Students Speak out on Parking Woes Group Helps Disabled Broaden
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\ Ultm UM travels to Rhum Boogey: Seattle for Student band first big test makes noise page 5 ACCENT page 9 Tl MIAMI •URUI Coral Gables, Florida 08 Since 1927 Volume 78, Number 4 WWW.HURRICANE.MIAMI.EOU 1IBRfrtflav/ . aePt9mbflr s, 2000 New lots around the corner Frats bid lots will have to pay $151 for the $20 million year's parking. Students parking in the new plan to add Stanford-Granada lot will be able to today take the Hurry Cane Shuttle from garages, lots either of two shuttle centers being built at both ends of the lot, also part By Marilisa Jimenez of phase one of the plan. Hurricane Staff Writer By Jessica McNeill Students parking in the San News Editor Amaro-Sagua lot, however, will have With the arrival of Bid Day, After years of student complaints to walk across the street to campus todav, marking the end of frater mer parking on campu.s, or the lack buildings or to a Hurry Cane stop. nity Recruitment (formerly thereof, the University of Miami has 'It's actually quite a good idea," known as "rush"), the UM campus now developed a plan to make park Redway said. "You only pay $151 for is full of young men donning ing quicker and easier, said Sandra the year, and you take a three Greek-letter T-shirts, speaking of Redway, director of the Department minute, free shuttle ride to Stanford the advantages of "going greek" of Public Safety and Parking and Circle, and then you're on campus.' and reminding students that these Transportation Services. tn addition to the construction of organizations may be more than The overall parking management new lots and shuttle centers, phase what they expect. plan—estimated at $20 million— one will also incorporate an increase Bid Day is the end of fraternity will take place over the next two of shuttle hours and routes. Recruitment, when fraternities years. Express hours will be between invite prospective members to Currently, there are two phases to 7:30 a.m. and noon, and instead of pledge. the plan, with the end result adding only two shuttles running later in To many students, free-flowing approximately 2,000 spaces on cam the day, four shuttles will run until alcohol, "crazy" parties and pus and in Ponce de Leon Boulevard 10 p.m. due to the 1 .aw School being obnoxious behavior come quickly parking lots open until 9:45 p.m. to mind when the word "fraterni Phase one of the plan, which will Th- new route for the Stanford - ty" is pronounced; with the be started sometime this semester Granada shuttle has already been movies Animal House and consists of the construction of two mapped out, is already located in the Revenge of the Nerds serving as Metro .of* located on P shuttle rout ind wi'! he the few* testaments they have to Leon. brought into effect after the lots are fraternity lite, said Gregory One lot, between Stanford Drive constructed. Singleton, associate dean of stu and Granada Boulevard, will hold Phase two of the plan will add dents. 280 spaces and the other, between spaces to the already existing Ponce "That image is a farce," San Amaro Drive and Sagua Avenue, de Leon parking garage. The Singleton said. "Fraternities have will hold 78 spaces. groundbreaking for two floors, con evolved tremendously in the last Phase one has gone through all taining approximately 464 spaces 15 years. In 19%, 11 national the planning stages within the should begin in spring 2001, said greek organizations decided not University and the city of Coral Redway. allow to allow alcohol on their Gables, and construction on the lots More spaces will also be added to premises." should begin before the end of the the Mahoney/Pearson lot, and the Singleton said fraternities, over fall semester, said Redway. Pavia lot—located across from the the years, have shifted their focus Students wishing to park in the Health Center—to which Redway from social affairs to becoming two new lots will face some differ said levels would be added, making more involved in community ser ences when compared to parking in the lot appear more like a garage. vice and emphasizing scholarship. other lots, though, said Redway. The Mahoney/Pearson garage will Universities are also more inclined Redway explained that the two go up one level, adding 215 spaces, to recognize them as university new lots will be considered "discount for a total of 520, while the Pavia organizations, Singleton said lot** i.e., instead of paying the regu garage will add an additional 380 UM recently added two lar parking pass price—$225 for the spaces, making its total 580. Hispanic Greek-letter organiza LISA PINELLI / Hurricane Staff 2000-2001 school year—students tions that will be involved in activ wishing to park only in the Metro See PLAN • Page 2 ANY WHICH WAY YOU CAN: One of many who succumbed to the temptation of illegal 'tmm. for the month of October, parking in a crowded campus lot earlier this week Singleton said. "If the media would cover the positive things that fraternities do as much as the negative, things would be much different," K.J. Students speak out on parking woes Moses, second vice president of the Intrafraternity Council in meetings due to the fiery nature of week," said Redway. towed 60-100 cars, we have been Redway said there is hope for the charge of Recruitment, said. Leniency period the ensuing discussions. In a proactive move, parking ser very lenient,"said Redway; a lenien future of parking at UM, though, < Rafael Antun, the "Parking will always be a sore vices has leased 200 additional cy which has since come to an end. and that she and her colleagues Intrafraternity Council's first vice over for violators subject, it will never be ideal for spaces in Coral Gables Lot #42, Anyone cited three or more times "have already begun to implement a president said there is a distinc anyone," said Sandra Redway, head directly across the street from the for not having a permit will be successful parking management tion in perception between stu Matt Brewer of parking services. "We're having a Parking Garage at a price of $2 per placed on the "Hot Sheet," which plan...one that will make UM a dents who have family members cane Staff Writer tight situation, but it is not the most space. means they are eligible for towing model university for parking in the or friends who participated in Parking, according to some stu dreadful." For all those students who still by parking services. Further, if stu future." greek organizations and those dents and faculty, seems to be one of And it is not. Students at insist on parking illegally or not dents do not pay their parking fines, For details on the new parking who do not the largest problems on campus, Georgetown pay over $1,000 for per purchasing a valid permit, "the their registration will be blocked management plan students can "Alumni members truly under with no solution in sight. mits and still have trouble parking. courtesy period is over," said next semester until they have all check out the University's parking stand the values and bondage of "Finding a spot anytime after 10 Last week, even perimeter areas Redway. been paid. Website www.miami.edu/parking, brotherhood that fraternities in the morning is just about impos such as the Parking Garage and Up until Sept. 5, parking services If students do receive a ticket which has detailed info about park teach their members," Antun said. sible," griped Steve McQueen, a Metro North and South lots were full was only giving citations instead of they can try to appeal it within 30 ing issues, rules and regulations. Some students arrive at the junior commuter student. by noon, driving many students to towing (except for when fire lanes days by bringing it before the Students can also tune in to University seeking the fraternity Students aren't the only ones double or even triple parking, or were blocked) and issuing orange Parking Advisory Committee, a WVUM in the morning for updates image often depicted in the vexed by the situation, though. driving up onto medians separating and yellow warnings instead of writ panel of students, faculty and on current parking condii media, said Moses. Parking is one of the few issues that rows, said students. ing tickets. employees appointed by the around campus. "Right when they come on has been barred from many faculty "Last week was a miserable "On any given day we could have provost. campus they want to know where the open party with alcohol is," Moses said. The alcohol craze is far from the truth, said Moses, and that UM's ten fraternities are all recog nized by the North American Group helps disabled broaden horizons Intrafraternity Council—a national organization which pro around the country, Herrera , 20, lived thing. Everything is in my grasp," said D e W i t t Grimes said all student delegates sat hibits alcohol during recruitment. Trip helps to the Costa Rican life to the fullest, without Herrera. Wallace urate themselves with the culture and "In order to be part of the boundaries, even though she has a dis Herrera, a political science major, said Youth Travel social values of their surrounding council, ali fraternities have a 'dry empower students ability she hopes the challenge of learning Enrichment throughout their excursions. rush' policy," Moses said. "This was beyond my expectations." about the laws and lifestyles ot' a foreign Fund, which The 21-year-old program has taken "The greatest challenge that I By 0.