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Show Au8"st 3, 1993 RDITQRTAL Signpost Signpost viewpoint WSU parking dilemma demands more attention Students coming back to the Weber State University campus in the fall will havea hard time returning literally. Returning to WSU and the textbooks after a summer-long hiatus from studies won't be quite as challenging as finding a parking place on the already crowded lots at WSU. For the next two years, the A-10 parking lot will be short 50 to 75 slots because of construction on the new student services building and the excavation of the communication building. In the past, the parking lot has had 475 spaces available for students. Now, a fence has been erected at the northern end of the lot that has cut off a significant part of the lot. To help iron out kinks in the parking dilemma, WSU had appointed a parking committee last year. However, even with the knowledge that parking would be even more limited when construction started on the $11.7 million student services building, the committee did not meet once last year. Not once. This sends a signal to all students that both the administration and student government are moving at a turtle's pace in solving a major problem on campus. During the election, many candidates made promises and based their campaigns on addressing the parking problem.But like most politicians, promises made are promises broken. WSU is a commuter campus and the majority of students are attending school and working full time off campus. Waiting for an often-slow shuttle bus infuriates those late for work or class. Easy access parking is not only wanted, but is necessary to meet the student's needs. Forming a committee is easy. What isn't easy is solving the parking problem. But at least by attempting to brainstorm or organize within itself, the committee would benefit all students. At least something would be accomplished. And by not meeting to discuss the issue, WSU is turning its back on students that won't have anywhere else to go. For some, home is where the heart is The IGNPOST Recipient of the UPA General Excellence award v3 The Signpost staff Editor In Chief Managing Editor News Editor Arts Editor Sports Editor Copy Editor Photo Editor Assistant photo Production Manager Advertising Manager Ad Designer Secretary Adviser Asst. Adviser Publisher Jeff Haney Mark Forsberg Cheryl Jensen Jennifer King Jennifer Harding Hillary Schultz Steve Conlin Annette Shaw Jennette Scott Jennifer Belnap Lelghann Hersey Laura Hansen P. Larry Stahle Dale S. 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Bring letters to the editorial office in UB 267 or mail to: The Signpost, Weber State University. Ogden, Utah 84408-21 18, Attn: Jeff Haney, Editor in chief. I always used to forget my keys. Sometimes I left them in an old pair of pants. Sometimes I left them on a shelf, or in a friend's car, or in my motorcycle. I forgot other things too, all the time, but my keys became a symbol of the problem.Too much stress, I figured. It's probably destroying my short-term memory. I read. an article on it in the paper a few months ago. Stress, I also read, can make a person do crazy things. That would explain why, over a period of a few days, I put everything but a few essentials in storage, gave my apartment manager notice, got my deposit, forwarded my mail to a post-office box, packed a couple rucksacks with everything I needed and strapped them to my motorcycle. The result: bright and early one Thursday morning I found myself with $100 cash, a couple day's worth of food and clothing, a motorcycle and nothing else. I had nowhere to go and nothing to do. No bills to pay, no appointments to keep, no messes to clean. That was six weeks ago. Today I decided to look back The Basics Mark Forsberg at the six weeks and sort through what's happened. I sat around for an hour trying to ' distill a new moral or higher truth without result. But perhaps I've learned something I've felt all along: we've made life too complicated. My day consists of very few items. I enjoy all of them. First I wake, usually because the sun is too bright to let me sleep anymore. I stretch and read a few pages of a book. I break camp, load everything on my motorcycle and ride to the store to buy some groceries. I then eat breakfast and go to the gymnasium to exercise for about an hour, sometimes with a friend. After that I shower at the gym and eat lunch. The rest of my day is spent doing one of three things: Iifeguarding a local pool, visiting friends or spending time alone doing something I enjoy. At dusk I find a safe and secluded place, lay out my campsite and sleep until dawn. It hasn't always been pleasant. My sleep is occasionally disturbed by caretakers and wandering teenagers. Rain was a big problem until I solved it with an inexpensive plastic shelter. Itis an interesting experience to sleep outside in a thunderstorm. One thing is for sure: I have removed almost all of the stress from my life. I no longer receive annoying calls and visitors. I don't have bills or expenses. My money only goes toward food and gas for my motorcycle. My only worry is the mosquitos that come out at night. Something strange has happened. I no longer get angry driving in heavy traffic. I don't worry about my image anymore. I've cleaned up some messy relationships and am starting to sort out my finances. I don't attribute this change directly to my situation, but to the simplicity and independence that has grown from it. I'm sure there are many other ways to accomplish the same effects. High truths... I don't think there are any, at least I haven't seen one, but I can say one thing for sure. My keys are in my pocket. notable "I really hope I can be a good example for the kids. mey are going to be OUr future cnttmJ UTI.i they pick, whether rodeo or basketball or football, it's better that they do that than be on the streets. " - Jennifer Hawkes WSU pre-med major who was recently crowned Miss Rodeo Utah. "Because it's always been that way.' - Vice President Bob Smith When asked why summer quarter was only eight weeks long. |