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Oversight Costs Immigrant's Job
An oversight in the college’s
financial aid department has
resulted in one non-U.S.
resident losing his job with the
College Work Study Program.
Les Smith was removed from
his job last Friday because he is
not a permanent resident of the
United States. Smith im
migrated here over a year ago
with his parents from Toronto.
According to a spokesman for
the financial aid office, the fact
that Smith is not a resident was
overlooked when his application
for work was first submitted.
This error was spotted last
Friday, and Smith was im
mediately removed from his job
with the maintenance depart
ment.
“It’s really my fault that I
didn’t notice he wasn’t a
resident,” the spokesman said.
“And I know what kind of a
position he is in. If there was a
student assistant’s job open, we
would definitely give it to him
But all of those jobs are filled.'
If Smith had fully understood
the stipulations of the CWSP
program, he could have applied
as a student assistant, which he
also qualifies for, said the
spokesman.
ANOTHERJOB
Smith said. “I’m going to try
and find another job here in
town but I’m not real hopeful
about finding a good one. Even
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if 1 do get one, it will interfere
with my studies and will
probably wind up paying me
less than the one on campus.
“On the campus job, I was
making $2 an hour, or about S3OO
a quarter. This was going for
my own personal expenses here
at school and other things, like
car insurance.” Smith con
tinued.
He explained that both of his
parents are retired now in
Cornelia, Georgia, although
they will be able to continue
financing Smith’s college
education, some other items are
going to be forgotten for a while.
“NOT FAIR”
While Smith understands why
he was released from the CWSP
program, he doesn’t feel it was
fair. “My father worked for six
years in the States before we
moved here, and he paid taxes
to the government. Now, I can’t
get a job from the government
because I’m not a resident,”
Smith said.
He could apply for American
citizenship now, and probably
have it granted to him, but he
doesn’t want to do that because
of financial reasons.
“If I become an American
citizen, I lose my Canadian
citizenship. I don’t want to do
that right now because of the
financial reasons. For instance,
if I get sick here in the States, it
might cost me SIO,OOO but
because I’m Canadian, I could
go back and get the treatment
for $1,000,” said Smith.
Another reason that Smith
feels he should be regarded as a
resident is because the college
classified him as one. The
college did not make him pay an
out-of-state fee because he is a
permanent resident. Yet, the
government will not let him
work because he is not a per
manent resident.
“NOT MAD”
Smith admits now that
whatever he does, it will not get
him his job back. “As it stands
right now, there’s no chance for
me to get the job back,’ he said.
“But I’m not mad at the ad
ministration because it’s not
their fault. They have been very
nice to me and I think they’re
even on my side in this thing.”
According to the financial aid
office, Smith’s problem might
have a quick solution. A
spokesman there said Smith
will be notified as soon as a job
opening on campus is reported.
Traffic Court of Appeals
Violators Appeal To ‘Sticklers’
BY SYLVIA HARTLEY
Students and members of the
faculty and administration, who
feel they have unjustly received
a traffic ticket, are given the
opportunity to defend them
selves at the traffic court of
appeals, where 25 to 35 appeals
are heard each week.
Larry Bridges, student
judiciary chairman of the court
of appeals, said, “We average
around 25 to 35 appeals a week,
but this usually drops to around
15 to 20 at the end of the quarter.
Last week we had 35 appeals.
Out of that number, 28 were
denied, 4 granted, and 3
reduced. We’re sticklers on the
traffic code, and there has to be
a very good reason for us to
grant an appeal,” he added.
The court, which consists of
an elected student chairman,
one faculty member, and one
administrator, either grants the
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appeal, and the peson does not
have to pay the fine, denies the
appeal, in which case the fine is
paid, or reduces the fine.
Bridges said that the main
reason tickets are given and
appeals are made is because of
an “ignorance of the traffic
code.”
Bridges stated that the traffic
code has been changed from
last year due to the recom
mendations of a sub-committee
of the general college matters
committee. The sub-committee
reviewed last years traffic code
and made a list of recom
mendations which were then
presented to the committee, and
voted on. If approved, they were
presented to the president for
final approval.
One of the recommendations
requested that the sticker price
for registering students cars be
reduced from $6 to $4. This
would require raising the
faculty sticker price from $1 to
$4. “The faculty members
didn’t like that. They enjoyed
paying $1 a year,” said Bridges.
This recommendation was
denied.
According to Bridges, one of
the reasons given by a student
who receives a ticket for not
having his car registered, is
Johnson ‘Not Aware'
Of New Parking Areas
Acknowledging that problems have arisen from a lack of parking
space due to an increase in the number of registered vehicles this
year Police Chief Dock Johnson said that he was “not aware of
any plans to extend the parking areas around the campus.
But even with the increased
burden on students with cars,
Chief Johnson said that traffic
laws are' being “strictly en
forced” in an effort to get
students to comply with the
rules.
“Two full-time traffic control
officers have been hired to
detect traffic violations,” he
said.
Chief Johnson also said that
his department did not “have
the authority” to provide ad
ditional space.
“The parking lots are turned
over to me to be marked, signed
and enforced,” he said.
According to W. T. Russel,
plant engineer, student requests
for additional parking should be
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that the car he is temporarily
driving is his mother’s or
father’s.
“They should know,” said
Bridges, “that when they bring
another car on campus, they
should get a temporary permit.
You get them the same way you
get a regular permit, except
they do not cost anything.
Unless you get a 30 day tem
porary permit, it costs sl. If
they read the traffic code, they
would know this.”
Violators often claim they did
not know the area was a
restricted zone. “Ignorance,”
says Bridges, “is no excuse.”
Bridges stated that appeals
will be granted in cases of car
breakdowns.
According to Bridges, the
person who wants to appeal a
ticket should go to the police
department and fill out a form
stating the reason he feels he
does not deserve the ticket. He
may also explain in person.
Bridges feels that this is the
better idea, as the reasons
conveyed on paper are not
always as clear as those
delivered in person.
made to the college’s studies
and planning committee.
As for the parking problems
around Roberts and Pritchard
halls, Chief Johnson said that
the 474 students now living in
the dormitories are provided
125 parking spaces and, at the
present, the unpaved exit road
is being used for additional
parking. He said that this road
would soon be paved and, if the
residents of the two dormitories
do not leave at least 14 feet of
open road for fire trucks, the
road would be restricted for
parking purposes.
Chief Johnson said that
campus policemen are not
writing any more traffic tickets
this quarter than in previous
quarters.
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