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“I have paid this school - actually my parents have paid this
school - nearly $500 in parking tickets over the past three
years,” said Kristen Newman, a senior genetics major. “Parking
tickets are like the squirrels on campus. There is not one partic-
I ularone that I really hate. I hate them all.”
For many Texas A&M students, parking on campus is a grim
reality. Although Parking, Transportation and Traffic Services
(PITS) provides buses to get on and off campus, with 40,000-plus
students attending A&M, parking on campus can be a nightmare.
According to PTTS there were 1 1,296 student parking spaces
available on campus during the 2001 academic year. With an
estimated 43,000 students, the parking spot-to-student ratio was
approximately one to four. With the recent construction of the
new parking garage on west campus, 900 student parking spaces
are now unavailable.
Newman said she needed to park on West Campus this sum
mer because of her job, but didn't have a parking pass. To reme
dy this, Newman said she found a way to avoid all of the park
ing mayhem.
“When I worked at the vet school 1 would park my car in the
parking lot where cars are towed to,” Newman said. “The lot is
by the transportation building and right next to the vet school,
j which made it extremely convenient for me. So 1 guess you
could say 1 was cheating the system in some round-a-bout way.”
Amber Nickels, a junior special education major, said she is
not too fond of the parking experiences she has had at A&M.
“I’ve gotten many parking tickets, but one ticket stands out in
my mind more than the others because of the way I was able to
get out of it,” Nickels said. “I called PTTS pretending to be my
mother and said I didn't know' I could not park there. Then I said
that since I was home now and my daughter had her car back, it
wouldn’t happen again. I really couldn’t believe that worked.”
Nickels said she has lived on and off campus, and both living
accommodations came with their share of parking adventures,
“When I lived on campus, I had a garage spot,” Nickels said.
“My dad wanted me to have a garage spot to protect my car, but
the space was on the roof anyway. People would always ask me
for rides so they wouldn’t have to move their car. They would have
a great parking space in a red lot and did not want to lose it.”
Nickels said parking garages make finding a parking spot eas
ier, but are usually offered only to students who live on campus.
“1 know from experience how hard it is to get a parking
spot." Nickels said. “Waiting in line in Zachry lot for 15 min
utes every morning became extremely frustrating, so I ride the
bus now."
With so much traffic on and around campus, riding the bus is
an efficient alternative to fighting the parking lot lines. But if
parking is imperative to getting to class, a little generosity could
go a long way, said Kyle Weisenborn, a senior mechanical engi
neering major.
"Sometimes 1 wait at the front of the parking lot and offer
people rides to their cars in exchange for their parking space,”
Weisenborn said. “I think if everybody did that instead of stalk-’
•ng people as they walk to their cars, not to sound cheesy or
anything, but the world would be a better place. 1 just hate it
when people follow me in their cars, especially when it is 100
degrees outside.”
Weisenborn said that when he was a freshman living on
Northside, he resented parking because of the difficulty in find
ing a parking space within a 10-mile radius of his dorm.
“I once circled the parking lot behind FHK for two and a half
hours looking for a decent spot before 1 finally gave up and
parked in Fish Lot,” Weisenborn said. “When I would find a
good spot, I would leave my car as long as possible, which kind
of defeats the purpose of having a good spot in the first place,
sol would bum rides off people until I absolutely had to move
my car.”
Weisenborn said he now lives off campus and doesn't bother
tr yjng to park anymore.
I still haven’t put a parking sticker on my windshield
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Stewart resigns from
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NEW YORK (AP) — Martha
tewart, under federal investiga-
lo n on suspicion of insider trad
ing, resigned Thursday from the
noard of directors of the New
M Stock Exchange.
I did not want the media
attention currently surrounding
me to distract from the impor-
ant work of the NYSE and thus
e t it was appropriate to resign,"
^ewart said in a statement
mursday. Earlier in the day, she
wvcV 3 ! etter of resignation to
chairman and chief execu
te Dick Grasso before the
exchange's board meeting,
he Justice Department is
v estigating Stewart's sale of
early 4,000 shares of ImClone
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Plummeted last December on
hi n ki news a b° ut the company's
ghly touted cancer drug. She
n as denied any wrongdoing,
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tn a members - Her term was
expire next year.
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stork 31 ] Llvin 8 Omnimedia. The
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Stewart' 3n ,f 0 Percent since
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Grasso said Stewart's decision
was voluntary.
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Martha Stewart, who has built a
brand and a company admired
around the word," he said. "Our
board will miss Ms. Stewart's
counsel and insight."
Substitute teacher sues
school over 9/11 remarks
PITTSBURGH (AP) - A substi
tute teacher who says he was
surrounded by armed guards,
detained for an hour and sus
pended over remarks perceived
as supportive of Osama bin
Laden is suing the school district.
In the federal lawsuit filed
Wednesday, John B. Gardner, 52,
said his free speech rights were
violated after school officials
found notes about bin Laden he
had scrawled on a newspaper.
Gardner said the notes were
related to a book he was writ
ing about how to overcome
adversity.
"Osama bin Laden did us a
favor," the notes read. "He vul
canized us, awakened us and
strengthened our resolve."
According to the lawsuit,
Gardner threw the paper in a
wastebasket in the teachers'
lounge. He was then allegedly
surrounded by armed school
guards and detained for an hour
in front of Arthur J. Rooney
Middle School. He was suspend
ed and later reinstated.
Gardner is seeking damages of
more than $50,000.
Pittsburgh Public Schools
spokeswoman Pat Crawford
declined to comment.
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Parking, Transportation and Traffic Services worker Josh DeLeon
writes a ticket to an illegally parked car on Thursday afternoon.
because I know I will never find a parking spot on campus,”
Weisenborn said.
Jeremy Thomas, a junior mechanical engineering and tech
nology major, said he has no problem with parking on campus.
“My first year at A&M I thought it would be easiest to drive
to campus,” Thomas said. “I had heard all of the horror stories,
but l usually had pretty good luck at seeing parking spots
because I have always driven big trucks. I can see people
pulling out and I just sneak in there and try and grab it.
Sometimes there might be someone else gunning for the spot,
but usually the sight of my truck barreling towards them con
vinces them to give me the right-of-way. But unfortunately there
have been times when after about three tries I realize my truck
won’t actually fit into the spot, and I have to give it up anyway.”
Thomas also drives a motorcycle to campus, which he said is
good for him because of his frequent tardiness. Although park
ing for motorcycles is more convenient. Thomas says the park
ing problem still exists.
“One time I had an early test, so I decided to eat at Sbisa
before the exam and I parked right outside the door,” Thomas
said. “I heard one of the ladies that worked there say something
about another lazy motorcyclist getting a parking ticket.
Immediately l knew she was talking about me and I had to think
quick. I grabbed my book and ran out the door, yelling at the
PTTS officer to hold on and let me explain.”
Thomas fortunately fibbed his way through the ticket and the
officer let him off the hook with just a warning.
“As I rode away I thought that my excuse was pretty lame,”
Thomas said. “So I parked, went back and ate my breakfast and
I could hear the ladies that worked there just laughing at me.”
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