Weekend/ Forecast? Moatiy with/ high# Ovthe/ mid/ 60’y The Cowl Vol. LXI No. 3 Providence College - Providence, Rhode Island September 26,1996 PC Comes Stickers and Tickets Through For Blood Parking Woes at PC Center by Tammy A. Ledoux ’99 right now is Schneider Arena,” improvement, saying, “There is an only park where you have been by Colleen E. Pappas ’99 News Writer stated Reilly. off campus parking lot in front of assigned.” Asst. News Editor “The students in the Schneider Alumni which the college resur­ Another problem that the Secu­ The blood was flowing like Overcrowded parking lots and lot have many objections because faced this year, and City of Provi­ rity Department encountered last wine last week when 168 PC stu­ the current inability of attaining a of the damages to vehicles in the dence has removed the ‘no park­ year was the attempt by several dents donated their blood to the parking sticker are once again last few years,” Reilly commented. ing’ signs from Cumberland Street students to place fake parking needy RI Blood Center. sources of frustration for students “To combat this problem,” in front of Alumni and increased stickers on their vehicles in order The emergency blood drive, this year. These issues have also added Reilly, “The college has put parking on that street by about fif­ to park in specific areas. This year held on September 18 and 19, was been problematic for the Security new, colored stickers have been scheduled due to a shortage of Department, which is in charge of implemented to prevent students blood in the RI Blood Bank. Ac­ issuing parking stickers for the stu­ from falsifying parking stickers. cording to RI Blood Center Com­ dents, faculty, and staff of the col­ But the threat of having a car munications Specialists Donna lege. towed was lessened slightly this Remmington, there was a signifi­ For commuters and students year. The only vehicles that will cant increase in accidents, house who keep cars on campus the main be towed this year will be those fires, and other situations in which concern is not only acquiring a that are parked illegally in handi­ blood is used. “The hospitals were sticker each year, but also trying capped spaces, fire lanes or ob­ using a lot more blood and collec­ to obtain placement in a parking structing emergency routes. tions were lower than normal.” lot close to their residence. In fact, the Security Department The Knights of Columbus Fri­ As Philip Reilly, Director of has removed the impound lot on ars Council was instrumental in Security, noted, “There are only lower campus, thereby creating making the drive a success. “RI is 1600 parking spaces on campus more parking spaces. Now any doing very poor getting donations and those spaces are for every­ vehicles that are towed will be for blood,” said Grand Knight body, students, faculty, and staff.” taken to the lot of the towing com­ Scott Beeman '97. “We really had “But about 6400 people need a pany. to put things together at the last parking space,” continued Reilly, Students, faculty and staff re­ minute. We hadn’t even had our “so there’s obviously not enough ceive up to five violations before first meeting, but I thought it went room to meet everyone’s needs.” their cars are towed. really well.” The limited amount of parking Just one of the many fluorescent green tickets appearing on Reilly urges those who are fined Deputy Grand Knight Jim areas on campus requires the Se­ windshields all over campus to pay as soon as possible for, as Tierney ’98 explained that even curity Department to uphold a Reilly stated, “People are given though plans began for the drive “first come, first serve policy, in two closed circuit T. V. cameras, teen to twenty spaces.” seven days to pay their fines and just last week, the goal of 160 pints through which students are as­ which cost about $30,000 and arc Problems have also arisen in if they are not paid, the fines are of blood was not only reached, but signed to a specific parking lot monitored here in this office 24 past years with students parking in sent to the Finance Office and if surpassed. 89 pints of blood were depending on how promptly they hours a day.” lots to which they have not been they remain outstanding, a collected on the first day of the return their application forms to Another addition to the assigned. Cars found in the wrong student’s grades may be withheld drive and 79 on the second day, a the Security Department. The Schneider parking was the replace­ parking lots will be ticketed, as and they may be prevented from total of 168 pints. “We usually get cards are distributed in the second ment of the fence at the North end Security officers routinely check registering for next semester’s a little more than that, but we made semester each year in student mail­ of the lot; it was raised to eight feet the parking areas. classes.” our goal of 160,” said Tierney. boxes. and the holes in the new fence are “The policy that we have here Presently, there are no addi­ “It’s important because the Blood Students who turn in their cards only one inch diameter. is the ‘stay-put’ policy,” com­ tional parking stickers available Bank is running lower than it has late will obviously lessen their “Yesterday was, in fact, the first mented Reilly, “so if you are as­ for students. However, if a student in years.” chances of being placed in the lot time that we had anybody attempt­ signed, for example, to lower cam­ has a need to keep a car here on Jared Slabach ‘97 of the of their choice. ing to get into a car and we were pus, you park there and walk any­ campus for a medical or work-re­ Knights of Columbus served as the “We try to place the students able to get down there and the per­ where else.” lated reason and they have not coordinator of the blood drive. “I closest to where they reside, but son took off when he saw us and Reilly added, “In that case, you been issued a sticker, they should organized and put up signs to try naturally, when they’re late getting ran off campus, so the system is shouldn’t just move your car up to report to the Security Office, as ex­ to make people aware. I was at their applications in, they will get working,” stated Reilly. Peterson to go workout and then ceptions in such cases can be the drive to make sure that noth­ the farthest spot on campus, which Reilly also pointed out another drive back down again, you should made. ing went wrong and to handle the little things,” said Stabach. “I think it went well.” News Commentary: Remmington agrees with Stabach on the success of the continued on page 3 A Few More Suggestions For tuhat’s The Meal Plan inside: would be better served ii'both lines $4.25 (a mere pittance for such a The authorities offered me a by Erin R. King ’98 meal in the real world)—the only compromise: I could have the “The Changing of the Guard” News Editor were open for the meal plan. Aside from that, my major beverage I could get with the meal milk, or a small soda, without any page 3 There’s no doubt about it, the complaint is that even though the on my meal plan was a cup of hot additional charge. But I could not Limited mini-mall hours new meal plan has a lot to offer. food at Alumni is more expensive tea, priced at $.50. The second be appeased; my journalistic sixth criticized Better selection, better decor...but than in previous years, the maxi­ cheapest drink offered is milk, at sense told me that it was a poten­ page 5 there are a few things about the mum you can have on your meal $.55. But the Veal special and a tial campus issue. Also, I am sure new system which make me yearn plan there for dinner is $4.75 per milk would bring the grand total that they were not, at that moment, Taking ice cream to a higher for the days of burgers-in-a-bag. meal. (It should be noted that this to $4.8O-a nickel more than the permanently changing the policy. spiritual plain Yesterday, while waiting in (an price is not posted, at least no­ amount offered for a single meal. However, I do commend them on page 11 extremely long) line in Alumni where that I could see, and a ran­ For most people, it is not too their willingness to please me. Cafeteria, I turned around and saw dom, informal poll of PC students much of a trauma to reach in their I asked Ernie Laverdiere, Man­ Everything you didn’t want to that there were many people be­ revealed many differences as to pocket or ask a friend for that ad­ ager of Alumni Cafeteria, where know about Ireland...and hind me, as well as the many what the perceived amount is.) For ditional five cents. But as an in­ students should go with their com­ tattoos people in the sandwich and grill example, on Wednesday evening, trepid reporter and a student who plaints, and he suggested the Stu­ lines. There was a separate line I went to Alumni and ordered the has already given too much money dent Congress Food Committee.