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ruption and to guarantee that all stu
dent groups will have equal access.
With the proposed policy each group
is allowed up to two days a month in
a designated location. Most restric
tions in the policy ca \ be appealed.
‘The policy does place restric
tions on demonstrating, there’s no
denying that, but it does protect stu
dents’ freedom of expression,” said
Lyon.
The proposed “Policy on Free
dom of Expression” was drafted by
an ad-hoc committee in accordance
to the Regents'outline. The commit
tee included Tom Mackel, chief of
police at WGC; Linda Picklesimer,
director of Student Activities; Tracy
Stallings, director of College Rela
tions; W.H. Smith, associate dean of
Student Services and Bruce Lyon,
"Recent protest activ
ity on the campus of
the University of
Georgia reminds us of
the necessity for each
institution to have in
place detailed regula
tions setting forth
clear standards to de
termine when, where
and how the exercise
of speech and other
forms of first amend
ment expression may
be exercised on cam
pus."
—Henry G. Neal
Board of Regents
Executive Secretary
Student Government
Association Survey
The SGA's lighting committee needs
student help. We need for you to list
areas around campus that you believe
have insufficient lighting so we can look
into this concern. If you could take
time to do this survey and return it to a
SGA suggestion box in either the
library or the student center, it would
be appreciated.
AREAS OF CONCERN
NAME
PHONE
LOCAL P.O. BOX
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vice president for Student Services
and dean of students.
The proposed policy was an ex
panded version of the statement on
freedom of expression found in the
WGC student handbook. The Fac
ulty Senate voted on October 4,1991,
to send the proposed policy to the
General College Matters Committee
for revision. On October 14, 1991
Dr. John Fuller and Dr. Ken Bindas,
members of the Faculty Senate, sent
a letter to Dr. Larry Frazier, chair
person of the General College Mat
ters Committee specifying the con
cerns voiced by faculty over the
proposed policy. The committee
used those concerns as a guideline
for their suggested changes.
The suggested changes include a
statement of appeal, an alteration in
placement of the insurance require
ment within the document and a
change in the policy’s title. In the
past the administration and faculty
have considered the appeal privilege
to be understood by the students.
This privilege is now presented in
print within the recommended
changes in the proposed policy. The
statement on insurance has been in
cluded with the section discussing
damage and destruction of school
property.
The suggested name change,
“Policy Governing Outdoor
Speeches, Demonstrations, Distri
bution of Written Material and
Marches,” could replace the existing
proposed name,”Policy on Freedom
of Expression.” Although the origi
nal name is less complicated, con
cerns over the appropriateness of the
title was one of the many reasons the
Faculty Senate voted to send the
proposed policy back to the General
College Matters Committee. The
suggested revisions to the proposed
policy will be reviewed by the Fac
ulty Senate Friday afternoon, No
vember 8, 1991.
Chemistry Week scheduled for Nov. 3-9
Carrollton Mayor Tracy Stallings (second from right) proclaims the week of Nov. 3-9 Chemistry Week in
Carrollton. Surroundinghim are(l-r): Jonathan Patterson, WGC junior chemistry major from Lawrenceville,
Dr. Lucille Garmon, chairperson of the WGC chemistry department, Mitzi Beckham, lab coordinator in the
chemistry department, Stallings, and Greg Sandlin, senior Chemistry Club vice president from Acworth
Parking
paiking problem involves the present
resources of WGC.
“Our biggest problem is to get
students to understand that there is
parking available if they use the bus,”
said Shackleford. “If you can’t find
another paiking spot near the aca
demic buildings, go to Tyus and Z-6
where the bus will pick you up.”
The bus, however, is not always
dependable according to the driver.
According to WGC bus driver
Roy Stubblefield, the actual time it
takes for a bus to complete its route
varies due to the number of people
that ride the bus and the traffic for
that day, unfortunately causing some
students to be late for classes.
Three Traffic Control officers is
sue tickets eight hours a day (Mon
Students are the casualties in parking wars
College campus parking lots have
turned into asphalt battle zones as
students fight for spaces.
Permits, tickets, fines, towed cars
and just plain aggravation have
emerged over an endangered species
called the paiking space.
“We’re all facing the same
problems,” says Sue Justen, parking
division manager at the University
of Washington in Seattle. “As
campuses enlarge adn put up addi
tional labs, buildings, etc., they are
building on their lots.
“That takes away close-up park
ing,” she says. And as we replace
surface lots with ramps and garages,
they’re more expensive so people
are paying more.”
Yearly parking permits at colleges
around the country include the fol-
The West Georgian-Wednesday, November 6,1991
day-Friday) while one student offi
cer issues tickets four hours a day.
Shackleford also said that officers
that work second and third shift write
tickets for cars parked in the red
zones. These officers issue the most
"If you can't find
another parking spot
near the academic
buildings, go to Tyus
or Z-6 where the bus
will pick you up."
—Diane Shackleford
lowing:
•University of Arizona - S2O for sur
face lots farthest from campus:
$1,325 for a premium reserved 24-
hour spot.
•University of New Mexico - gen
eral student perm its are $45; $325
reserved spots complete with your
own reserved for (your name here)
sign.
•Southeastern Louisiana University
- last year’s $lO permit now costs
sls.
•University of Nebraska at Lincoln -
faculty reserved spaces (including a
spot for the chancellor) are $265.
Student reserved spots are $l5O.
Remote lot permits are $lO.
•University of Southern Maine -most
permits cost S2O for students and
faculty.
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tickets during fall quarter because
many new freshmen do not know th|e
parking guidelines.
The areas on campus which have
the highest ratio for the number of
tickets are the faculty and staff
parking lot on Back Campus Drive
and the Humanities parking lot.
Shackleford said the reason for this
is because the faculty and staff
parking lot is closer to the class
buildings, and students do not take
time to park in other areas.
Cars also receive tickets for im
properly displayed stickers. Ac
cording to the manager of parking
services, tickets are given when a car
does not have a parking permit on
the rear window.
All money collected from the
tickets goes to Auxiliary Enterprises,
according to Shackleford.
“None of the money we collect
goes directly to Public Safety. All
the money goes to the Business Of
fice in Melson Hall,” Shackleford
said.
Editor's Note: This article is the
first of a series which will address
the parking problem.
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