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[email protected]. The student newspaper of Roger Williams University Nov. 21, 2008 Vol.19 Bristol, RI THE lIAwK' s HERALD Issue9 WHERE THEY DRAW THE LINE Faculty approves contract Professors request parking gate and lighten yearly course load After months of negotiations, members of RWU's Faculty Association voted overwhelmingly last week to approve a new four-year contract that some faculty members are calling one of the most controversial in quite some time. Among other things, the contract includes a clause requiring that administration build a park ing gate for the faculty lot on Old Ferry Road. The contract stipulates that until the gate is built, fac ulty will not receive any parking tickets. ''It's one of those very sensitive issues among faculty," said Mel Topf, a member of the negotiat ing team and former president of the union, when asked about the "parking amnesty covenant," as it is called in the contract. "One professor once said anout is sex Wl ty.'' Before going into effect, the contract must be ARIELLE MILSTEINffHE HAWK'S HERALD approved by the Board ofTrustees.