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Show RAISING FUNDS BY SPENCER EASTWOOD /STAFF WRITER PHOTO COURTESY OF THE MARRIOTT LIBRARY FOR SKI ARCHIVE pARKI N G V D(All 0 N n the Special Collections area on the fourth floor of the Marriott Library, there is a collection of film footage, historic photographs and manuscripts detailing the history of skiing in the Intermountain West. Founded by Dr. Gregory C. Thompson at the conclusion of the 2002 Olympic Winter Games in Salt Lake City, the purpose of the Utah Ski Archives is to make the materials available to the public, while documenting and preserving the history of the sport. The 24th annual Ski Affair was held Wednesday at Salt Lake City's Little America Hotel. Over 500 people attended the event. It began with a dinner and silent auction of over 200 items and concluded with the presentation of awards. Heidi Brett, the marketing and PR director for the Marriott Library, said the Ski Affair fundraiser is put on every year to raise money for the archives collection. "[The Ski Archives] is one of the largest, if not the largest archives in the nation:' Brett said. Brett said the event funds the Archives in a number of ways, including paying students for part-time work in which they help process the collection and make it organized and available to the public. "We want students to know that this collection is here for them," she said. "It's very fun to come up to Special Collections on Level 4 and see these items face to face and touch and feel [them]. We hope students will take advantage of the Archives." The event receives support from many sponsors, including the Little America Hotel, which hosts the event, and both the Eccles and Quinney families. This year, the S.J. Quinney award was given to Bob Wheaton, Deer Valley President and CEO. Also awarded were six medalists from the 2014 Olympic Winter Games: Joss Christensen, Kaitlyn Farrington, Sage Kotsenburg, Keith Gabel, and Danelle and Rob Umstead. The medalists were presented as HistoryMaker Honorees. The fundraiser was estimated to have raised a total of over $56,000 in donations. The archives are free to view and available to students, faculty and the general public. s.eastwood@chronicle.utah.edu @spenceast 4 { THECHRONY I NEWS I OPINION I ARTS I SPORTS I FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2014 } BY KYLEE EHMANN /STAFF WRITER PHOTO BY KIFFER CREVELING W ith recent parking changes and campus construction, finding parking on campus is harder than ever for both students and faculty. Construction at the U has closed off three parking lots — lots 12, 34 and 24 — eliminating hundreds of parking stalls and offering few alternative spaces. The high demand for parking, coupled with the increased price of parking permits, has left many students feeling frustrated. Eve Olson, a sophomore in linguistics and Arabic, said last summer the parking for the honors dorms was changed to a faculty parking lot. "I don't know why they thought a residential lot would be better as an A-class lot, but now I have to walk half a mile in the dark to get from my car to my house': Olson said. Olson said it's the amount of construction that bothers her the most. "If they didn't do construction on five different parking lots at once, there would actually be places to park': she said. Olson added that the rise in parking costs compared with the availability of parking is frustrating. "The value of these parking spaces is not going up, so it's very unjust the price is going up so much': she said. Alma Allred, director of Commuter Services, said the current loss of around 1,300 stalls was unavoidable when closing off the lots, but was necessary to add around 1,000 additional parking spaces to alleviate congestion. "There are currently a couple hundred vacant spaces every day at the Guardsman Way parking lot': Allred said. "That's about the only place there are parking spaces, but... at least parking spaces are available:' Marcella Kirschbaum, a sophomore in international studies, said she normally parks at RiceEccles Stadium and noticed an increase in use of the parking in that lot. "If you're not here by 8:30 [a.m.], you don't have a spot': Kirschbaum said. Kirschbaum said she wants Commuter Services to provide better directions to alternative parking lots. Parking construction costs do not come out of student fees and are paid for by the parking permits. "Parking is what's known as an auxiliary in the university," Allred said. "We have to run the parking on a self-sustaining basis. We've borrowed money to build these garages, but no student is being charged unless they park, and then a portion of what their permit costs goes to pay back the debt:' Jonathan Wasden, parking services supervisor, said the current implementation of the new parking system has been difficult, but Commuter Services is "focused on the end result and future of parking on the U campus:' Construction is one reason parking permit prices have been on the rise. During the 2011-2012 academic year, the U permit cost $140. In the 2015-2016 school year, the U permit will cost $220. Allred said the price increase is also due to the fact that "there's less parking than we can provide for ... so if you increase the price, the demand will decrease:' The new parking garages will be available for students, but Allred said they'll "probably be a higher price than even the A permit': The construction for the new parking lots will be completed by the start of the 2015 Fall Semester, though lot 24 will remain closed until Lassonde Studios opens in 2016. "We hoped it would be completed this coming May for the main garage in the business lot, but that's been postponed for a couple of months:' Allred said. Commuter Services advises commuter students to use alternative forms of travel such as biking, carpooling and public transportation until the lots are opened. k.ehmann@chronicle.utah.edu @Ehmannky 5 |