Mississippi State University - Reveille Yearbook (Starkville, MS)

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THE HIGH PRICE OF PARKING You turn over, rearrange your pillow, and peer at the alarm clock through half-open eyes, still caught in the grip of a deep sleep. All thoughts of catching a few extra winks disappear from your mind as you stare at the alarm clock in disbelief. 7:45 A.M.! the alarm clock reads, and you have a big test in your 8:00 class! You jump into a pair of jeans, throw on a T-shirt, grab the tennis shoes and the books and make a mad dash for the car. A comb is dragged through your hair as you cruise toward campus. Once on campus, the next problem is finding a parking place. You finally spot one only to find it is in staff park- ing — those wonderful parking spaces so conveniently located next to class. As you realize you have less than 2 minutes to get to class, you whip your car into the space. While dashing to class, you send up a quick prayer in hopes that Security will not come by before you get through with your test (the prayer of the hopeless optimist). You speed through your test and rush to your car. Too late. You catch a glimpse of green flapping happily under your wind- shield wiper, and you know it ' s not the money your roommate owes you. (So much for optimism!) s . ■ ' ■■■■■■■ - . ' After removing the incriminating piece of green from your windshield, you and your car head off in search of a legal parking space. Later, as you are paying your fine, you wonder what security does with all the money it makes off you. As you walk out the door, you make a mental note to buy four more alarm clocks. Paying those fines is making a dent in your funds. It would please you to know, the money collected in fines is put to good use. Ac- cording to Chief Moore, the money is used for maintaining parking lots and the purchas- ing of signs, sign posts and paint for the parking lines. The money is also used for any repairs needed and to pay for the print- ing of the traffic violation forms. Many students feel that the parking situa- tion is inadequate (or maybe, to be honest, Jim F A student ticketer writes a ticket for an illegally p car. If we only obeyed the signs!! Kiss that five bucks goodbye!! sometimes inconvenient)! Parking lots being built by the Coliseum and the Cre; Arts Complex. A large portion of the m collected from fines and decal cosi budgeted for these new constructions. So, the next time you buy a decal or f traffic fine, keep in mind that your mon being put to good use in improving maintaining the parking lots around cam Kris Batchl Scott Norwood 28 Parking

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f Beauty In fulfilling its goal to provide the warmest campus environment possible, MSU ' s campus landscape unit has, through its thoughtful plan- ning and construction, added beauty to and unified State ' s campus landscape. Charles Scoggins and Sam Hogue, campus landscape architects, have completed many recent projects on State ' s approximately one thousand acre campus. Accomplishments such as the placement of free-standing signs located in front of buildings on campus, the plaza in front of Macarthur dormitory, the new campus lighting projects, and the pedestrian area in front of Suttle Hall represent only a few evidences of the designer ' s desires to create the best in campus environment. The campus landscape unit is reponsible for maintenance, design, and construction of land- scape features and cares for not only the im- mediate campus but also the athletic fields and golf course. In expressing their dedication to the im- provement of MSU ' s campus, Scoggins and Hogue state that Outdoor space should have the same care and design as indoor space. The care they and the department have taken truly depicts this idea. Lighting projects include the five-globe lights placed in pedestrian areas, courtyaids, and walkways of Memorial, Critz, Evans, Smith, and other halls. These dimly-lit fixtures pro- vide low scale, intimate lighting that sets the mood for a peaceful evening. The free-standing signs in front of campus buildings are what the department stresses a major success in tying the campus together. Each marquis, bearing the name of the building on a brown background trimmed in small stones, is not only aesthetically pleasing but is also a great helper for those students who wander around campus the first few days of school in desperate attempt to locate the buildings listed on their class schedule. Completing most construction, irrigation, and other grounds maintenance projects, the landscape architecture unit is assisted by the physical plant, whose help, Scoggins and Hogue contend, is extremely valuable in that the plant engineers install the wiring and elec- trical work necessary to complete the projects. Jeff Howell, a landscape architecture stu- dent at MSU, expresses the general pride in the department and its dedication to improving the beauty of MSU ' s campus. Given the size of the job they have to do, the department does extremely good work. R Marianne Warren lal color combinations and creative shapes make beautiful landscape gardens distinctive points of tion on campus. Beth Reed, a Junior Horticulture student, prepares a flower arrangement in the University florist. The florist celebrated its 50th anniversary this year. Landscape 27

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