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Page 3 • Tuesday, November 5, 2001
, 30K and counting
Student organization CARPOOL celebrates providing its 30 y 000th
By Denise Schoppe
THE BATTALION
For the past three years, CARPOOL (Caring
, Tuckersi'fcgies ‘ R ’ Protecting Over Our Lives) has provid-
dnitig two vea xlsafe transportation for thousands of students,
he rememhi ^ ow ^ 1138 something new to celebrate - its
;!0,OOOth ride last Thursday, Oct. 31.
Rachel Hollon, one of the CARPOOL mem-
jerswho provided the 30,000th ride, said the ride
marked a milestone for the organization.
“We were screaming and honking,” said Hollon,
junior journalism major. “Our heads felt like they
were about to explode.”
Hollon said unique circumstances created the
milestone ride.
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ly went from one person to two people,” Hollon
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we had to wait, like, ten minutes for her.”
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£ “ Derek Clark, a junior industrial distribution major,
ere feeling impatient about the wait because they
wanted to be the ones to give the 30,000th ride.
“Had it not been for her forgetting the keys,
e’dhave never reached that number,” Hollon said.
Clark said the celebration continued even after
icand Hollon had safely driven the passengers to
ir destination.
“When we came in (to the CARPOOL head-
juarters) other CARPOOL members threw con
fetti on us and gave us a pin,” Clark said. “I think
the pin) was supposed to be for a 30th birthday,
[they made it say ‘SOK’ instead.”
Greg Stanley. CARPOOL director and a senior
tiomedical engineering major, said reaching the
‘ 10,000th ride has boosted morale within the entire
t0 reco ? niz L e ' : |rganization.
“Our (members) do a good job, but this gives
motivation to keep going,” Stanley said. “We
unjust keep heading into the future knowing that
people are using our service.”
Stanley said the organization has set a goal to
irovide 40,000 rides by the end of the Spring
‘“'B semester.
Stanley said CARPOOL will be working with
the industrial engineering department in the spring
toimprove the organization’s speed and efficiency
n providing rides.
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ALISSA HOLIMON • THE BATTALION
CARPOOL celebrates its 30,000th call after a countdown at its headquarters Thursday, Oct. 31. CARPOOL joined other "safe ride" organiza
tions - including the Watchdawgs, the STRIPES and SWAT for the first semi-annual Safe Ride Programs United Conference on Nov. 1 and 2.
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“A lot of people cancel a ride because
they’ve been waiting a long time,” Stanley said.
“Ultimately, we just try to get there as fast as
we can to make sure they don’t need to get a
different ride.”
Stanley said that during away games, some of
CARPOOL’s best patrons are from out of town.
“People who come to support their team will
see the ’hershels’ (CARPOOL members) out
walking around Northgate and they’ll be like,
‘What are ya’ll doing?’ because no one wears a
bright green T-shirt to a bar,” Stanley said. “They
think it’s a great thing and they are usually the
best tippers.”
In addition to providing thousands of rides,
CARPOOL has influenced other college campuses
to start their own “safe ride” organizations. On
Nov. 1 and 2, spin-off organizations of CAR-
POOL — including Watchdawgs (from the
University of Georgia), STRIPES (from the
University of Missouri) and SWAT (from
Southwest Texas University) - joined CARPOOL
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