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Parking Continue use of the 'Denver boot' (a locked tire clamp that makes it impossible to move a car) and possible phasing out freshmen cars on campus. The committee will recommend to Interim President Arthur Smith that towing be increased dramatically. "Anybody whose car is found parked illegally and has $50 or more in fines will be towed," Becker said. There are more than 1,000 students with $50 or more in fines. -1.. mcic miuuiu uc <111 aiiipic supply of eligible violators," Becker said. Another alternative discussed was the possible construction of armed gates at one or more of the Tirkpts A -i- Continued f "No student government was ! ever heard on this issue," Student < Government Vice President Todd < Weiss said. "It's an outrage. The 1 Board of Trustees learns from the student liasion parking committee. ] If they do not listen to students, i they can not serve them in the best ! way." A total of eight violations have I increased, according to Baker. The i only parking violations not in- i creasing are improper parking, parking in a no-parking zone, ! parking illegally in a handicapped spot, blocking sideways or driveways and parking without properly displaying a permit. < Parking meter violations will in- i crease to $3. Parking in a loading | zone jumps to $10. Parking in a zone without a permit climbs to 1 Racism Continued f doors read "Niggers Go Home." t White students of the University of i Florida have formed the White 1 Student Union, with stated goals of ending affirmative action. t At the University of Michigan in 2 Ann Arbor, students have been j combating problems of racists i fliers and racists remarks by stu- I dents and faculty members. The University of Massachusetts has t had mounting tensions since an at- ? 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Parking in a fire lane will :ost $25. Parking next to a yellow :urb rises to $15, and parking in a reserved space leaps to $15. Parking in a garage without a permit will cost $15, and failure to register a vehicle with USC is now S15. Parking in a fire lane had the biggest increase as the fee is $20 more, while parking meter violations have the lowest jump of $1. Most violations raised from $5 to $15. "We feel that the parking tickets will be more prohibitive. Before, we got the impression that a student would rather pay $4 in tickets and continue to do so than stop parking illegally," Baker said. Another reason for the increase yvas to be more consistent with the rom page 1 ack on a few black students by nany white students after the 1986 World Series. "Because of this conference and he other things at USC, I think we ire better off than a lot of other )laces. But racism exists, after all, JSC is a microcsm of society," irockington said. He hopes the representatives hat come to the conference will gather information and the knowCall The Gameco \ Good idy Bre !?2 WOA jst-W ,y? p.lli. atmeal Cook at study bra 'ay Cookies are lower in fat, 1 most other cookies, irally nutritious oatmeal dates, nuts, raisins, u )reak with America's Mta T?AA^ P-AAklO ^ JL UV/V4 VVV/IULV# KIES /Pi s at the movie. /K ;*' . j , man rheafre thorough report on the freshman car issue and the 'Denver boot,' to be submitted at December's parking meeting. Student Government and Stokes will be working on the twn remits. re.snentive.lv - "I ? 1 'V Criminal justice professor James Fraser said, "We never had these problems. There is a creation of a culture counter to education. A lot of damage has been done by these parking woes," he said. After the meeting, Weiss summed up student feelings on the meeting. "The students on the parking committee have been silent today," he said, "But it'll be a cold day in hell before student opinion is not heard on this issue." City of Columbia's parking laws, he said. The Columbia parking meter violation currently costs $3, a value that USC police will charge next semester. The violations were once considered two years ago. However, the proposals were terminated somewhere along the line. "This should have been passed two years ago," Weiss said. "Now the committee members that recommended the bill are doubting it." "Tomorrow morning I'm going to hear a lot of complaints about this. They'll complain about the lack or representation. Yet tnings like this continue to happen, and it's discouraging for us. We have great people, and I'm sure we'll pull through this," Weiss said. how to handle racial problems when they arise. "The conference will definitely be a networking opportunity," he said. "We have a diverse group coming in from as far away as California Davis to the University of Massachusetts. I would like to encourage people to come to the workshops even if they are not members of the NAACP." i ck at 777-7726 :v,. >'.<*' *<' / .Oil*' tc. " ' *J J''**1 I Food ak. lANlil "toe SP / /Kflk /o/ |B / / / ? ??if^// ies Cults Continued from ps One of the important things ; within that counseling process was i understanding what mind control l was. i It took him five days in counsel- i ing to realize that something was < wrone in the organization. He had i to re-evaluate his belefs and the doctrines taught by the group. < "How could a group that's ] claiming that they're following 1 God using the same techniques, 1 the same practices as the atheistic 1 political society that's re-educating its citizens," Hassan said. Not all cult members live j together. But they are assigned a \ buddy, someone whom they are to f pattern themselves after. 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And that person then tells he leader who then takes the orig iiai |A/iduu ttoiuv/ anu says i wao iraying for you, brother, and God old me you have a problem with ('our girlfriend. This breach of :ommunication is common in nind control groups," he said. d from page 1 hought my suddenly pasty comjlexion might warrant a comfortng comment from the veteran. "Well," Major Mock said to the hree of us, "if you get sick, you ;et to clean it up. Because if you ;et sick, I get sick and it's a ness." I felt better already. I 1121 hours. We walked around fie plane to check for leaks and nade sure everything was "okeylokey." Even though they had landed mly a few minutes earlier,the lane needed to be inspected beause, as Major Mock said, the lanes are inspected everytime ley go up. "If people treated a car with as luch respect as a pilot treats an irplane, the car would last 20 ears," Major Mock said. I 1126 hours. We piled into the lane and Major Mock checked off safety list I 1140 hours. 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