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Vol. 21 Issue No. 24 Grand Valley State-College, Allendale, Michigan March 18, 1987 Parking Meters: Students find themselves in a ”fine" mess (when the friend went to pay a parking students to make up for the physical Maxine Phillips, the Clerical By Karen Wood violation) 'good, we need the money ' " plant's budget" said Rosanic "If that is Assistant who spoke on behalf cf the Assistant News Editor "I don't think that it is tight for the not the case. I stand conceded " Physical Plant, said "our department does not receive any of the money Students at Grand Valley have been Time's Run Out! which is collected for parking fines on having car trouble Not the common campus The revenue goes into the dead battery or faulty alternator Ttie college general fund " problem lies in parking the car In response to the comment that .Members of the Student Senate Wygant made. Phiihps said, "Al was have been receiving complaints from kiddmg Understand that people who students (with parking tickets) that the come m to pay tickets are usually meters at the Kirkhof Center are not upset " keeping proper time Time and again Phillips feels that there is no need students claim that upon leaving there for a grace period She said that a car for a fifty minute class they return meter designated for one hour of 55 to 60 minutes later only to discover parking should be exactly that and that they already have been given a nothing more She commented ticket "when your time is up. your time is up Student senators George Rosanic Phillips said that sometimes other and f lien Whan decided that the variables are involved with student incoming complaints warranted an tickets, such as students not allowing investigation In a random sample themselves enough time and also survey, they timed seventeen of the "variables such as different watches Kirkhof Center's meters They found and clocks “ that among the ten 15 to 30 minute Phillips said that if students are meters timed all were punctual Of the concerned that a meter is working seven 1 hour meters timed however improperly they should copy the all seven were three to five minutes meter's number and report it to the fast Physical Plant T he cliche remark "time is money" Rosanic claimed that t , r has rung very true to students with Physical Plants reopens ►)!,*» to '• .!-■■ ticket in hand Re/ anik s th.it tt ere sure that ttie m e *.-rs are -- ■ ■ • . • ought to be a grace period "Other . olleges have a n nLd>■ got >> peood I he t k.e - - I e-e < >. e •• •• A vV, ’ ' ■ . * G.R.O.W.SeeksVolunteers r , M 'on w OOU Ass s’ ant News F 4 ,1 9 3 T ULUrrrrW >i » * W A \ / i 1 t * J I t H * ‘ I f ; i • \{ PAGE 2 TheLanthom March 18,1987" ATs>*Aya r 1n*% criih> TrmtfvmnBedmats.Asked I V t/ r r *3 K sli'J J i3 M i l s Undergo Testing Compiled by Laura Robinson INTERNATIONAL LOCAL SIAIL m a x im a l A bomb threat delayed a Detroit officials a n d Washington - Individuals who Windsqr, Ontario - A fire that commuter plane's flight to Chicago community leaders who helped received blood transfusions swept through a paint factory Sunday as firefighters surrounded engineer the $1.2 billion rescue of between 1977 and 1985 may soon sending a cloud of toxic fumes the craft and a state police canine the Chrysler Jefferson plant have be encouraged to voluntarily towards downtown forced the unit searched the aircraft at the Kent turned their attention to the undergo the AIDS antibody test. evacuation of residents in about County International Airport. salvation of the city's entire lower The Amercan Medical 2,800 homes Sunday. 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