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Western Carolinian Volume 70 Number 10

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WCU parking bootsWhats the story? By Russell Conover + newsmagazine The Westem Carolina University parking staff currently uses a set of parking boots to enforce parking rules and regulations on campus. A phone interview with Mr. Tom Johnson, Chief of Police at WCU, was recently conducted to discuss the parking boots being used. A parking boot is a device used to enforce traffic regulations. The boot locks around a vehicle's wheel, and the vehicle cannot be driven without being damaged. A sticker is placed on the windshield to wam the driver that he/she should not move the vehicle. Instead, the driver must contact the police and pay a wheel-lock administrative fee. Someone from the parking staff must remove the boot from the vehicle so it can be driven again, The university started using the parking boot in addition to using traffic tickets because the traffic tickets have not worked efficiently. A large number of people park illegally on campus, and traffic tickets have not phased them. The fines are supposed to punish people for unacceptable behavior and to serve as a deterrent against it occurring again in the future, but they are not doing this. Many students do not pay their traffic fines and instead pass them on to their parents. The parking boot is the next level of enforcement above traffic tickets. Traffic tickets are still used in addition to parking boots in some lots on campus. Designated parking areas are Wheel Lock Areas. During hours of enforcement, both traffic tickets and parking boots are used. After the hours of enforcement, or from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m., there is no penalty for students Parking in faculty and staff lots. The money collected from parking boots and traffic tickets all goes into a common budget at WCU. The fee for parking illegally is an administrative fee or the time and effort it takes the parking staff to put the parking boot onto the vehicle and to take it off. The North Carolina Supreme Court ruled that the money collected from boots and tickets goes to local education boards. At WCU, most of the money from parking boots and tickets goes into the local education board. Whatever is left goes into'@ separate budget where it helps maintain parking facilities, There are several benefits of the use of parking boots on campus in addition to the use of traffic tickets. Traffic tickets are not supposed to be convenient and affordable; instead, they are meant to discourage people from parking illegally. However, many people do so, and the parking boot is a way to WCnewsmagazine 19 manage some of these problems. The parking boot is a new system, and it deals with some environmental issues. The boot is more effective than a traffic ticket since the vehicle cannot be moved while the boot is attached. Ifa driver believes that a parking boot was erroneously placed on his vehicle, he can appeal the citation. A driver can go to the police station and explain why he parked in the illegal space. If the parking staff does not feel the explanation is acceptable, they can deny the appeal and the driver is required to pay the fee. A driver can appeal a regular parking ticket through the standard appeal process. If an agreement is reached on the appeal, the police notify the driver and give a refund for the fee charged. The ultimate goal of the university is to take in no money from traffic tickets or parking boots since this would mean everyone was parking legally. The parking boot program is new, so it is hard to say exactly how much money has been collected. Since the program started in late October or early November of 2005, the university has taken in about $7,000 from parking boots, which equates to between $700 and $800 per week. About fourteen parking boots are Placed on vehicles per week. Most drivers are. good about paying the fees to get the parking boots removed. As a result, the university's supply of boots is sufficient since each boot only remains on a vehicle for a few days. Vehicles to which a parking boot has been applied can be towed by the Parking staff if deemed appropriate. The staff has not yet towed any vehicles with Parking boots, but this situation is in the policy. According to the policy, vehicles can be towed if drivers do not arrange to remove the boot within three days. As a whole, the system of using parking boots on campus has been effective since drivers are better about paying for their citations from parking boots than they were about paying those from traffic tickets. The police department and the parking staff are pleased with the success of the parking boots, and they hope that these boots will continue to eliminate some issues related to parking on campus. The police department and parking staff want people at WCU to be aware of existing parking regulations. When students and faculty pick up their parking permit, they can get a copy of the parking rules and regulations containing all Pertinent information. They can also call the University Police Department at (828) 227-7301 with any questions or concerns, Construction: How do we pay for it all? By Gary Takacs + WCnewsmagazine Western isn't the most expensive school in the University of North Carolina system, that's no secret; but who's paying for all this construction, Where is the money going and how is that affecting students? The money is divided into three separate sources, said Chuck Wooten, Vice President of Administration and Finance. The first source is the 2000 Higher Education Bond Bill. This bill was passed in the state of North Carolina by registered voters, permitting $3 billion to go into the UNC universities and community colleges. Due to the student population, Western received a $100 milion through this grant. With that money, buildings such as Byrd, Stillwell, Killian-Annex and McKee have been renovated while the Applied Sciences building and the Fine and Performing Arts Center have been built. Also the land across Rt, 107 was purchased for the Millennium Campus" with this grant. A second source is student fees which cover only non-educational facilities. Student fees cover the costs of athletics, parking, residence halls, leisure activities as well as dining faciities. These debts are called self liquidating debts" because they're paid for by students as they use the services. Since the state doesn't pay for residence halls, those buildings and cafeterias will remain in debt for about 25-30 years after being buitt, but will eventually come out of it. Scott Residence Hall, for example, is totally paid for through student use. With all the construction and renovations, parking has become more of a Nuisance. Possible plans for a parking garage exist for the commuter lot behind the Baptist church on campus. The terraces are already in place; the only thing that needs to be done is to construct a parking garage, right? Not quite. Parking, 85 mentioned before, is paid for by student fees and the going rate for a parking garage is an estimated $12-15,000 per space. With that price, any student who drives to Western will have to pay a sky rocketing fee or walk to Cullowhee. The third and final source is from a Federal grant, ike the $10 milion WCU received in December 2005 for the Construction Management and Engineering department. This is money that's donated to the university from the government for an educational facility. Wooten hopes that WCU will be awarded another grant to build a new Health and Gerontology Center for the Applied Sciences department on the New Millennium Campus. Our first concer is health sciences, then education and then sciences, Wooten said. The possibility of neighborhoods is also on the drawing board. These neighborhoods could include residence halls for health sciences majors, shops (some privately owned), educational facilities, laboratories and cafeteria facilities. The idea behind this is students can leam, live and work in their intended work environment without leaving a given area of campus. Other facilities such as a new Hospitality Management and Tourism building could include complete catering facilities, hotel accommodations, conference rooms and ballrooms for those majors to hold events, thus obtaining the full experience of their chosen fields. This three or four story building, if funded, would possibly go on the existing baseball lot behind the Ramsey Center. Regardless of how Westem obtains its money, campus will grow beyond its current borders. With the aid of govemment and state funding as well as Student fees, WCU will become a competitive and dynamic university.

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The Western Carolinian is Western Carolina University's student-run newspaper. The paper was published as the Cullowhee Yodel from 1924 to 1931 before changing its name to The Western Carolinian in 1933.
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  - Western Carolina University
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  - Date original: 2006-02-24
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  - Dimension: 12.5" x 11.25"
  - Pages: 28
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  - Jackson County (N.C.)
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  - HL_WesternCarolinian_2006-02-24_Vol70_No10
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  - Western Carolina University Hunter Library

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