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Show 1840 S. 1300 E. Salt Lake City UT 84105 Wednesday, November 19, 2003 e - Volume I! I XXXVI Issue 11 , ' WESTMINSTER COLLEGE New Zoning Restrictions Will Affect Westminster Campus Parking Steve Peterson visibility around the corners and lack of access to the sidewalks from the Staff Writer Every student and faculty member of Westminster College who has the need to park on campus knows that parking spaces are at a premium. The lack of sufficient parking forces many students, staff and faculty to park along the streets of the roads. As a result surrounding neighborhoods. all change in January 2004 when the Salt Lake City Division of Transportation puts into effect a parking ordinance to create a zoned area around the campus restricting parking along the surrounding neighborhood streets. Sometime prior to .October, the residents of the This will Once the final signature dents will be issued pink residential stickers indicating that they have the right to park within the zoned areas. Included in the petition by the residents is a request that the $12 fee for the residential parking permits be paid by Westminster College. The staff member from the Salt Lake City Division of Transportation labeled the first two weeks after the signs are posted as education week. He used this term because during jjiose two weeks, violators of the parking restrictions will be ticketed every hour on Cars parked along the streets around Westminster will become a thing of the past come the hour effectively January, when a city ordinance prohibiting parking without a permit goes into effect. Area No. 10. Committee board meeting hearlearning not to park there again. On Nov. 6, ASWC Vice In addition to the shaded ing a report from Morgan President Megan Hardy sat in areas on the map, he said that detailing these new parking on a Westminster College both sides of Blaine Street and (Morgans postilion has Building and Planning 8 Logan Street may be included in See is in place, specific areas surrounding Westminster will become part of City Permit Parking Area No. 10 indicated by the shaded areas on the map accompanying this article. Anyone parking within these zoned areas labeled as City Permit Parking Area No. 10 during the hours of 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. without a residential parking permit will be subject to a -- fol- of - con-cern- $20 fine. traffic on the streets, high rates resi- Neighborhood signed. neighborhoods surrounding frustrated by the Westminster numerous cars continually parking in front of and around their homes - gathered together to petition the Salt Lake City Division of Transportation to evaluate the impact of Westminster College students and faculty parking on the lowing: excessive amounts of this request, on Oct. 23 a hearing was held, the citizens complaints were heard, and students, staff, and faculty of Westminster will become subject to the city parking ordinance upon the final impact evaluation being signed by the Salt Lake City transportation director. Steve Morgan, Westminster College executive vice president for finance; the Westminster administration; and a staff member from the Salt Lake City Division of Transportation have confirmed the likelihood of this new zoning being on-camp- us neighborhood streets. The petition cites the m Residential Parking Area signs will be posted along the streets of the neighborhoods sheltered by Area No. 10. of speed, impaired Prior to January, hot pink s. Parking pg. Local Business Leaders Speak About Making a Living at Final Lecture of the Kristen Reber of his The grandparents strongly influ- enced their success as business people. Richard Aposhian, owner i lan- guage barrier was the most on immigrants, it was clear that the legacy of hard work and tenacity left by their parents and n homeland of Armenia. -- first-generati- ances- tors arriving in America in 1908 from their Middle-Easter- ' really were able to provide for us. Proud of her Mexican heritage, Josie Valdez, assistant director of business development for the U.S. Small Business Administration and 1983 Westminster Aposhians Garage, spoke Race, color and creed dont make a business; hard work and recognizing opportunities do. That was the message a panel of four immigrant business people presented Tuesday, Nov. 12, in Making a Living the last of the Keybank Cultural Diversity Lecture Series to be held this semester. Although none of the pan- Im proud that they business Staff Writer elists were did it. 76-year-- difficult, Aposhian said. graduate, calls Richard Aposhean, Lynne Aoyma, Josie Valdez and Sam Guevara They were her illegal called damn , spoke to students about their success in the business world, Nov 12. grant grandparents Rio Lynne Aoyama, owner of foreigners. He continued, Grande surfers. House of Bread, said of her That categorization was a chalValdez claimed, I was Japanese immigrant parents, It lenge they overcame by working hard and never giving up. wasnt easy for them, but they always taught by my family that 'S' S' s ', "9sa 'osA ' ' 'f'" "Z Cg Page 3 Hundreds pack into Shaw for one dollar pizza. S . x A df- ' ? S Xvvv ' '' 'Mi',,, V ! i ' the best will always get recognized even if it takes a while. Noting that everyones family initially began life in the United States as an immigrant, Valdez asked of the audience, What sacrifices did your family go through in order for you to have this experience here tonight? Besides sacrifice and hard work, a great business person also takes advantage of the opportunities presented to them, he said. Sam Guevara, president of the Utah Hispanic Chamber of Commerce and owner of Art House Graphic Studio, offered See Lecture pg. 8 Cg Page 5 eg Page 6 Students make some Major Connections Friday, Nov. 14. 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