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VOLUME ISSUE
S T A T E U N I V E R S I T Y O F NEVV^ Y O R K A T F A R M I T S f G O A LE
NO RESPECT: Parking In The Blue Z o i i S ^ ;
Handicapped Parking Space Abused At Farmingdale Campus By Chris Weppler
Special to The Rambler
Have you ever driven around a
parking lot without being able to find a
spot? Well of course you have, we all
have. B\it the ihing about fifSding that
spot boils down'io getting the one clos-est
to your destination. In some cases,
people decide to park in a spot desig-nated
for disabled individuals. Pretty
unfair considering they aren't handi-capped
at all. Well this has become a
common practice at Farmingdale which
leaves the handicapped student out of
luck. A student I spoke with, Diane
True, needs to park in a handicapped
spot due to an asthmatic condition
brought on by excessive walking and
stress. She is constantly denied the
parking spot because of inconsiderate
people who choose to park in handi-capped
parking spots. One day Diane
chose to park in an area that was re-served
for doctors and nurses that work
in the infirmary because the handicapped
spots were full. She figured that it was
okay because it was about 5:00 PM and
Rambler/Valerie Henrius
Cars parked illegally in handicapped spots in front of the campus bookstore.
the area was empty. She was wrong and
received a ticket five minutes after park-ing
there. In a search for some answers,
I spoke with Lieutenant Mike McCrann
of SUNY Farmingdale Campus Police.
Lieutenant McCrann advised me that
they U7 to spot most of these offenders
and immediately write a citation. He
stated that there were some complaints
about people parking in handicapped
parking areas and that the matter was
being looked into. Because most of my
classes are in Gleason flail, I notice the
number of people that parit in the handi-capped
parking spots. It was a shock to
see how many of them were not display-ing
a sticker, a hanging device, or a
license plate that stated they were handi-capped.
If you look at this picture (left),
you can see two of approximately a
dozen cars photographed by the Ram-bler
staff. These cars were carefully
examined for any stickers that would
have allowed them to park there. The
vehicles clearly do not belong here. 1
guess they were able to give the slip to
campus police this time. Even though
the Farmingdale campus has more than
the mandated amount of handicapped
parking spots, it is still a difficult task to
find a spot. Maybe the problem lays in
the placement of these spots. If so, it
should be looked into and if neccessary,
more spots should be added.
A Message To All The Campus Community
SGANews
On October 30, 1997, the Student
Government Association Inter-
Dormitory Council, Campus Activities
Board, Campus Activities Office,
Rambler Student Newspaper, and the
office of the provost re-introduced the
Recreation Center (Locatedji Roosjevelt
Hall) to the campus by cutting a red
ribbon to celebrate it's grand opening.
The Rec-celiter now features a
variety of arcade games, 7 billiard tables,
8 bowling lanes, 1 air hockey table and a
ping pong table. The improvements to the Rec-center were funded by the mandatory suident activity fee.
(Photograph)
Looking on while Latonia Robinson,
president-IDC and Margaret Baglivio
assistant to the provost cut the ribbon
were (left to right) Sandy Lory-Snyder,
Director of Campus Activities, Rhoan
Clarke, Vice President of SGA, Golam
Bari, SGA Treasurer, Richard Davis,
President of SGA. Nick Gordon, Director
of Business Affairs and Student
Programs, Hopeton Bennett, CAB
President (Below) Shawn Francis, CAB,
SGA Rep., Itemus Mitchell, Student
Staff, Program Security.
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| Title | The_Rambler_1997-12 |
| Subject | Newspaper |
| Description | The Rambler |
| Creator | SUNY Farmingdale State College |
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