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'he Voice of Whittier College Since 1914 Quaker Campus Thursday, October 18, 2007 Issue 7 - Volume 94 QC@WHITT1ER.EDU Parking problems, increased violations COR attempting to prevent Campus Safety from booting cars Justin Velasco QC Editor in Chief First-year student Trisha Scherer drove her car up from Las Vegas on Sunday and parked on campus. The same day she received a $25 ticket for failing to register. Scherer went to Campus Safety Tuesday to fight the ticket and register her vehicle. Students not registering their vehicles is a common problem at Whittier, Asst. Chief of Campus Safety John Lewis said. Scherer was told she could probably get the ticket removed but if she waited, her vehicle could be booted. "Booting," or the immobilization of a vehicle through placing a Denver Boot on the vehicle's wheel, is used by Campus Safety to identify unregistered vehicles and get them to pay their parking fines. However, this practice is up for debate by the Council of Representatives (COR), who presented a first reading of a new resolution to encourage Whittier to stop booting. The resolution argues that Campus Safety should not have the authority to immobilize vehicles. The document says that the California Attorney General's August 12, 2004 opinion 03- 1204 states: "A private security firm...may not immobilize a vehicle... parked in a private parking see BOOTING, page 5 PHOTO BY ANTHONY BURSI / QC PHOTOGRAPHER Campus Safety Sgt. Kenneth Nelson cites an illegally parked vehicle in the Ball Hall parking lot. According to records, such violations have increased dramatically since last year. Citation increase attributed to the fewer parking spaces available Joey Weber QC News Asst. Editor As a result of the parking shortage, Campus Safety has seen an increase in parking violations this school year. In Sept. 2006, 392 parking citations were issued compared to the 449 issued this last month. "From a calendar perspective we have seen an increase in parking violations for a couple of reasons," Assistant Chief of Campus Safety, John Lewis said. "It is mostly supply and demand switched around." According to Lewis, Campus Safety is being more lenient because of the construction. Seventeen warnings were issued in the month of September. "We make a specific effort to try to communicate not just in the form of a ticket; warnings educate people in that perspective." Campus Safety has six vehicles on record that have been booted by the vehicle immobilization device so far this semester. Two of those were Earlham residents parking on campus during business hours (7a.m.-5p.m.) "They were taking up student spots, so there we are looking out for the students, too," Lewis said. Those who received this punishment were not first-time offenders. They fell into one of two categories: either they had been issued three citations for failure to register, or they were a repeat offender with the maximum five «— see VIOLATION, page 4 New library cards enable easy copying and printing Neal Behrendt QC News Asst. Editor The Wardman Library has recently enacted a credit system that gives every student $30 of copying and printing per semester for free. The library has also adopted the use of copy cards. Students can now buy prepaid cards without putting money directly into the copy machine. This new plan, called Bonnie Bucks, is intended to increase student use of the library. One major reason for the change was the arrival in May of Whittier's new library director, Katherine Gill, who had worked at Boston College and Yale prior to Whittier. Among the new additions to the Wardman Library are two photocopy machines, one color and one black and white. Other services have been added free of charge, such as a "I want the library to be a place where students feel welcome." Katherine Gill College Librarian microfilm scanner, page scanning and two computers one Windows and one Mac equipped with Photoshop and other programs in the new Adobe Creative Suite. The library currently has old volumes of newspapers, including the QC, on microfilm catalogue. This, along with students using the scanning functions on the computer and copiers, will reduce paper use. "I saw the staff was spending a lot of time trying to fix the cards used to photocopy and print and I realized that part of the expense of photocopying and printing is the device that charges students itself," Gill said. "It took us a lot of time just to fix it." Gill stressed that she wants students to use the library more for a study and work space. "Our relationship with stu- see CARDS, page 4 ROCK CLIMBING Read this story, don't belay! Campus Life, Page 10 CROSS COUNTRY Partida leads the pack. Sports, Page 14
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Title | The QC, Vol. 94, No. 07 • October 18, 2007 |
Publisher | Associated Students of Whittier College |
Description | The Quaker Campus (QC) is the student newspaper of Whittier College. The newspaper has been in continuous publication since September 1914. |
Subject | Student newspapers and publications -- Whittier College (Whittier, Calif.) |
Date | October 18, 2007 |
Language | eng |
Format-Medium | Newspaper |
Format-Extent | 16 pages ; 17 x 11.25 inches |
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Repository | Wardman Library, Whittier College |
Rights-Access Rights | Property and literary rights reside with Wardman Library, Whittier College. For permission to reproduce or publish, please contact Special Collections. |
Date-Created | 2013-11-21 |
Image publisher | Whittier, Calif. : Wardman Library (Whittier College), 2013. |
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Title | 2007_10_18_001 |
OCR | 'he Voice of Whittier College Since 1914 Quaker Campus Thursday, October 18, 2007 Issue 7 - Volume 94 QC@WHITT1ER.EDU Parking problems, increased violations COR attempting to prevent Campus Safety from booting cars Justin Velasco QC Editor in Chief First-year student Trisha Scherer drove her car up from Las Vegas on Sunday and parked on campus. The same day she received a $25 ticket for failing to register. Scherer went to Campus Safety Tuesday to fight the ticket and register her vehicle. Students not registering their vehicles is a common problem at Whittier, Asst. Chief of Campus Safety John Lewis said. Scherer was told she could probably get the ticket removed but if she waited, her vehicle could be booted. "Booting," or the immobilization of a vehicle through placing a Denver Boot on the vehicle's wheel, is used by Campus Safety to identify unregistered vehicles and get them to pay their parking fines. However, this practice is up for debate by the Council of Representatives (COR), who presented a first reading of a new resolution to encourage Whittier to stop booting. The resolution argues that Campus Safety should not have the authority to immobilize vehicles. The document says that the California Attorney General's August 12, 2004 opinion 03- 1204 states: "A private security firm...may not immobilize a vehicle... parked in a private parking see BOOTING, page 5 PHOTO BY ANTHONY BURSI / QC PHOTOGRAPHER Campus Safety Sgt. Kenneth Nelson cites an illegally parked vehicle in the Ball Hall parking lot. According to records, such violations have increased dramatically since last year. Citation increase attributed to the fewer parking spaces available Joey Weber QC News Asst. Editor As a result of the parking shortage, Campus Safety has seen an increase in parking violations this school year. In Sept. 2006, 392 parking citations were issued compared to the 449 issued this last month. "From a calendar perspective we have seen an increase in parking violations for a couple of reasons," Assistant Chief of Campus Safety, John Lewis said. "It is mostly supply and demand switched around." According to Lewis, Campus Safety is being more lenient because of the construction. Seventeen warnings were issued in the month of September. "We make a specific effort to try to communicate not just in the form of a ticket; warnings educate people in that perspective." Campus Safety has six vehicles on record that have been booted by the vehicle immobilization device so far this semester. Two of those were Earlham residents parking on campus during business hours (7a.m.-5p.m.) "They were taking up student spots, so there we are looking out for the students, too," Lewis said. Those who received this punishment were not first-time offenders. They fell into one of two categories: either they had been issued three citations for failure to register, or they were a repeat offender with the maximum five «— see VIOLATION, page 4 New library cards enable easy copying and printing Neal Behrendt QC News Asst. Editor The Wardman Library has recently enacted a credit system that gives every student $30 of copying and printing per semester for free. The library has also adopted the use of copy cards. Students can now buy prepaid cards without putting money directly into the copy machine. This new plan, called Bonnie Bucks, is intended to increase student use of the library. One major reason for the change was the arrival in May of Whittier's new library director, Katherine Gill, who had worked at Boston College and Yale prior to Whittier. Among the new additions to the Wardman Library are two photocopy machines, one color and one black and white. Other services have been added free of charge, such as a "I want the library to be a place where students feel welcome." Katherine Gill College Librarian microfilm scanner, page scanning and two computers one Windows and one Mac equipped with Photoshop and other programs in the new Adobe Creative Suite. The library currently has old volumes of newspapers, including the QC, on microfilm catalogue. This, along with students using the scanning functions on the computer and copiers, will reduce paper use. "I saw the staff was spending a lot of time trying to fix the cards used to photocopy and print and I realized that part of the expense of photocopying and printing is the device that charges students itself," Gill said. "It took us a lot of time just to fix it." Gill stressed that she wants students to use the library more for a study and work space. "Our relationship with stu- see CARDS, page 4 ROCK CLIMBING Read this story, don't belay! Campus Life, Page 10 CROSS COUNTRY Partida leads the pack. Sports, Page 14 |
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