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Show The Dixie Sun Page 6 February 28, 199: Opinion Editor: David Johnson Parking situation solution in sight? Don't count on it Simply, but accurately stated, it's about being fair. But before we tackle that aspect, we have to ask why this situation exists at all: faculty parking. Why do faculty need special areas set aside to accommodate their cars? If anyone should have special privileges, it is students. We pay to come here while they get paid to come here. Considering how much it costs us to attend, we probably pay their salaries and built the parking lot. This is, admittedly, a minor hindrance most of the time, simply causing us to be a little late to class when we can't find a parking spot. But when we don't have time to circumnavigate the college and there's nothing in sight but a faculty stall, it becomes a real pain in the side. This is u here the parking fines come in. Receiving a $15 ticket, especially when there are 15 other reserved stalls in sight, is ridiculous. The faculty doesn't begin to fill all those reserved spaces anyway,, especially not at 9:30 pm. A portion of the spaces boast signs claiming they are reserved from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. While students are attending a lab or night class and there are only two faculty vehicles in sight, citations are still being written. Suppose you have a class at the LA building and it's raining. Where's the closest parking spot? The dorms? The Gardner Center? Your choices: Take a faculty spot or get wet. But don't worry about it. Mildew is always a pleasant scent in class. On these dreary days, you'd hope that security officers might give the students a break. Don't count on it. hv do these "prohibited" areas exist anyway? So, Maybe faculty members are scared they won't find a parking place if they don't "seal off" their own area. If this is so, than they're admitting there is a problem. There's obviously little room to create any more parking on campus. Maybe we should just accept that our institution isn't that big and can't handle too many people. Of course, when we counted 213 reserved spaces, it seemed that the situation didn't have to be very immediate. Just take an ax to those signs and let the people who keep this place in business have a little more room. The opinions expressed above represent the collective voice of the Dixie Sun editorial board. The board meets each Tuesday at 10:30 a.m. in the Student Publications office. Visitors are welcome. lfaLE(BACIC Sara Mikesell, 19, sophomore, geology major, St. George: "I Lave gotten several parking tickets, but haven't had any real problems. I think it's a joke that they want us to j to buy $10 parking per- G.,, mits when there is no i place to park. I say hey, give me the parking ticket. It'll just go in my jockey box with all the others ." Letters to the Editor Radio format not wise Editor: I'm writing this letter in regards to the change in the KRDC radio station format. It's not a very wise idea to change something that was doing very well into something that just won't cut it. The young people of this town enoy listening to the radio and hearing their favorite songs that are in the top twenty countdown of the week. We don't like always having to listen to the old stuff that went out of style years ago, and that is why we listened to KRDC instead of the other stations. Now, wc are forced to listen to things we don't like on KRDC when we could be happier hearing the latest songs. By the way, whose radio station is it anyway? I used to think it was the students', but lately it seems as if it is owned by whoever has enough power to run it I don't see the point in changing the format when we already have some stations with oldies and classical music on them (such as KONY and KREC.) They're not going to change to KRDC just because it copies the same music. It's just going to make budgeting problems worse, and instead of listening to the radio, students will go out and buy the music they want to hear. If we want to hear a decent song on the radio, we have to tune into 103.5 The Edge in Las Vegas, and most of us can't even get it to work around here. Personally, I don't think it's fair that Stan Everett is doing this to the students and that we don't have a say in it. I was thinking about geinto radio at Dixie College, but now I would n't want to since I wouldn't have a choice in vlv tting to play. Most Djs don't like to play what they don't want to hear, and they might get out of radio all together. Then the adviser would end up running it by himself. I think Stan should change it back to the way it was and make everyone happier I'm sure I speak for a lot of people (especially stu dents) when I say that. Also, if he is worried about the music that might be played and the lyrical content of it, rb couldn't he just buy Hit Discs instead of student! bringing their own CDs? I DJed for a radio class in Nevada and all we had were the Hit Discs. We always had more thar enough songs to choose from, including almost everything from country to alternative, with little or no worry about the lyrics. Songs with questionable lyrics are clearly marked and the same song is available with "beeped out" lyrics. The radio adviser spent $1,200 a year for the Hit Discs and we got over 200 CDs during the year. We earned this money ourselves from advertisements and sponsors. We had enough left for a new CD player (something KRDC could really use). The DJs here could get more experience if they were selling ads as well as taking requests. at I think Stan Everett should take a long look what he is doing to the students and community, and see what to do about making the radio something the students would enjoy listening to. Sidney Christiw What problems have you encountered trying to park on campus? Jennifer Marshall, 19, sophomore, business major. Salt Lake City: "Well, I've had to park a lot farther away, and it's made me late to classes a lot, especially my J classes in the Business and Technology Building. The lot that used to be student parking in front of the building is now faculty and it's not even half full most of the time." Chris Isom, 21, sophomore, forestry major. Hurricane: "No biggie. The only thing I don't like is tire gutters. I'd rather park on the street just to prevent scratching up my car. They just need to put culvert pipes over the gutters and cover them with cement. As far as finding a place to park, I haven't had a problem." Frank Cisneros, 21, sophomore, pre-lamajor, Phoenix: "I haven't had any problems finding a place to park. If you live close to campus you shouldn't drive because the gut-A ters will scrape up the bottom of your car. They' need to put up little bridges so your ' car doesn't scrape, unless of course you have hydraulics." w Jsv |
