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Mesa• State College• November 16, 2005 The voice of stud c n ts since 19 3 1 Volume 75 • Issue 11 Water feature may fill the void Calendar Nov. 14-18, International Week Nov. 17, St. Mary's Btoqd Draw, 10:30 a1.m. - 2 p.m. outside of the Moss Performing Arts Center Nov. 17-20, "Dracula" performance, 7:30 p.m. and a 2 p.m. matinee on Nov. 20.., Admission is $14 adults, $12 seniors, $5 student Nov. 17, Game Room Special Event, 6:30 - 10 p.m. $3 admissiion Nov. 19, R-5 Ski Swa1p, 8 a.m. - 3 p.m. Lincoln Park Barn, Admission is $1 (Children under 12 can enter for free) Keith Kitchen/Criterion Nov. 19, "Wal-Mart: The appr0ximateJy 6 leet by 30 feet unfinished space in tbe newly created open area between the coUege center and the residence halls 1is slated t:o !have a water feature installed at an estimated cos.t of $75,000. The High Cost of Low Price" screening and Taylor Stonehouse and Suzie Garner, as well as Associated Stu ASG Vice President Maria Goergen dis conversation, 7 p.m .. News Editor dent Government member Shannon Robin agrees with the introduction of the foun The introduction of an estimated $75,000 son. tain to Mesa State and the process the Saccomano Lecture· fountain on campus is being evaluated by a Out of the nine members on the commit committee bas undergone. Hal1 Water Feature committee created in August tee, Robinson and Soper are the representing "I disagree with the fact that {the com, by Mesa State College President Tim Foster. students. mittee) didn't ask more students," Goergen Nov. lnternationtal According to Student Trustee Matt Sop Lueb said the $75,000 estimation came said. ''I think it's too much; for our campus, 20, er, a committee member, the committee is from previous examples the committee it doesn't seem to fit. {The fountain) has no Relations Committee "charged with creating a fountain to take up looked at. The pn~jectcd hudget includes the connection to students and does not excite the open space" in front of the college cen artist payments and construction costs, but me." Alternative Christm<!s ter. Soper said the group identified the char does not include maintenance or operating When asked about the fountain's poten Fair, 9 a.m. - 2 p.m. acteristics of what they would like to see in costs. tial impact on students in an email, Foster the fountain. Foster said in an email that it is too early did not respond. Nov. 20, BJack Student Foster requested that Office of Sponsored to .know where the money will come from to According to Lueb, the request for pro Programs Director Cindy Lueb become the finance the founlain, posals that the committee and Foster made Alliance Thanksgivirng chair of the committee. Grand Junctian com Robinson agwed that the projected will be issued within the next few weeks, Dinner, 4 p.m. 13th munity committee members include Pres amountlor the fountain is justifiable. and artists from around the state will he ident Foster's mother, Peggy Foster; Trust "It's the going arti..~t rate for a Ioubta"in,." contacted. The committee will select three Street and Kennedy ee Norm Franke's wife, Lisa Franke; Trustee Robinson said. finalists from the suhmissions and present Street Steve Meyer's wife, Anne Meyer; Grand Junc Robinson said one of her goals is to ensure the proposals to the Board of Trustees. tion criminal attorney Catherine Burkey. and that the fountain transitions through the sea ··'Ideally. we will have the feature in Nov. 26, Deadline for Colorado Community Arts Council represen sons. place by August as students start to move tative Allison Sarmo. "Ifwe had to shut thewater off in the win in," Lueb said. any Literary Review Other members of the committee include ter, I would love to see something kinetic so artwork entries Mesa State faculty .members Verne Mosher that there is still movement," Robinson said. cri [email protected]• News Taylor Stonehouse, editor· [email protected] Handicap parking at a premium Some Mesa State students find handicap spaces too liar away !Keith i(itchen Photo 'E6itor Picture this: as a Mesa State College student, you are searching for a parking space. You have a state-issued hamlica,p placard or plate, but handicap spaces are few. ,Finally, a space is found, in a pay Jot. · Imagine doing this most days of the school year. With increased student enrollment ami parking area closures for construction, parking is a high commodity, especially handicap spaces. There are numerous and well-defined rules for handi cap parking as outlined in the Americans with Disabili ties Act. When parking is provided for the public, designated accessible handicap parking• .,paccs must be provided ac cording to the ADA. Jn .addition, businesses or privately owned facilities Hutt prm.'ide'goods or s·ervices to the pub lic have a continuing ADA obligation to remove barriers to access. One handicap parking space is to be provided for every 25 regular spaces provided. If there is only one handicap space provided, then it must be van accessible. Handicap pmkin_g must be located with the shortest route to an acce~--sihle entrance. If there are multiple en trances to a building, then the spaces must be di$persed and/or clustered closest to an entrance that is handicap accessible. Handicap spaces may be clustered in one or more Jots if equal or better accessibility is provided in terms of dis tance from accessible entrances, parking fees and con venience. The route of travel must also be marked if the person is required 10 cross vehicular traffic. These are the minimum requirements set by the ADA and must be fol lowed. If handicap spaces are included fa pay lots, the spaces should also be the closest to the pay machine. Keith Kitchen/Criterion Mesa State student parking near scrhool buildrngs such as Saunders Fieldhouse _generates c:ancern See PAltKING, page 3 for some handic~pped students who live on and off campus. Housing department overcomes ccballenges of semester Max Ryan ing the opening fa August, there was close "Welvefmma Llot of adversity.We stuck wrth,it. With 1:be Be porter to 1,000 students living on campus. When The Rousing.Department oi1Mes.a State the ratio is that high, things get harder to iftre alarrm 'thing,I can't really spea'k for ot'her buildings, Colli'ge is e:gruriendng difficulty. -With top supervise." Residence life is functioning as 1 how;ing positions unfillecl., !he staff is un Jiormal. ,br.t I do krrowithatlthe Ridges-have been rearty .fine. llerntaffed and o\'erworked. "The staff jn the buildings are full. It's Notbin9 mudh major has happened?' Some concerns about the job the hous- just that we need more contact with the ing staff have done this year have been administration," Thomas s:aid. "There's -At::iplewood and Waln at Ridges Apartments Residerit!Dire_ctar building on each other. just not enough hours iN the week to less Clay HoschoueT "We've done DK. consideringthelirstse- -en the limits with the time we have to ac mester," Director olHousirrg Chip Thoma'l commodate the housing staff." The staff fire extinguishers, smoke detectors and "I've been here for three years, do said. "I only say that because we're jn the will have another residence hall next year, pull "Stations. ing this type of thing," Hoschouer said. "I middle of a transition year from the as keeping their schedules full. "We've had a lot of adversity," Apple know a lot and have been through a lot. pect of the Housing Department. We have "Next year, with the new 289-bed fa wood and Walnut Ridge Apartments Res and I always have the administrators there to fill positions, specifically the upper di cility, we'll have a lot of beds on campus," ident rnrector Clay Hoschouer said. "We if I need help." It seem,; that the experi vision levels like administration. With that Thomas said. "We want to address a n-ew stuck with it. With the fire alarm thing. I ence the housing staff bas is bringing it accomplished, we'll have the ability to get progressive attitude, giving us flexibility in can't really ~peak for other buildings, but through this transitional period. new things started." Two administrative the future." I do know that the Ridges have been really positions stand unfilled. The staff has experienced several hard fine. Nothing much major has happened." [email protected]• "When you're understaffed,jt hurts the ships, including an exorbitant number of As .'loon a<; the staff js filled, steps in office. 1\.vo of us (Thomas, Anissa Hayes) fire alarms pulled. According to the hous the right direction can be taken. "I hope have bad to supervise 32 staff members ing handbook, pulling a alarm falls under we can get good candidates to fill the po fa the hall$," Thoma'l said. "That's on.e ad one of the "Big Six"; i.e. tamperingwith fire sition," Hoschouer said. "It's important to ministrator to every 16 staff memhers. Dur- safety equipment, emergency exit signs, address the position." 2 Criterion November 16, 2005 Democrat appointed to Mesa State Board Gov. nominates Mike Feeley to replace Cole Wist and r;enominates Jane North Erik'Lintoln -Editor '1 wici:h ~~ fbearcl, A Democrat, Mike "Feeley, was nominated by Gov.13ill Owens to replace Cole Wist on Lhe Mesa State College (Mesa State College Board ofTrustees.