed by the end of the project has cost USC $300,000, but Best ever. The years. in^ called the b hants and services to be leased was int surveys and community input. Super soccer. S granted interviews are those who upset <>l Ith-rai y selective process. soccer victories in June listed the areas considered >mmunity. At the end of June, the _____________ at USC I 9^S i Iff n Jp fl |j^?H|^8hP^ Photo by Jennifer Steib ad. Renovations begun in the summer of 1983 ory on page 3. Jtion delayed d specifications lor merchants. >cess helped procure stores that "wouldn't " and "flushed out a lot of would-be merto end up with a good group of merhe said. travel agency, dry cleaner, gift and flower loihing stores have expressed interest in the will be provided by Saga, the university's See "Mall," page 6. Inside 19 > 2 t 10 9 8 13 mcnt. Donald Swanson. director of I SC's Human Development Center, talks about f> Vienna Choir Hoys will open w hat's l?eest-ever CSC Cultural Series 10 occer coach Mark Berson calls Saturday's iked Connefticut one of I SC's greatest \'A J