Subcommittee Reviews Parking Structure Plan
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Daily Weather Partly cloudy. dry and cold through Thursday. Today's high. 29. Tonight', low, 18. No chance of measurable pre- cipitation today or tonight. Wednesday, December 8,1982 Subcommittee reviews Officials' pay hikes parking structure plan protested statewide Traffic Control Subcommittee members are reviewing information which led them to recom- Requests for the petition protesting recent adrninstrarivc pay raises I.,\ve come from as tar il' mend the building of a $4.098 million parking structure. Seattle. "It is possible after some more study of data that we may change our recommendation." said Walla Walla and Clarkston have also been sent petitions. said Tom Twilliucar, a stockroom TCS Chairman Stanley Bauer. attendent for the university who had a hand in the petitions origin. - Bauer added that at this time. he has no plans to change the recommendation. People in the.distant cities requesting them. Twilligear said. aretaxpayers who discovered thL'\ Included in the recommendation to build the structure is the approval to double all parking will be the ones to pay for University President Glenn Terrell. Academic Vice Preside nt anJ sticker fees during a two year period to finance it. Provost Albert Yates and Vice President of Business and Finance G.A. "Jay" Hartford' s Sh.IlPil The TCS recommended the structure last year after members evaluated the available informa- to $8.000 pay raises. tion. So far. four petitions containing a total of about 80 signatures have been returned. T\\ dli~car Since then, new members have been appointed to the subcommittee who felt they, too, should said. analyze the information. Many petitions have been sent, and more will soon be rolling in. he projected. saying "[hl' After all members have a chance to digest the information. the TCS might reevaluate its snowball hasn't even started." position. Bauer said. Returned petitions will be sent by mail to the WSU Board of Regents. The ones from other The basic source of information comes in the form of a $25,000 parking study done by two cities will probably be sent directly to state representatives. Twilli'2ear said. outside firms, Burke/Lee. If enough people get involved. it might get some attention. he said. adding he is pessimistic. The study illustrates problems and possible solutions to the university's parking situation. "People are expressing themselves, that is the neat part." Twilligear said. noting he is not Holland Library will have the study on reserve by the beginning of next week for non-members doing all this for personal recognition. who want to familiarize themselves with the parking situation. "I usually just try to do my job," he said. "Helping people get their hands on the facts." said TCS member Karen Swoope. is one goal of Although he is not holding petitions back. he said he is not actively pushing them either. No the subcommittee this year. petition is sent unless requested, he said. All meetings of the TCS are open to the public, though it is advisable for people to have topics The petitions are also placed in inconspicuous places so as not to pressure people into signing. of their concern put on the agenda. he said. The nextTCS meeting is Dec. 14at 4 p.m. in CUB 222. The agenda for the meeting has not yet Twilligear said he is surprised at the amount of support the home-made petition has gotten. been announced. "We started a stir," he said. "Now we are just sitting here listening." Swoope, who was not on the subcommittee last year, said she is not yet ready to endorse ur Channel Two News from Spokane will visit the university (weather permitting) today at noon condemn the recommendation from last year. to interview those involved with the petition. She said, though,.1_hereis a need to look at the other "amazingly good alternatives" that have been offered. Alternatives which hIve been offered by people attending previous TSC meetings include better use of mass transit and building parking into future academic buildings that are proposed to Seizures not serious take the place of the current flat parking lots. It is thedemise of these flat lots that facilitates the need for new parking, people have argued at SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Artificial-heart recipient Barney Clark suffered a series of subcommittee meetings. seizures Tuesday, prompting doctors to downgrade his condition _tocritical. but the setback was The TSC has also been told that another alternative to charging everyone, is to charge those deemed "minimal" and tests showed no sign of brain damage. who will be using the new structure. Doctors earlier had said they hoped the muscle seizures stemmed from a correctable chemical Currently, the decision to build the structure is stalled in the Office of Business and Finance. imbalance. and not from either of two other possibilities - a hemorrhage or blood clot in the Vice President of Business and Finance G.A. "Jay" Hartford said his office is waiting for the brain. The artificial heart was functioning normally and the pump itself probably was unrelated til TCS to review its recommendation. the seizures, doctors said. Although he could not say his office would follow the recommendation, he said' 'we would be The seizures early on the sixth day of Clark's life with the permanent plastic device lasted from prone to follow its advice." one to two hours before they were controlled by sedatives. said Dr. Chase Peterson, "icc Hartford IS also waiting for an additional study to be done on the parking situation. cont. on page IS 'Weather causes accidents, fights "Snow to the hilt. pull up the quilt," reported tew accidents. but noted some For automatic transmissions, Bran- is the advice of the Farmers' Almanac problems with snowballs. nan offered his own favorite trick. Put tor this winter in the Palouse. Del Brannan, campus police chief. the transmission in the "neutral" posi- Snow has obviously started its win- said people were prepared for the snow tion when trying to stop or slow on a ter stay in the area. and not without with snow tires and chains. hill. This allows you the braking ablity problems. Brannan offers these tips for winter from all four wheels and not just the The Pullman Police Department has driving: front two. reported accidents due to winter condi- Start with equipment in good repair, He also suggested this for greater tions are down this year compared to and with an engine that runs properly control when the engine is on a fast idle last year. ' and defrosters that work. (when it is just started). Tlie Campus Police Department also Clear all windows to ensure corn- The city will try to have at least two plete visiblity from all points. routes sanded from every major area: r-"'_"~"-"~"-"~, "Pick your path." Use roads that College Hill, Military Hill, Sunnyside have the most gravel. Avoid smooth, Hill and Pioneer Hill. according to a shiny surfaces. press release from James Hudak, direc- , The I tor of Public Works. Allow additional stopping and slow- Winter work schedules arc adjusted ing time. I Sport Shack t to have employees on duty for sanding I , Do not follow too closely. andlor plowing operations by 4 a.m. l E. 460 Main Pullman l I 334-1813 , Windows broken infight f__ INNOVATIVE TIME I Falling snow brings snowball fights A Beta Theta Pi fraternity member t and results in flying glass from dorm said they also had a couple of windows ,- Spa rts Qua rtz windows when those sno~balls hit. broken. Seven incidents involving throwing In other incidents involving snow- I F th r ht 1 snowballs were reported to the campus balls on Sunday: about 10 to 12 stu- . ea er Ig - oz. police Sunday and Monday. dents were reported throwing snow- t · ~'~I:YShours. minutes. seconds, month About 100 Greek Row males throw- balls at Rogers Hall; students were I~ncale~~arwith month and date ing snowballs broke 20 Stimson Hall throwing snowballs at cars going into windows Sunday, according to the the Orton parking lot; and a street lamp • Precisionstopwatch times to 15 minutes. t campus police report. was broken in front of the Physical Sci- t · Quartzaccuracy Replacement cost for the windows ence building. t . light for night viewing will be at least $ 10 a pane, and because' On Monday, campus police received I • 1 year battery included the win. dows are in wooden frames, reports about students throwing snow- will probably take an hour a panc to balls at Streit and Regents dorms. I WATCH/SPORTS TIMER replace. said Kaye Straight, Physical In other police business. a citation t Plant employee. was issued Sunday to Henry K. Rono, A ' The cost of labor to replace the win- BIOI Steptoe, for failure to leave in- f dows is $16.62 an hour, said a Housing formation at the scene of an accident at I and Food Service employee. Latta Street and Valley Road. t I I Daily Evergreen/Mark Wygant t We Guarantee Letting one fly in the annual Greek/dormie snowball t Your Thesis fight is Steve Soran, a freshman dorm resident. The t fight, which took place Monday night, caused many , broken windows. I i House rejects MX I ,I i t , missile; Reagan mad , t W ASH[NGTON (AP) - The House Calling the outcome "a grave mis- ; late 'Tuesday rejected by 245~ 176 a take," President Reagan said congress~ t I down payment of nearly $1 billion for men who voted against the MX Were the MX missile system, "The "sleepwaking into the future." 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