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New parking lots may reduce frustrations
Jason Rollins
The university collects approxi
mately $450,000 in paridng fees and
fines each year, and this year that num
ber could be even higher.
The increasing number of parking
tickets issued this year— an amount al
ready at $242,585, as of early January,
according to Dick Fauson, director of
Auxiliary Services—has given rise to
increasing smdent paridng ftustrations.
Dick Scott, assistant vice chancellor for
Business Affairs, recendy hosted a fo-
nm in the Warwick Crater Stage to
discuss the ongoing problem of park
ing with students. The event, sponscHed
by the Student Government Associa
tion, focused on getting student feed
back on what they felt coukl make paik-
ing on campus more efficient after the
parking pr^lem hit its peak this fall
semester.
“UNCW originally planned on
1,600 incoming fieshman this semes
ter. What we got was 2, 000, (which
was) 400 more than expected. We are
struggling to keep up with our student
body,” Scott said.
To help combat current problems,
administrators expect to have two new
lots completed by the fall 2002 semes
ter. One of the lots will be for commuter
students, located across from the
SEE Parking, Page 3
Cars in the parking lot of the University Union wait for a
chance to park. New lots may cut down on waiting next fall.
Local Tote-em-in Zoo faces scrutiny
SARAH VAN SCHAGEN f f‘
mother have shared a friendship with an
living at the Tote-em-in Zoo.
Shari
Mongold
and her 2-
usedtostop
by the zoo
every few
other side of
On Sept
This leopard is one of the many animals at the
Tote-em-in Zoo on Carolina Beach Road. feathered
ftiend in very poor condition.
Acaxding to the repcrt Mongold
sent to People for the Ethical Treatment
of Animals, the emu’s eyes “were not
visible because they were glued shut
with dried blood,” and there was “dried
blood down his neck.” Mongold said
she alerted two workers about the emu’s
conditiMi.
Alongold aixl her daughter returned
to the zoo SepL 16 and found the emu
had died.
“My daughter and I were in tears.
That emu used to come up to us and
eat out of our hands,” Mongold said.
She filed a report with PETA within a
week of the animal's death.
Jerry Brewer, owner of the Tote-em-
in Zoo, said he tried to administer medi-
See Zdo, Page 3
Fire damages
elevator panel
Heather Grady
An electrical fire on Dec. 13 in
the Graham side of Grahamlett
Hall cut into student study time
but left no one injured.
Resulting from a short circuit
in the electrical relay panel, the
small fire caused the room, the el
evator shaft and the nearby hall
ways to fill with smoke.
“The fire was in a self-con-
tained room,” said Sgt. Gunnar
Matthews, with regard to the
spark that began the fire in the
room behind Graham’s elevator
shaft.
Students were evacuated from
the building at around 5: 30 p.m.
that afternoon. The Wilmington
Fire Department responded with
five fire trucks to the scene of the
incident and set up fans to venti
late the building. Students were
let back in at about 6:45 p.m.
“Essentially, there was not a
lot that could be done to prevent
(the fire),” Harts said, since the
circuits basically stuck in an open
position and overheated.
The fire caused about $40,000
of damage to the control panel
and will be completely replaced.
“(The dorm) will get an im
proved elevator control panel and
(improved handicapped accessi
bility controls),” said Stan Harts,
director of the university’s Envi
ronmental Health and Safety de
partment.
The elevator was built in 1977
and installed when not all the
handicapped code regulations in
place today had been mandated.
Therefore, the new control panel
will provide easier access for stu
dents and visitors with disabili
ties, Harts said.
A new control panel was ini
tially expected to be completed
by February; but Harts said, it
might reach completion earlier
than previously anticipated.
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