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News / v ' /' \ , ^ , ,Y _ .r^i ^y.3.: a. V ^ v;.,: «* ■>, ' ‘ ; .... ■ :■ Students from page 2 thing against him personally. I think the courts will settle this, and we’ll abide by their deci sion,” he said. Lynton said Becker should n’t have been seated after the injunction was handed down. “It is our feeling that he shouldn't be there in the first place. He (Becker) broke six codes that would probably make a differ ence in the election that's being contested by Mr. Nash,” he said. According to Lynton, cecKer piacea campaign uiera ture within 50 feet of polls, and Nada residents not listed on the voting sheet were allowed to vote with contested ballots, both violations of voting procedures set by the Elections Commission. Becker said his posters were placed over Nash’s and denied his being seated would hurt his con stituents. “I can’t see how my being seated is detrimental to my con stituents like they claim. I have been told I could get an injunc tion against the people trying to stop me from being seated because that’s detrimental to my constituents,” Becker said. Lynton, who has been removed from the case after sen ate Judiciary Committee investi gations, said Student Government should not have seated Becker after the injunc tion was received. “The people that should feel embarrassed about it are the Student Government Elections Commissions. Richard (Pierce) and Jeff (Floyd),” he said. “Richard Pierce did not know his codes. In our opinion, Jeff Floyd’s got some dirty mud on him too.” Floyd, however, denied he had the power to decide whether to seat a senator or not, since the Elections Comriiissions validates elections I allowed it (the swearing in) to occur, but had I done some thing to stop it from occurring I would have been just as guilty as for letting it happen,” he said. “It was Catch-22.” Becker said Floyd should not be responsible for allowing him to be seated. “There’s no reason for Jeff to be in this, period. There’s no reason for Mr. Nash to drag him into it,” he said. A runoff was held for the Humanities and Social Sciences seat between Becker, a write-in candidate, and Nash. Becker won the runoff 23-8 with 12 contest ed Nada ballots. Reeves, after val idating the contested ballots, said the votes were split between the two candidates. Lambert said neither Pierce nor Floyd had the right to ignore the injunction. “It (the constitutional clause) gives the court the power to make things stay the way they are until there can be a hearing,” he said. “The jurisdictional pow ers have been misinterpreted.” The Supreme Court should become involved only in matters of appeal and does not have the power to overrule a Campus Court decision unless it is appealed, Lambert said. Lasmbert said Becker should not be seated until after the case is settled. “The question is: What if you go ahead and seat some body and come to find out they need a new .election, and the per son doesn’t win the second time? What happens if they voted on some big budget matter and they were the deciding vote and they weren’t even the proper repre sentative?” he said. Special to The Gamecock SG Vice President Jeff Floyd speaks at a senate meeting. Floyd and three other people are being held in contempt of court concerning a contested senate seat November 3,1989 S.G. considering closing campus section of Greene Street byTodd Venezia The Gamecock In response to a suggestion made by USC President James Holderman, Student Government is investigating several options for closing off to traffic the section of Greene Street running through the university. Holderman made the sugges tion at a senate meeting Oct. 4. The courses of action now being considered include getting speed bumps down in front of Russell House, closing the gates (which are now being shut between 9:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.) for extended hours or closing the gates to traffic permanently. “I think it’s a security issue and a safety issue for the stu dents,” Student Government President Marie-Louse Ramsdals said. Her office is currently inves tigating the problem and seeking student opinion on the matter in order to pass a resolution in the Student Senate, which will then bring the decision on Greene Street before the city council. “One of our main issues now is the number of accidents (caused by the traffic on Greene Street),” said Todd Weiss, assis tant to the president. “The blind spots out there are terrible.” The biggest question seems to be whether the closing of Greene Street will have a detri mental affect on automotive traf fic and, if so, will that concern outweigh student safety. “With 70 percent of the stu dent population commuting, it’s a question of who do you accom modate first?” Weiss said. Dean of Student Life Jerry Brewer thinks traffic will not be impeded “I haven’t seen any information that suggests that it would be that detrimental to traf fic patterns on this side of town.” He said studies indicate that 80 percent of the traffic across that section of Greene Street is university vehicles or non-essen tial traffic. Brewer, who remembers the mid-‘70s, when this issue was the hottest on campus and students took to the streets in protests unheard of today, said the reason they wanted it closed back then still holds true today. “It’s always been felt that the street divides Greene seepage4 November 1,1982 Columbia Hall’s two co-ed floors successful, improve interaction by Cyndie Larsen The Gamecock Men and women are living together in Columbia Hall. For the first time in Columbia Hall, men and women are living on the same floor. Half of the rooms on floors six and seven are occu pied by men, and the other half by women. Charlotte Gibbons, living/leaming coordinator for Columbia Hall, said the co-ed floors program is designed so residents “can learn more about the opposite sex, and to educate people in living together and understanding each others needs.” Wayne Smoak, seventh floor hall advisor, said the pri mary reasons Residential Life Services initiated the co-ed floor program are to increase male-female interaction and to increase security for female stu dents. Smoak said his co-ed floor is. a success so far; males and females on the floor have made friends and are participat ing together in dorm activities such as tailgating parties and living/leaming programs spon sored by Columbia Hall. Living/leaming community members lease dorm rooms knowing an average of one hour per week of their time will be Columbia seemge4