Thursday, November 1,1990
Clarification of parking
rules and regulations
(continued from page 1)
educate the students and faculty
about current parking regulations.
Each student, should receive a
copy of these parking rules in
his/her mailbox sometime this
week.
The idea for this letter
stemmed from a Traffic Appeal
Meeting held last Tuesday. At the
meeting, Silvis met with
members of the Commuter
Council to discuss parking
problems in commuter lots.
Three main issues were
discussed at the meeting: the
problem of whether commuters
and visitors could legally park
near the residence hall areas, the
possibility for commuter parking
behind the residence halls and the
problems with the D-lot parking
(the commuter lot down by the
tennis courts and behind the Nick
building).
Commuter students noted the
fact that there is only one
entrance to D lot. The Commuter
Council also stated that the lack
of spaces often causes illegally
parked cars to block the turning
area, usually causing a traffic
jam.
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Silvis' letter also addresses the
concerns of residence hall
students and faculty. Silvis said
the new parking plan is "tough".
He said he will "try this semester
to see how well students work
with the system to see if it (the
plan) can become long term."
In his letter, Silvis urges
residence hall students not to park
in the new residence hall lot
because although construction on
the lot is complete, lights have
not yet been installed. The lights
are expected to be in place by the
first of November.
Other changes in parking
regulations include:
• properly registered residence
hall students may park in the
spaces behind Perry, Niagara, and
Lawrence Halls marked
"FACULTY/STAFF" from 7
p.m. to 6 a.m. on weekdays and
all hours on the weekends.
• All commuter and residence
students may legally park in the
Nick Staff Lot between the hours
of 10 p.m. and 6 a.m. daily.
Only commuters and visitors (not
residence hall students) may park
in lots M and 0 (which are the
Dobbins Hall Staff Lots) daily
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Clogged: Cars are being parked along the street due to
spaces on campus.
between 8 p.m. and 3 a.m.
• Faculty and visitor parking
in D-lot (by tennis courts and
behind Nick Building) can be less
of a problem if students do not
block the entrance or double park
resulting in the restriction of
traffic flow.
• Ticket fees and regulations,
as in the past, are a $1 fee is
added to parking tickets not paid
within 72 hours of the violation.
Also, if ticket is not paid within
7 days of the violation, a $2 fee
(a total of $3) is added and placed
on the student's bill.
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Thursday, November 1, 1990
7:30 p.m., Reed Lecture Hall
Directed by Agnes Varda
A teenage girl runs away and hits the road, hitching
rides from strangers on highways despite the danger
associated with hitchhiking and traveling alone, especially for
young women. She lives the life of a vagabond, encoountering
strange people and unlikely adventures on her way.
Countering the romanticism we associate with life on the
road, this film takes a hard look at what can happen to such
people. Varda's film was critically acclaimed when it ( -e
out, and viewers found it uncompromisingly tough.
Discussion immediately following, led by Dr. Galye Morris,
Assistant Professor of Economics, and Penn State-Behrend
student Maria Torres.
DESERT HEART
Thursday, November 8, 1990
7:30 p.m., Reed Lecture Hall
Directed by Donna Deitch
When it came out, this contorversial film was called
"sort of a lesbian western." It's about two women in love,
and it is by virtue of the fact alone an unusual movie for
mass distribution in a society that is still greatly disturbed by
the thought of people of the same sex loving each other.
Romantic, lushly scenic, and in some aspects deliberately
conventional, the film is probably still the only leibian love
story to have been widely shown in American theaters.
Discussion immediately following, led by Penn State-Behrend
students Diana Ziemniak and Sally Meister.
• Anyone who receives tickets
for unregistered vehicles can have
the penalty reduced to $5 if they
1) go to Police and Safety and
register their vehicle 2) pay the
$5 penalty 3) have only one
ticket for an unregistered vehicle
(multiple violations must all be
paid at the $l5 penalty.)
• Students may pay traffic
fines at Police and Safety on
weekdays from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m.
Silvis said, "There is nothing
I can do about the lack of
spaces," but added that Police and
Safety will not ticket properly
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a lack of parking
registered cars parked in the grass
near the back and sides of D-lot
as long as they do not block the
entrance, turn-around area, double
park, or block other cars.
All policies stated in Silvis'
letter pertain to students (who
pay $55 for a year of parking) and
faculty (who pay $95 a year for
parking.) Tickets and/or towing
will result for anyone who
violates the parking regulations.
According to Silvis, ticketing is
necessary "to enforce rules and
regulations."