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New parking lot? Board decides on immediate towing policy By PENNY THOMAS Several changes were made in The Board also passed a proposal appears to be finding out where additional parking lots are the the G~CC towing policy by a to hire a consultant for the pur- and what size the lots will be. solution. Last Spring this was also unanimous vote of Parking Board poses of conducting a study of The controversy at Friday's the question in people's minds, and members last Friday. on-campus parking. The main meetingevolvedoverthisquestion now,fromWhite'sviewpoint,ithas As expected, one new regulation ideas to be included in the of whether or not additional park- been skipped over in an attempt to calls for the immediate towing of study are: ing is going to be necessary. De- get the bulldozers rolling, perhaps any vehicle parked in a fire lane, •A master plan for parking nnis White, a faculty member of unnecessarily. any area designated as a hand- which will examine the whole the Board, objects to the stand icapped space, or any critical safe- problem including the Lea Hills lot taken by Dr. Earl Norman and ty situation on the first offense. and take into account FTE fore- others that say there is not enough Another policy change provides for the impounding of vehicles whose owners have acquired three citations and have failed to pay the fines involved. The previous limit was five. According to Nick Smith, parking and security Director, the enforcement of the new regulations will not full-scale right away. Signs must be posted in the areas designated for first-offense towing, and new citations have to be printed. Once things get off the ground, however, Smith assures that the new policy will be strictly and consistently enforced. or r By MARK D. STUMPF Five student senators have requested the suspension from college of ASGRCC President Teri Reed and Vice president Charles Firth for seeking confidential academic transcript information regarding 1.1 senators last quarter. In a letter to Dean for Students Earl Norman, the senators said CHARLES FIRTH Reed and Firth used their powers to get the information in violation of college confidentiality regulations and the Buckley Amendment. They requested the pair b.e suspended and expelled. "We expect action shortly by tl,le Board of Appeals and college president," the letter said. It was signed by Senators Pat Cimino, Rob Draper, Bill Cole, John Halvorson, and Raymond Fike. Former Senator Gail Berg also signed, casts. time to explore all the possible •A review of various areas that alternatives to building a lot. Dr. may be available on campus. Norman stated that some things •One-line drawings for prop- have been tried, such as "pool it" osed lots and a definition of light- and Metro bus schedule publicity. ing, water retention, and landscap- He says not all the ideas have been ing. exhausted but that something •Estimates of cost. needs to be done soon. •An environmental assessment. The emphasis of the meeting was According to sources at the apparently put on when and where meeting, the proposal was ac- the parking would be put in, rather cepted only after a half-hour of than if it would be installed. This is heated discussion. contrary to some earlier reports Although the study by a profes- which said the meeting would be of sional consultant (cost undeter- an advisory, recommendation mined) is outlined as containing a type. "master plan" examining the White was under the impression whole problem, its main objective that it was not yet decided whether que t but requested charges against Reed only. Firth denied any personal wrongdoing in the affair, and responded to the charges with critical letters to Senators Cimino, Draper, and Halvorson describing the move as "just another stab in the back." Reed has been home ill, and was unavailable for comment. When the charges were first raised several weeks ago, she denied any wrongdoing, saying she requested the information from then-Chief Justice Scott Sandmeyer in connection with student government workshops she conducted in December. · Beyond saying it was for her "personal use," she then refused to explain why she neeeded such data, and said she couldn't remember that the list Sandmeyer gave her included the senators' cumulative grade point average (GPA), cumulative credits, and current credit load. The CURRENT has seen the list, and it did include that data on the senators' qualifications. Through Firth, Reed seems to have changed that explanation a little since that interview a few weeks ago. Firth now says the incident began when he noticed while looking up senators' addresses fpr a mailing list that one of them apparently wasn't qualified for office. (She has since completed the necessary credits.) Firth was looking in a summary of student academic transcript data that was then used as an open-access reference book ·by student government personnel. That book included the GPA and credits information, and r access to it has now been restricted for that reason. Firth says he relayed his discovery of the unqualified senator ~o Reed as an indication that Chief Justice Sandmeyer was not doing his job, since the Judicial Board is responsible for checking the qualifications of student government officers. Firth said Reed then ordered Sandmeyer to check on all senators' qualifications. Sandmeyer did, and gave the information to Reed instead of the Judicial Board because he had resigned from office and "didn't know what to do with it," Firth said. Reed then gave the information to the new chief justice, Wendy Jones. Why did Reed give the CURRENT the false "student government workshop" in explanation? "Somebody said 'you . weren't supposed to do that,' and she got scared," said Firth, and gave the CURRENT the first legitimatesounding explanation she could think of. "I think she's basically an honest person,'' Firth said. Cimino is trying to "build up his name" with the charges, said Firth. "I think he wants to be stud~nt body president next year." He charged Cimino was the one who motivated the other senators to sign, and said one he contacted didn't even knowwhat he'd signed. "I may or may not run for office,'' said Cimino. He said he wrote and circulated the letter because he was "pissed off" at the alleged invasion of his privacy. Cimino is also currently circulating a petition demanding the recall of Reed and Firth. Two of the letter-signers, Senators John Halvorson and Rob Draper, said they were motivated The meeting was closed to the campus press and others not on the Board itself. It has not been determined why this was the case. Editors of the Current contend that closing the meeting is contrary to the open meetings law and protests are being made to Dr. Norman by Ed Eaton, newspaper advisor, because reporters were banned from a meeting where formal business was passed. According to Dennis White, the business at hand at the meeting was of great importance to students and staff at GRCC. White feels that the question of expanding parking has not been adequately presented to the people of Green River. Non • Profit 0.. U. S. POSTAGE PAID Pern1it No. 114 A .. bur..,, Wash. by a combination of political opposition to Reed and Firth and genuine indignation that the confidentiality of student records was violated. Norman, the dean for students, said he will forward the letter to the Board of Appeals, but said he would take no action himself. "It doesn't make sense to me that the administration get involved in the nitty-gritty operations of student government." He said access to the records involved has since been restricted. Norman said he couldn't say for sure when the Appeals Board would meet to hear the charges, but indicated it could be as early as next week. John Wooden here Tuesday John Wooden, one of the most successful college basketball coaches of all time, will speak at Green River Community College in the Lindbloom Student Center Feb. 15 at 7:30 p.m. Wooden's record at the University of California at Los Angeles has been unsurpassed in modern day collegiate basketball. His teams had a string of eight major college championships in just 10 seasons. When he retired from the coaching ranks two·years ago, he went out in style as his team astonished all predictors and won the title. His topic for Tuesday night is one he is very familiar with, "The Pyramid of Success." The cost for the event is $2.50 general admission and $2.00 for students.
Object Description
Title | The Current 1977-02-10 |
Earlier Title |
Gator Tale Green River Current The Green River Current |
Date | 1977-02-10 |
Volume | 12 |
Issue | 12 |
Publisher |
Green River College |
Subject |
College student newspapers and periodicals -- Washington -- Green River College. College student newspapers and periodicals -- Washington -- Green River Community College. Green River College (Auburn, Wash.)--Periodicals. Green River Community College (Auburn, Wash.)--Periodicals. |
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Green River College (formerly Green River Community College) Student Newspaper |
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English |
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Green River College Digital Collections The Current |
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Description
Title | The Current 1977-02-10-Page 1 |
Earlier Title |
Gator Tale Green River Current The Green River Current |
Date | 1977-02-10 |
Volume | 12 |
Issue | 12 |
Publisher |
Green River College |
Subject |
College student newspapers and periodicals -- Washington -- Green River College. College student newspapers and periodicals -- Washington -- Green River Community College. Green River College (Auburn, Wash.)--Periodicals. Green River Community College (Auburn, Wash.)--Periodicals. |
Description |
Green River College (formerly Green River Community College) Student Newspaper |
Type | newspaper; text; |
Format |
pdf |
Language |
English |
Repository |
Green River College Digital Collections The Current |
Rights | Commercial use or distribution is not permitted without prior permission of the copyright holder.; |
Full Text | New parking lot? Board decides on immediate towing policy By PENNY THOMAS Several changes were made in The Board also passed a proposal appears to be finding out where additional parking lots are the the G~CC towing policy by a to hire a consultant for the pur- and what size the lots will be. solution. Last Spring this was also unanimous vote of Parking Board poses of conducting a study of The controversy at Friday's the question in people's minds, and members last Friday. on-campus parking. The main meetingevolvedoverthisquestion now,fromWhite'sviewpoint,ithas As expected, one new regulation ideas to be included in the of whether or not additional park- been skipped over in an attempt to calls for the immediate towing of study are: ing is going to be necessary. De- get the bulldozers rolling, perhaps any vehicle parked in a fire lane, •A master plan for parking nnis White, a faculty member of unnecessarily. any area designated as a hand- which will examine the whole the Board, objects to the stand icapped space, or any critical safe- problem including the Lea Hills lot taken by Dr. Earl Norman and ty situation on the first offense. and take into account FTE fore- others that say there is not enough Another policy change provides for the impounding of vehicles whose owners have acquired three citations and have failed to pay the fines involved. The previous limit was five. According to Nick Smith, parking and security Director, the enforcement of the new regulations will not full-scale right away. Signs must be posted in the areas designated for first-offense towing, and new citations have to be printed. Once things get off the ground, however, Smith assures that the new policy will be strictly and consistently enforced. or r By MARK D. STUMPF Five student senators have requested the suspension from college of ASGRCC President Teri Reed and Vice president Charles Firth for seeking confidential academic transcript information regarding 1.1 senators last quarter. In a letter to Dean for Students Earl Norman, the senators said CHARLES FIRTH Reed and Firth used their powers to get the information in violation of college confidentiality regulations and the Buckley Amendment. They requested the pair b.e suspended and expelled. "We expect action shortly by tl,le Board of Appeals and college president," the letter said. It was signed by Senators Pat Cimino, Rob Draper, Bill Cole, John Halvorson, and Raymond Fike. Former Senator Gail Berg also signed, casts. time to explore all the possible •A review of various areas that alternatives to building a lot. Dr. may be available on campus. Norman stated that some things •One-line drawings for prop- have been tried, such as "pool it" osed lots and a definition of light- and Metro bus schedule publicity. ing, water retention, and landscap- He says not all the ideas have been ing. exhausted but that something •Estimates of cost. needs to be done soon. •An environmental assessment. The emphasis of the meeting was According to sources at the apparently put on when and where meeting, the proposal was ac- the parking would be put in, rather cepted only after a half-hour of than if it would be installed. This is heated discussion. contrary to some earlier reports Although the study by a profes- which said the meeting would be of sional consultant (cost undeter- an advisory, recommendation mined) is outlined as containing a type. "master plan" examining the White was under the impression whole problem, its main objective that it was not yet decided whether que t but requested charges against Reed only. Firth denied any personal wrongdoing in the affair, and responded to the charges with critical letters to Senators Cimino, Draper, and Halvorson describing the move as "just another stab in the back." Reed has been home ill, and was unavailable for comment. When the charges were first raised several weeks ago, she denied any wrongdoing, saying she requested the information from then-Chief Justice Scott Sandmeyer in connection with student government workshops she conducted in December. · Beyond saying it was for her "personal use," she then refused to explain why she neeeded such data, and said she couldn't remember that the list Sandmeyer gave her included the senators' cumulative grade point average (GPA), cumulative credits, and current credit load. The CURRENT has seen the list, and it did include that data on the senators' qualifications. Through Firth, Reed seems to have changed that explanation a little since that interview a few weeks ago. Firth now says the incident began when he noticed while looking up senators' addresses fpr a mailing list that one of them apparently wasn't qualified for office. (She has since completed the necessary credits.) Firth was looking in a summary of student academic transcript data that was then used as an open-access reference book ·by student government personnel. That book included the GPA and credits information, and r access to it has now been restricted for that reason. Firth says he relayed his discovery of the unqualified senator ~o Reed as an indication that Chief Justice Sandmeyer was not doing his job, since the Judicial Board is responsible for checking the qualifications of student government officers. Firth said Reed then ordered Sandmeyer to check on all senators' qualifications. Sandmeyer did, and gave the information to Reed instead of the Judicial Board because he had resigned from office and "didn't know what to do with it," Firth said. Reed then gave the information to the new chief justice, Wendy Jones. Why did Reed give the CURRENT the false "student government workshop" in explanation? "Somebody said 'you . weren't supposed to do that,' and she got scared," said Firth, and gave the CURRENT the first legitimatesounding explanation she could think of. "I think she's basically an honest person,'' Firth said. Cimino is trying to "build up his name" with the charges, said Firth. "I think he wants to be stud~nt body president next year." He charged Cimino was the one who motivated the other senators to sign, and said one he contacted didn't even knowwhat he'd signed. "I may or may not run for office,'' said Cimino. He said he wrote and circulated the letter because he was "pissed off" at the alleged invasion of his privacy. Cimino is also currently circulating a petition demanding the recall of Reed and Firth. Two of the letter-signers, Senators John Halvorson and Rob Draper, said they were motivated The meeting was closed to the campus press and others not on the Board itself. It has not been determined why this was the case. Editors of the Current contend that closing the meeting is contrary to the open meetings law and protests are being made to Dr. Norman by Ed Eaton, newspaper advisor, because reporters were banned from a meeting where formal business was passed. According to Dennis White, the business at hand at the meeting was of great importance to students and staff at GRCC. White feels that the question of expanding parking has not been adequately presented to the people of Green River. Non • Profit 0.. U. S. POSTAGE PAID Pern1it No. 114 A .. bur..,, Wash. by a combination of political opposition to Reed and Firth and genuine indignation that the confidentiality of student records was violated. Norman, the dean for students, said he will forward the letter to the Board of Appeals, but said he would take no action himself. "It doesn't make sense to me that the administration get involved in the nitty-gritty operations of student government." He said access to the records involved has since been restricted. Norman said he couldn't say for sure when the Appeals Board would meet to hear the charges, but indicated it could be as early as next week. John Wooden here Tuesday John Wooden, one of the most successful college basketball coaches of all time, will speak at Green River Community College in the Lindbloom Student Center Feb. 15 at 7:30 p.m. Wooden's record at the University of California at Los Angeles has been unsurpassed in modern day collegiate basketball. His teams had a string of eight major college championships in just 10 seasons. When he retired from the coaching ranks two·years ago, he went out in style as his team astonished all predictors and won the title. His topic for Tuesday night is one he is very familiar with, "The Pyramid of Success." The cost for the event is $2.50 general admission and $2.00 for students. |