Louisiana State University - Gumbo Yearbook (Baton Rouge, LA)

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I I Ever parked illegally at LSU? Sure you have — haven ' t we all ? Just the thought of parking in the West zone (behind the stadium) and having to walk to the Union to buy textbooks, is enough to make even the most honest stu- dent take down their parking tags and squeeze inconspicuously into a visitors space, or worse yet, faculty parking. So why is it that everyone gets out of towing ex- cept you? 1, admittedly, am one of those people who has never had a ticket, at least not one that actually belonged to me. Once every year the traffic department finds it necessary to assign mc a ticket for someone else ' s car, but in all truth I do not own a yellow Subaru and my name is not George Mankers. So how is it that I ' ve been getting away with parking illegally at LSU? Talking to the traffic depart- ment was really enlightening — the fact seems to be that they ' ll tow anyone if given half a chance. Anyone with three out- standing tickets, parked in a DELINQUENT AUTOS await arraignment in car pokey faculty lot, loading zone, or (obviously) a tow away zone — you ' re outta there! Others get tickets until they qualify for one of the above elite classes. So, af- ter you get towed where does your car go? A fenced off area of Kirby- Smith ' s parking lot is the slam- mer for cars of students who don ' t obey parking rules. The guard says it costs a dollar a day to keep these inmates and that after two days, if the owner hasn ' t sprung them, they are transferred to the maximum security facility on Airline High- way. This is the elite of prisons, with high fences and big locks, and a fee of five dollars per day. Often these jailed cars are able to reform their owners and repeat offenders are not likely. So what ' s the total cost to spring your car from one of these prisons? Depending upon if the A few daring students risk parking in marked spaces. The unlucky return to find tickets waiting. Bazuki Muhammad car is registered, it ' s the cost of the ticket plus the room and board fee. If, in the disasterous event that person ' s vehicle is unreg- istered (having not been vaccin- ated for rabies) the fee is an addi- tional twenty dollars to get it reg- istered. There have been few reported cases of tow truck workers being attacked by unregistered cars, by a few unregistered owners maybe, but the cars usually go along quietly. (With maybe a few occasional sputters about the in- justice of it all.) So what does an LSU student do to get a decent parking space? 1 . Get to campus before 7 a.m. or after 5 p.m. 2. Talk a professor into the benefits of exchanging parking tags. 3. Keep at it and pray your luck holds out. Janet M. Barklage

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The sign might as well read, Abandon all hope... Frustration and hefty ran- soms await students who find their cars in Kirby Smith ' s impound lot. Bazuki Muhanunad t TBESP ' 3 I V, ( » ( 14 Impound Lot ill 1

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All phdios by Ba7uki Muhammad 16 Jam Jam 1988