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IN VIEWPOINTS: SG Senate candidates make their statement, page 4 atii Wm - rfel=^i low35 H ?33 Bill 7 I III II BPh><^ i ETC WEPWEci^dy ^^^pi I \| ^ WW 7 Serving USC since 1908 Blue bayou, PAGE I orM Op e> I 1 J ! r J Olympic Spem Jonnl Spangtor baeanw tho top renkod Racing FINISh Columbia rooMonts gathorod along th rannoro for tho U.S. womon's Olympl rod 20 mllos and ran through USC's i complotod tho courso In 2:29.84; hor 1 Jt ~ % i8i > * ML* MM blatt F.h. Centei to enlarge lobb Renovations to the Blatt will expand the men's locker room and allow for an aerobics room. CHRIS RICHTER Staff Writer The Solomon Blatt P.E. Center has been budgeted $500,000 to build a new aerobics facility and a more expansive lobby. The P.E. Center is currently using the , volleyball court as a makeshift aerobics room. The new aerobics studio will be a more traditional < facility with a state-of-the-art sound system and mirrored walls. ] Herioert Camp, director of campus recreation, said the new facility will be as good as other , studios in the area. I It will be constructed at the site of the current men's locker room. The plan is to essentially cut the locker room in half, using one half for the aerobics studio and the remaining half as a men's locker room. Camp estimates that once the construction A is completed, the locker room will hold 600 people. * Before laying out the plans for the facility, c the center surveyed peer institutions from the c SEC and ACC to get an idea of what needed c to go into the new aerobics studio. Of the 16 schools that replied to the survey, two didn't t have a dedicated aerobics room. Of these two s institutions, one is in the process of building a studio. fi t f 1 P# gj i J ifctvi ' ;> f / ANSA ' O&hg <# 5>$x mz$ :; m U.S. marathon runnor aft or winning Saturdaj to the jl I LINE | 10 straata Saturday to choor on tho Ic Marathon trials. Tho courso cov- htt : am pus. Tho wlnnor, Jonnl Spanglor, Ml tlmo sot a now courso rocord. BERT WALTON The Gamecock r renovations y, locker room One thing considered in the decision to build the new facility was gender equity, Camp said. | Camp said there were not enough opportunities for women at the P.E. Center. The P.E. Center has a weight room and basketball courts, which are used mainly by men. Women taking aerobics do not have a room designed only for aerobics. With this j construction, the gap between opportunities available for men and women will be lessened, ? Camp said. The {dan includes the construction of a larger s lobby to replace the existing area. t Camp hopes the new lobby will be more aesthetically pleasing, eliminating the "maze c ook." He also sees the new lobby as becoming t a social area where students can come to hang )Ut. s There will be vending machines and a bigicreen television where students can come to vatch the Gamecocks play. ^ Fortunately for USC students, there will t >e very little inconvenience caused by the onstruction, Camp said. The tentative starting s lflt.fi is lfltfl Anr-il nr Mo? ?n+V> ? ? ? -r. ?? muj , null a LU111JJ1CL1UI1 t late in the middle of August. ri Aerobics classes will continue to be held in he volleyball gym until the construction of the P tudio is done. a "Our goal is to be fully functional by the c' irst day of school in August," Camp said. C( m * V* ' mgi ROBERT WALTON The Ga r's raco In 2hours and 30 mlnutos. Sho ontorod as tha 61 m TYSON PETTIOREW The Gar "I i i I ?I ' i? 1 ? -?= ~4M'" TYSON PETTIGREW The Gan Student-directed students' experic KENDRA CARLSON Staff Writer Knnw Preston Residential College is a residence hall vhere students get involved with each other, the acuity and the running of the college. Preston's staff consists of five residential assistants and three principals. The three principals, 3ecky and Kevin Lewis and Cyrs Armbrust, the ISM assistant principal, facilitate everything the Mr M students do. IjHHMM ^ "We want to establish a college that is run by |MOf students," Lewis said. "The principals are liaisons letween students." f? m Preston has its own government consisting f 17 representatives and a monitor. There are hree representatives from the three floors of the tuilding. The college also has a budget to fund WWBMHBBBk tudents' activities. Anne Knight is one of the government pr?ston residents epresentatives. Preston patio durli "We have different committees, and when hey want to sponsor something they must come Preston College Y o a weekly meeting," Knight said. members and semin The committee must have an itemized teach, tatement about the activity they want to do, and "We try to make ii he government picks the function that best to meet that teach h< epresents the college. informal interchange There are several student committees in and students." reston. The committees range from Sunshine Preston resident nd Gardening to the Basement committee, which college's own cafete leans out the basement. Students can form new Faculty members are < jmmittees anytime. do eat with residents Parkir 1 candii i piano Each year Student Gov parking problems In tl Students continual com candidates to address PIPKA BHAMBBANI Asst. Featur Every year, Student Gove USC parking problem as an ii I one for which each candidate ] Because parking is still an i according to The Gamecock's problem and potential solution! the candidates' and the USC \ One big problem is the lacl "l tftmK our greatest prol number of spaces on campus," i and Vehicle Registration. P.J. Snavely, SG candidate necock being built behind the Russel Ml, of the problem. The lack of safety in and aro !"A student can be guaranti $160 per semester, but they c will still be in that space at the Felkel said. There have been several cai garages this year. "A lot of safety problems ca and call boxes in areas such as 1 and in parking garages," said president. Jamel Franklin, SG candid in his efforts to make the garaj park in campus garages. "If police are going to be s minute over the meter's limit, guard the students' cars from Students who don't see val can't find a student sticker sp necock xux pxesxuexn ?xun rvoDinson na a $2 meter permit so student meters with change. "I hope they have enough Hijazi said. Some candidates say the po or weak, depending on wheth< the students. Candidates aren't i but they can be without studei "The student input should 1 lobbying and remaining active know what the student govern Cain, a candidate for SG pres adequate and affordable parkii Lobbying to university offic efforts of current SG president plans to increase the lighting a . the garage and create a regula iecock The main contribution stud the candidates. All other candi< views in their platforms. committei aices in Pi *P% - y. ' . IN Nicole Thorpe, Manton Matthews ai ig the first of several open houses V las several offices for faculty The qua' ar rooms where faculty can the Market P The collef nformal places for the faculty group of stud ire," Lewis said. There is in "Preston s at Preston between faculty Lewis said. "1 to interact in s are reauired to eat. in tbe "Pmat/m v sria in the Russell House. eveiyoneknov encouraged to and sometimes said. "It is th i. ig: a late rm Bmment candidates mention Fieir campaign platforms, ierns about partdng prompt parking Issues. es Editor rnment candidates announce the nportant issue on their platforms, has a feasible answer, ssue on the minds of USC students, polls, we've decided to feature the s to the parking situation from both voters' point of view, c of spaces. Diem is we do not have sufficient said Bill Baker, Director of Parking for president, hopes the new garage 1 House will alleviate that portion und the garages is another problem, jed a space in a specific garage for annot be guaranteed their vehicle ! end of the day," sophomore Amber thefts and vandalisms in the USC in be solved by increasing lighting he Horseshoe, around the Coliseum Patrick Wright, SG candidate for ate for vice president, plans to put ?es safer because it is expensive to o picky about a person parking a then they should have the time to theft," junior Karim Hijazi said, lue in parking in the garages and ace park at meters. SG candidate s an idea that will allow students s don't have to keep refilling the power to do something about it," wer of SG can either be influential ir or not they have the support of lecessarily making empty promises, its' support throughout the year. >e there," Baker said. "Other than on parking organizations, I don't ment can do." hdent, said he would like to provide rig by Fall 1996. ials can be effective. Through the Amy Bigham and her staff, USC it Blossom Street Garage, repaint r cleaning schedule. .ents can make is voting for any of lates did not include their parking js shape eston fj ''' \ ROBERT UNMET The Gamecock nd Robert Regal talk on the lity of the food is no better than in lace," resident Peter Sorenson said, je is designed to foster a close-knit ents and famltv College is not for every student," [t is mainly for students who want a community environment." las a community atmosphere where vs each other," resident Ryan Cockrill le type of place people leave their PRESTON oao?2