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The Red and Black • Thursday, May 31, 1990 • 3
GORP: For those who want to be adventurous
By AL DIXON
Contributing Writer
For those students who possess an adven
turous spirit but lack the funds to let it roam,
the Georgia Outdoor Recreation Program could
be the answer.
GORP offers students many opportunities to
participate in outdoor activities such as caving
and whitewater railing at reasonable prices. A
percentage of the Student Activity Fee is al-
loted to GORP, allowing the University to cover
about half the cost of most GORP trips.
Donna Waters, faculty adviser to GORP,
said, “The goal of GORP is to provide students
with opportunities to experience the outdoors
that they wouldn’t otherwise have or be able to
afford.
“Most of the trips are catered to beginners, so
anyone can participate,” Waters said. “It is an
excellent chance for students to gain outdoor
skills, enjoy themselves and learn something
about their environment.
‘The opportunities we offer range from one-
day activities here in Athens to a five-day
sailing trip to the Bahamas,” she said
Trips aren’t the only activities GORP offers.
"We periodically present programs on outdoor
topics and we also have an outdoor resource
center containing information from every state
in the U.S.”
Last weekend, GORP took 16 students on a
whitewater raffing trip down the Ocoee River
in Tennessee. Paige Butler, a senior psychology
mtyor who has been involved with GORP since
her freshman year, led the trip.
“We left at about eight o’clock Sunday
morning and got back by nine that night. It was
great, the Ocoee is one of the best railing rivers
in the Southeast,” Butler said. “Besides, you
can’t beat the cost.”
The cost of the rafting trip to students, in
cluding transportation, was $30.
“A lot of people aren’t aware of how inexpen
sive these trips are and don’t sign up because
they think they can’t afford it,” Butler said.
“Other people make the incorrect assumption
that you have to be experienced to participate.”
Of the 16 people participating in the rafting
trip, only 5 had previous rafting experience
Eric Norait, a graduate student in manage
ment sciences, also attended the rafting trip.
This is the second time I’ve gone rafting with
GORP," he said. “I love the Ocoee. It’s about as
much as a beginner can handle.
“I’m from Germany, and I find that these
trips are an excellent and inexpensive way for
me to see America and meet new people," No
rait said.
There are still a few activities left on GORP’s
calendar this year, including a canoeing trip on
the Oconee River June 1 and a boardsailing
clinic at Lake Herrick June 3.
Fall quarter trips to be offered will include
caving, canoeing, rafting, backpacking, and
hang gliding. A schedule including the exact
dates of GORP trips for next academic year will
be available by summer quarter.
Trips planned for this summer are similar to
those offered in the fall. A schedule of summer
quarter activities will be made available during
finals week.
Student staff monitors lots for illegal parking
By JOY CROMER
Contributing Writer
It’s a lonely, despicable job, but,
someone’s got to do it.
Incognito, behind dark glasses,
pen and ticket pad in hand, he
slinks stealthily toward the bus
that will take him to the war zone,
otherwise known as the North
Campus commuter lot.
Out there alone, he’s fighting the
battle against illegal parking. By
11 a.m. he scores 50 victories, in
spite of enemy curses, pleadings
and cqjolings.
He then sheds his disguise, picks
up his books and heads to class.
Such is a typical day in the life of
the student ticket monitor, alias
Pete Escalante.
Escalante, a senior computer sci
ence major, said he likes his job
and feels it’s necessary.
“You shouldn’t do a job you are
ashamed of and that you don’t be
lieve in," said Escalante. “We have
to have a system to enforce our reg
ulations.”
He said he takes a lot of kidding,
but it’s all in fun.
“When friends say to me, ‘You’re
not one of those awful people who
tickets cars,’ " Escalante said, “my
response is ‘you’re not one of those
people who parks where they’re not
supposed to.’"
Fellow students may joke about
Escalante’s ticket writing, but
when they catch him putting
tickets on their cars, it can be a dif
ferent story.
“Some get irate, belligerent and
abusive,” he said.
“Sometimes it’s hilarious,” Esca
lante continued. “They know not to
park there, yet they get mad at me
for giving them a ticket.”
‘When friends say to
me, ‘You’re not one of
those awful people who
tickets cars,’ my
response is, ‘You’re not
one of those people
who parks where
they’re not supposed
to.’ ’
— Pete Escalante, a
senior computer
science major
Many of the tickets he issues are
to students parking without a
permit. These students continue to
park in the commuter lots again
and again, Escalante said.
‘They kind of become regulars
and we end up towing them," Esca
lante said. “And that’s a lot of pizza
money!”
Another student ticket monitor,
Kevin Meagher, has been writing
parking tickets for three quarters.
Meagher, a junior majoring in
business, also believes ticket
writing is necessary.
“We would have total chaos
without tickets,” said Meagher.
But students aren’t the only
ones receiving them. Meagher’s
beat consists of faculty lots on
South Campus. Meagher said he
issues 10 to 15 tickets a day, most
of them to faculty members.
Meagher said his two room
mates think his ticket writing is
“just a job.” Meagher, like Esca
lante, said he takes some light
hearted, good-natured kidding —
nothing more.
But what does Meagher do if a
student approaches him while he’s
writing the ticket?
“I treat everyone equally — fac
ulty and staff are treated alike,”
said Meagher. “I let everyone tell
their story. If they get nasty, they
get to keep their ticket.”
Parking Services Manager
James Tardy said the number of
tickets issued daily can vary
greatly from the beginning to the
end of the quarter.
‘Ticket writing is an educational
process,” Tardy said. ‘The first
part of the quarter, we might write
many tickets each day until stu
dents learn and begin to abide by
the rules.
“It’s a roller-coaster type effect,”
Tardy said. “Many tickets at one
time and then the number of
tickets substantially dwindles
down by the end of the auarter.”
A staff of approximately 30 part-
time student monitors is main
tained each quarter, said Tardy.
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