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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
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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
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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
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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(
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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
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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
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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
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Bmment candidates mention
Fieir campaign platforms,
ierns about partdng prompt
parking Issues.
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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
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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
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