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SGA hears student complaint about PSU's parking permits
Krystel Pakitsos/Collegio Reporter
Issue date: 11/8/07 Section: Campus Life
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A PSU student complained about the university's parking permits and touched off a heated discussion among senators during the meeting of the Student Government Association on Wednesday night.
Brady Turley, junior in automotive service management and marketing, said the school's hanging permits are costing students money in parking fines.
"I propose we follow the times and actions of other universities and provide window stickers for students," Turley said.
Currently the university uses hanging permits, which students hang from their rear-view mirrors. The problem, says Turley, isn't with the hanging permits themselves, but with what is written on them. The permit instructs drivers to "remove from rear-view mirror before driving." Turley explained that students who follow this guideline can easily forget to replace the hanging permit and so risk a parking ticket. A $12 ticket is issued to any student who doesn't have his permit visibly hanging from the mirror.
"College costs more and more every year and now you're trying to suck more money from us," Turley said.
Turley said that adhesive stickers would not only be more cost efficient but they would minimize student tickets.
"This would eliminate the problem of having to take down the permit when driving and the unnecessary fee of forgetting to put it back up," he said.
While many members of the Senate agreed with Turley, others were skeptical. Mark Johnson, SGA faculty adviser, addressed the problem of students who may have to temporarily drive another family member's car. Johnson said that in such cases, a second sticker would have to be purchased for each car.
Sen. Jared Smith argued that when a student temporarily drives another person's car, regardless of whether there is a sticker or a hanging permit, he is required to register that vehicle with the campus police.
Steve Erwin, SGA faculty adviser, questioned whether durability would be an issue when removing and replacing the sticker from one car to another.
"The nice thing about the hang tags is their durability, their flexibility to exchange from vehicle to vehicle," Erwin said.
After the debate, SGA unanimously decided that the issue was worth looking into.
"I do agree with the stickers all the way ... that's the best method," Larry Fleury, vice president, said.
In other business, Sen. Cecilia Crosa submitted a resolution to send a letter to Robert Walter, dean of learning resources, to discuss extending library hours. The letter proposed changing the library's daily opening hours from 7:45 a.m. to 7:30 a.m. and Friday closing hours from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. The resolution was unanimously passed.
The next SGA meeting will be at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday in the Varsity Room of the Overman Student Center. All students are invited.
Brady Turley, junior in automotive service management and marketing, said the school's hanging permits are costing students money in parking fines.
"I propose we follow the times and actions of other universities and provide window stickers for students," Turley said.
Currently the university uses hanging permits, which students hang from their rear-view mirrors. The problem, says Turley, isn't with the hanging permits themselves, but with what is written on them. The permit instructs drivers to "remove from rear-view mirror before driving." Turley explained that students who follow this guideline can easily forget to replace the hanging permit and so risk a parking ticket. A $12 ticket is issued to any student who doesn't have his permit visibly hanging from the mirror.
"College costs more and more every year and now you're trying to suck more money from us," Turley said.
Turley said that adhesive stickers would not only be more cost efficient but they would minimize student tickets.
"This would eliminate the problem of having to take down the permit when driving and the unnecessary fee of forgetting to put it back up," he said.
While many members of the Senate agreed with Turley, others were skeptical. Mark Johnson, SGA faculty adviser, addressed the problem of students who may have to temporarily drive another family member's car. Johnson said that in such cases, a second sticker would have to be purchased for each car.
Sen. Jared Smith argued that when a student temporarily drives another person's car, regardless of whether there is a sticker or a hanging permit, he is required to register that vehicle with the campus police.
Steve Erwin, SGA faculty adviser, questioned whether durability would be an issue when removing and replacing the sticker from one car to another.
"The nice thing about the hang tags is their durability, their flexibility to exchange from vehicle to vehicle," Erwin said.
After the debate, SGA unanimously decided that the issue was worth looking into.
"I do agree with the stickers all the way ... that's the best method," Larry Fleury, vice president, said.
In other business, Sen. Cecilia Crosa submitted a resolution to send a letter to Robert Walter, dean of learning resources, to discuss extending library hours. The letter proposed changing the library's daily opening hours from 7:45 a.m. to 7:30 a.m. and Friday closing hours from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. The resolution was unanimously passed.
The next SGA meeting will be at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday in the Varsity Room of the Overman Student Center. All students are invited.
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