Vol. 1 No. 6
ORGANIZATIONAL FAIR AND RECORD HOP
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The Parking Lot
By Jim Bollinger
“The regular use on
campus of vehicles by
students or by others
principally for students is
permitted upon
registration of each vehicle
payment of the stated fee
for such usage, and display
of the vehicle use permit
stickers as prescribed in
Paragraph Cl.”
So begins the rather lengthy
and highly detailed sheet of
Vehicle Regulations for Capitol
Campus. Like any body of laws,
rules and penalties are well
defined, yet, as in many rules,
the reasons behind such
regulations are not given nor
even hinted at. Since I, along
with all other car-using full-time
students, am being forced to pay
$7.50 per term for the privilege
of arriving for my $3OO-per-term
classes, I decided it might be
nice to fill in the entire Campus
on the whys and wherefores of
our voluminous vehicle
regulations, particularly in
regard to parking, and perhaps
find some rhyme or reason for
the inequities and unfairness of
established procedures.
My first step was to seek out
the mysterious Vehicle Registrar
for the answers to my numerous
questions. As it turned out, he
was more mysterious than even I
had expected: the kindly
workers in the business office
weren’t sure who to refer me to.
They finally decided on a Mr.
Burleigh, who wasn’t sure
himself is he was who I should
see. However, it all managed to
work itself out, since he had all
the answers, or at least excuses,
to my inquiries.
As it turns out, everything of
importance is regulated by Bfg
Brother in State College, with
only marginal room for
flexibility to adapt for the
Branch Campus’ particular
problems. The policy they have
set for us is that we must ALL
register our cars. The reasons for
registering cars are all valid and
logical, as are most of the
sections of the regulations.
However, the inequities begin
Election Results
BUSINESS SENATORS
Department Senator
David Nicholas
At Large Senators
Brian English
Thomas Osieski
Phillip Zimmerman
HUMANITIES SENATOR
Terry Hahn
ENGINEERING SENATOR
Eugene Laratonda
SOCIAL SCIENCE SENATOR
Lisa Yaffe
EDUCATION SENATOR
Nancy Wilt
32 The President should
MATH SCIENCE SENATOR resign
Neil Makin
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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 8, AT 8 PM
AT THE STUDENT CENTER
with the charging of the fees and
the use of the funds from the
fees.
A full-time student uses the
parking lots four days a week,
assuming he comes only on days
he has classes, and that he
doesn’t take any days off. For
this privilege (in a communter’s
case, a necessity), he is charged
$7.50 per term. However, a
part-time student who uses the
lots four nights a week (an
amount of time equal to a
full-time student’s use) is
charged only $4.00 a term, or
$l.OO for each night of the week
he has. a class. Mr. Burleigh
explained that, these rates were
computed to be “proportional”
to a full-time student’s. How
proportional is $4 for 4 days to
$7.50 for 4 days? It would seem
that reasonable rates, like
vampires, vanish with daybreak,
and the light of day adds $3.50
to our parking fees.
The dilemma of parking rates
gets even darker when you
realize that the money we pay to
park here is thrown into a
University-wide fund used for
the building of parking lots at
ALL CAMPUSES. From the
time that CC was begun, only a
minimal amount of parking
spaces have been added to the
sizeable amount left by the Air
Force on its departure. Thus, in
essence, we are paying for
someone else’s parking lots. The
theory, apparently is to try to
buffer the cost of one branch’s
parking by making all the
campuses carry the load. This
theory begins breaking down
when the “fair” charge actually
becomes burdensome to the
campuses who need very little, if
any, additional parking. Perhaps
the officials at University Park a
should review the situation and
notice that, for a full-time
commuter to come here for a
full academic year (3 terms), the
cost just to park is a ridiculous
$22.50, while for a part-time
student using the lots an equal
amount of time, the cost is a
more reasonable $12.00 per
year; what it amounts to is a
42% discount for dropping a
course and r egistering
differently.
The policy could use some
In light of the recent action
taken by President Nixon with
regards to the Justice
Department, and his overall
conduct in the Watergate Affair
what course of action should be
taken?
6 5 The House of
Representatives should vote for
Impeachment. (Impeachment, if
handed down, by the House, will
in effect be an indictment of the
President. The case will then be
tried by the Senate, a 2/3 vote
of which will convict and
remove the President from
Office.)
59 The President should stay
in office and “tough it out.”
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Impeachment
The Students’ Voice
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revisions along the lines that
faculty parking is governed.
Since parking is essential to their
jobs, they are not required to
pay any fees. The same
philosophy is used in providing
parking at university residences.
Yet, sonehow it is bypassed for
the commuter students who, by
nature need parking spaces in
order to even make it to classes.
What results, then, is an unfair
burden to, and discrimination
against, the commuter student.
In other words, he is penalized
because he will not, or cannot
afford to live on campus.
I do not propose that the
University drop its parking fees,
since they obviously are
important, but merely that it
modifies them. It seems fair that
part-time students should not be
required to pay full price, but
their fees should be computed
on how often they use the lots
per week, rather than how many
classes they have, versus a
full-time student. It also seems
logical that students living on
campus be required to pay a
slightly higher price to park in
the main-building lots, since
they do live within walking
distance of the classrooms. It
also seems fair that the faculty
not be required to pay.
However, it is time to stop
penalizing the commuter
student, who comprises a large
segment of the campus
populations, in what amounts to
a racket. It is time to reduce the
7.50 fee to a more reasonable
amount; one which won’t break
our collective wallets; perhaps
even reduce it to the present
part-time, 4-night amount of
$4/term. If all else fails, a lower,
unilateral flat rate could be
impose on all registered vehicles.
I am sure that, if all commuter
students (& others) made their
feelings known, the University,
be it Rm. Wll4 or University
Park, would soon change its
policies to a REALLY fair
system and realease its supposed
“Iron grip” on parking
regulations and fees. It was done
by SGA last spring term, so why
can t it be done by we who
supposedly control student
government. In these days of
Watergate, let the people be
heard!
Money
Money
Notification of an increase in
the general deposit fee for
Capitol Campus students has
been forwarded to the provost
by Steve A. Garban, University
Controller.
Effective fall term 1974, the
general deposit for all new
students will be increased to
$5O, the same as it has been and
will continue to be for all other
campuses of the University.
Mr. Garban also informed Dr.
Robert McDermott that
effective fall term 1973, any
currently enrolled student whose
general deposit balance falls
below the minimum of $l5 will
automatically be charged a sum
large enough to bring his new
balance to $5O instead of the
$25 which was paid when
admitted.
Constitutional Revisions
In the 24 hour period of Thursday, Nov. 8 the Student
Government Association will conduct a special Constitutional
Revision Referendum. The revisions are the same as those presented
to the student body in the Oct. 27 Senatorial Elections. On the
27th, only 10% of this community participated in the referendum. A
substantial number of those voting did approve the revisions but
according to Art. XIX Sec. 3 of the Constitution, revisions can only
be approved if a minimum of 25% of the student body participate in
the referendum The SGA needs at least 365 students to register
their vote in the proposed revisions; a majority yes vote of those
voting will approve the revisions.
The general nature of the reforms are clarifications of
innumerable ambigueties. A substantial change is being proposed to
lower the required cumulative average from the present 2.33 to 2.0,
also the election clause has been rewritten to correct soYne very
ridiculous abiguities. Other major revisions will provide for the
Senior Senatorial elections to take place at the end of winter term,
thus allowing the incoming Senators time to become fully aclimated
to the in’s and out’s of Capitol. The revisions will also allow any
Junior or Senior to run for SGA President. This small list is in no
way the entire list of changes. Most of the revisions can be better
understood by reading one of the copies of the revisions that will be
available on and prior to voting day.
The voting procedures in this election will be very different form
previous methods. Voting will take the form of a person to person
procedure. Each SGA Senator will be asking the student to register
their opinion on the ballots each senator will have. The senators will
also have a copy of the proposed revisions for the voters use. In
addition to our roving senators there will be an official voting
location in Vendorville for all those people who might not be
contacted by one of the SGA senators. This type of on the spot
voting is necessary to ensure the participation of 25% of the student
body.
I would like to emphasise that the SGA consists of a number of
dedicated people who are working for the betterment and in the
interest of this community. Without team work between the Senate
and the student body on this issue of Constitutional revisions the
needs of this campus may have a hard time being realized. The
power to provide the SGA with a clear and concise document that
is not hampered by antiquated ambigueties is in the hands of the
student body. I would like to urge you, as a student, to use this
power on Thursday, Nov. 8 and vote for the proposed revisions.
Guest
Lecture
Interested students, faculty,
administrative staff are invited
to attend the guest lecture which
will be presented by Raymond C.
Malley, chief of the in
international finance division of
the Agency for International
Development on Tuesday
November 20, at 1:40 p.m. in
room E-330.
Mr. Malley is a specialist in
economic development who has
had extensive experience in
Zaire, Pakistan, and Far Eastern
Bureau of AID and with Texaco.
He will speak on “The Use of
International Banking and the
Agency for Internationl
Development.”
The lecture is being offered as
a part of the Business 385,
American Business Overseas,
course.
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* Announcements ♦
With hunting season
approaching all students should
be reminded that firearms are
not permitted on campus.
Resident Students may store
their shotguns in the Business
Office (Main Building 114) and
check them out when they want
to go hunting.
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Were it left for me to decide
whether we should have a
government without newspapers,
or newspapers without a
government, I should not
hesitate a moment to prefer the
latter.
November 8, 1973
Another Vote
By Bob Hetzel
Field
Trip
to
The time is Saturday,
November 17 1973 from 9:30
a.m. to 12:00 noon. The group
will meet 'at the corner of
Chestnut and Second Streets
Holiday Inn - Town), between
9:00 and 9:30 a.m.
Students, staff and faculty
are invited to a walk through
historic Harrisburg. Dr. Irwin
Richman, Professor of Art and
Architecture, will be the guide
to landmarks and esthetically
significant locales of interest.
Associate Professor Ambrose
Klain will focus on urban
structure.
Participants are invited to
lunch together after the walk at
Castiglia’s on Third Street across
from the Pennsylvaia Museum
(dutch treat: everybody pays for
his own lunch).
Notice
Look for the C.C. READER
Calendar of Events in the Hot
Lion distributed weekly by the
office of Students Affairs. The
Hot Lion is available at the
Roundtable and the metal boxes
located at all exit doors and in
Vendorville.
Harrisburg
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