University of Miami - Ibis Yearbook (Coral Gables, FL)

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rlnking is permitted outside the range Bowl for ttiose of age, al- ough police officers patrol the Is to keep order. One eager Mi- ni fan displays the order of im- ortance of FSU in comparison to e Canes and the Florida Lottery. Traditions are hard to break. Those that in- volved parties, were much harder. Through the years, football games and pre- game tail-gate parties have been enjoyed together regularly by students. These parties were pre-cele- brations for what students hoped to be another Hurricane victory. Each of these parties featured several common de- nominators; beer, loud yelling and screaming, hot dogs or hamburgers on portable grills, and more beer. Tail-gate parties, however, were not limited to home games. Those more advantageous, or perhaps more fortunate to ob- tain tickets, drove hundreds of miles to attend Miami road games. Twelve Lambda Chi Al- pha fraternity members endured a 22 hour drive to Ann Arbor, Michigan to see the Hurricanes defeat the Wolverines, 31-30. Since we had Michigan stu- dent tickets, we were right in the middle of about 20,000 blue and gold shirts. We didn ' t care though. We had our faces paint- ed orange and green and were yelling for the Canes, said Steve Harper, a sophomore fra- ternity brother. People were yelling at us and throwing bot- One more — EXCUSE TO PARTY ties, but the game was so excit- ing we didn ' t pay much atten- tion to them. Luckily there were no fights, but there were a cou- ple close calls. The lure of a top twenty con- test and Bourbon Street in near- by New Orleans drew more fans to the Louisiana State game in Baton Rouge. Those Miami supporters that trekked across the deep south, sat through a November monsoon as rain fell the entire game. We just load- ed up a couple cars and took off again, said Harper. The more people that can go to yell for Miami, the better. Everybody has a great time. Darren Dupriest From the park- ing lots of the Orange Bowl, to Ann Arbor, Michigan, tail- gaters find an- other reason to celebrate Tail-gate Parties 19

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M ' % erhaps the most in- h cessant topic of frus- L tration among stu- ents, especially those who rive, was that of parking on the niversity grounds. As students returned from ummer vacation for the fall se- lester, the shortage of parking paces on campus became evi- ent. Ironically, the shortage of paces also brought about an in- rease in the price of parking asses, as well as the amount of «asses issued. Kristi Reedy, a freshman Bio- chemistry major, expressed a opular view toward the park- ng situation, Impossible! According to Jane Gailey, Jniversity Parking Coordina- or, as of October there were be- iween 8500 and 9500 cars regis- ered on campus for the fall se- nester although only 7299 oarking places existed. This overabundance of cars egistered results in an increase )f $10 parking fines issued to hose unfortunate people left vith only restricted or undesig- lated spaces to park in. The ad- litional revenue gained from Inregistered cars that are parked n reserved lots only add to the troblem of limited space for those hat are registered. Officer Eileen 7ollier issues a ticket to a car with 10 parking permit in the Eaton Hall E f. the $50 yearly parking pass, as well as a portion of the fines col- lected, were set aside as a seed for a future parking garage. University officials attempt- ed to cope with the situation through implementation of dif- ferent future, as well as present, programs. Plans were made for an additional lot to be con- structed on Red Road behind the Graduate School for Inter- national Studies. Another solution immediate- ly put into effect was an increased schedule of University Shuttle services. Gailey simply stated that the answer to the student ' s parking problems was to, Ride the shuttle. Statistics showed an increase in the number of stu- dents using the convenience of the shuttle rather than attempt- ing to battle the headaches of campus parking. The number of riders per day increased to ap- proximately 1000; triple the number of students from the be- ginning of its operation. The shuttle bus, however, could not provide the best ser- vice, or the answer, for every student. Paul Brusco, a senior, conceded that parking was defi- nitely worse, They (the parking coordinators) just keep taking the spaces away. Cheryl Schultz Parking? NO ANSWERS- OR SPACES IN SIGHT Parking condi- tions cause headaches for administrators as well as stu- dents With the increased useage of the shuttle, the circle outside the Whitten Center becomes crowded throughout the day. Attempting to solve this problem, Officer Melvin Tooks writes a ticket for a car parked illegally in a fire lane. Parking Problems 21