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Journalisn By ERIC WARD Staff writer The USC Board of Trustees has authnri7Pfi finanrino fr?r a n <C14 million College of Journalism and Mass Communications building, administrators said. As yet, no time has been set for beginning construction of the building. Once construction begins, however, the new building will take about two years to complete. It will be located near the Business Administration building. Financing for the project must now be approved by the S.C. General Assembly. It will be done under a lease purchase plan, said Pete Denton, Executive Vice President of Business and Finance. He said the lease purchase plan is a long term proposition. ! "What it would amount to is so- i meone would construct the building ; and then lease it back to us," Denton said. "After the debt is paid off, the 1 title of the property would pass to the < university," he said. I "?<**?*???. IB Hi, *##*** ? x**4 ?i^ v..~ jm M JHLl ^ f 1 aj^l & V _B^GH ?; / ^ Kw I; %, *iflB'' * j IS B^. Student registration and fee payment w New express From staff reports A new express lane helped speed up for some students at the beginning of th director of USC registration said. The express lane allowed many sti forgot their spring bill to bypass the noi ing system and go to a line where sti were used to obtain a printed bill, Din Woollen said. "People have been really impressed THE GAMECOCK THE GAMECOCK is the student news paper of the University of South Carolina and is published three times a week on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays during the fall and spring semesters and weekly on Wednesdays during both summer sessions, with the exception of university holidays and examination periods. Opinions expressed in THE GAMECOCK are those of the editors and not those of the University of South Carolina. The Board of Student Publications and Communications is the publisher of THE GAMECOCK. The Student Media Department is the parent organization of THE GAMECOCK. Change of address forms, subscription requests and other correspondence should be sent to THE GAMECOCK, Box 85131, University of South Carolina, Columbia, S.C. 29208. J Subscription rates are $18.00 for (1) year, $10.00 per fali or spring semester and ( $4.00 for both summer sessions. Third g class postage paid at Columbia, S.C. " THE GAMECOCK is a licensed student organization of the University of South 4 Carolina and receives funding from student activity fees. i ijiii j i building Denton said the Swearingen Engineering building was financed under a similar plan and the Ira and Nancy Koger Center for the Arts is being financed in much the same way. Depending on private contribution levels, complete payment of the lease could take from five to 25 years, Denton said. The proposal for the new building was presented to the Board by the College of Journalism and Mass Communications Dean Joseph Shoquist. To augment state financing, a fund raising effort is being organized by Shoquist and College of Journalism Development officer Chris Vlahoplus. The new building will cover about 80,000 square feet, cost about $14 million and accomodate about 1,400 students, Shoquist said. "We're planning a building that will be attractive but sensible," he said. "We want to have a building :hat will suit not just our present I ? ? I |4MMi ; - 181 U H (g.y jHf BriL as less hectic at the beginning of the w > lane helps express lane). It works registration been very pleased with ie week, the But headaches were and Friday because n idents who waited to pay their fi rmal scann- Woollen said, ident I.D.s Those .students who jctor Linda also expect long lines, people waited until th< with it (the USC administrators hav JBM~I $20 Immedic $20 With T New donors or any dor in 30 days can earn $21 appointment necessary, but Columbia PI 1916 Toy 256-6683 o y ^ "Automated Plasma Ce ^20 approved need, but our future growth as well." 1 Although college enrollment has ! stabilized in the last two years ' because of higher academic re- | quirements, Shoquist said, the college still suffers from inadequate space and is in need of a conference center. i "Journalism has a greet need for a conference center," Shoquist said. 1 The new building will serve more 1 than just the College of Journalism. c Other USC departments wiii be ( free to use its facilities. c The new space will enable the college to conduct courses, seminars and c workshops that are unavailab! \ The $14 million will also pay for new equipment and furnishings and a t parking facility. t Plans call for preservation of as ? much surface parking as possible t with additional parking space either t underneath the building or in another t facility nearby, Shoquist said. i "We don't want to lose any park- g ing places that can be helped," he c said. r IT -* Hi . .. mw\ W*BBk - i ? jpp^^jjyjp eek because many students waited until the speed up regi ; like a charm, and I have cancellation < it," Woollen said. The deadl unavoidable on Thursday ministrators lore than 10,000 students not going to ees until those two days, to pay fees an tra day for cl waited until Monday can she said. Because so many "I was real ; last minute to pay fees, only took me 'e extended the deadline for Joelle Ryan, W(IS( ite Cash" his Coupon.! J lors that haven't donated ? ].00 on first donation. No 9 processing is faster with one. # giJi J , osmo Center 7 'lor Street f r 254-6684 9 "titer - Faster and Safe"^ $20 Library to w By DENI SWIFT Staff writer A new computerized catalog system Cooper Librarv is expected to be operati of April, said C. J. Cambre, assistt libraries. The on-line card catalog system, called only be usable by anyone that comes libraries on campus, but also by anyone puter on campus or in the state, Cambr< The system, which received state fundii will be tied into the university's mainfrarr cessed by anyone with a modem anywhe States. Cambre said it would be especially b ^cuujjud diuuciiia wiiu uwn pcisuiiai cuiiij Another advantage of the new system showing what information is available that Notice can also tie into other comp Laser Continued from pag esponse we want." The response the researchers are t ooking for is a doubling of-the v aser's power. This response can be )btained when the laser beam is pass- 1 id through the right nonsymmetrical 1 irystal structure. ? Nonsymmetrical crystals are < :rystals in which the atom structure c 'aries, creating structural imbalance. c When the laser beam is passed \ hrough the crystal, the atoms begin e o move around. This causes the itom lattice to expand. When the lat- c ice is fully expanded, it may stiil be ? mable to cover the entire infrared t >eam. As a result, the infrared beam r s cut in half, with the crystal 1 ;enerating multiple frequencies. This I loubles the power of the beam. The esulting beam is green and visible. a .. mMMMP I ^Hg^pqEg K. Jf w JAMES NETTLES/The Gamecock last minute to return to school. stration af classes until Tuesday, she said, ine was also extended because ad- I were afraid that many students were I make it back to the university in time I id because they wanted to allow an ex- I hecks to clear, she said. lly impressed with the express lane. It a few minutes to get through," said an English junior. F CM awe rfr*ALT | CAMPUS 1$ LIFECO Travel Cen r a student to represer Applicant must mair 9 average. 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"You can use :ertain crystals and obtain a little bit )f green light," Cathey said. "But ve want something that will be more :fficient. "These synthetic compound :rystals are different from those ilready known to increase laser inensity," he said. "They are asymnetrical, yet they are perfectly clear, ike window glass. This is very rare, t's like just finding a diamond. "We think some of them may be ible to double or triple the laser's fre J Business management junior Sharoi riday. iSOME ERNATIVE 90.5 j ^ ii^iiiid <0(D0> ? REP 4 ter is looking for 9. it our agency. cr itain a 3.0 grade ails. I#1 300 S va^ad r02>o> W: Bii Arts & Crafts ITH 12th STREET WEST UU3-/91-39U3 :30 TIL 6:00 MONDAY T 15% discount with this ized catalog rtanburg and Allendale to find out what ailable there. . been cataloging on-line into a national as OCLC Inc., which catalogs the conX) libraries all over the world, ition processed has been done by Notice, west University, and the Computer stem was awarded $1 million for this : enough to cover the cost of equipment started, according to Cambre. ost will be funded by the university and e library and computer center budget, at information is where is all the library iow. "We haven't worked out details ; the information here once we know .t least with Notice we'll have access to there," Cambre said. "We are working nterlibrary loan and shuttling, though." quency," he said. "And if we can get some of them to double, that's the response we want." If the project produces such a response, Cathey said it may help in the development of a system called multiplexing. Currently, long glass structures called fiber optics are used by telephome companies and several other businesses to transport telephone calls and other information. Each fiber optic can hold several hundred phone calls. If the frequency doubling method is obtained, the resulting laser beam can be sent through fiber optics and microwaves can be applied. "If we can do that," Cathey said, "one fiber optic may be able to hold up to a million calls at one time." k I \\lI \ \l / .'// Ih, o^nei-oci i Gantt charges her tuition and fees United Way of the Midlands Book Packs #1 Book Pack in the Country! a Supplies COLUMBIA, SC 29169 HRU SATURDAY ' ad cc-iqi .