Montana State University - Sentinel Yearbook (Missoula, MT)

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Brait y Closes on Romantic Note BY CHRIS BROWN Some may be sad about the ctasing. of Brant] v Hall this year. Bui iht v may take comfon in knovting thai the all-women ' s dofm wcm out with a romantic sigh- Head Resident Francic Marcinkowskl, serior in inierporsonat comnmnications, described ihe donm as being fealiy qnm and its residents as ' dne happy family. You can decide for yourself. My roommate and 1 saw an ad n (he p apcr saying 5] percent of UM tudcncs are said Marie. -Wc mrre silling around one day wondering why there weren ' t two for m The roommates Marie and .Andrea {not iheir real names], p i an ad in the Kaimin Oct. 29 advcnising for boyfriends. The ad read: ... applications currently being accepted, include all peninem details (photo optional). Address to Chocolate Mmse ' and leave ai Brantly Ball desk. Chocolate Moose is the name of one of Andrea ' s stufTed animals. t was really surprised, we got 15 or 16 applications. Some were really sweety a few were raunchy. said Marie. Any dates? No. she said. My room mate chickened out. Etisabeth Emerson, freshman in zoology honors, told of a cheering section for a romantic couple one night and reporied hearing a suitor serenade his beloved under her window tate another night invoking the wrath of a jealous boyfriend. Emerson said the sex crime of the year was peipetrated by a girl and her boyfriend calmly, quietly taking a bath together when another girl came {into the bathroom) and got very hysterical ' According to Marcinkowski, a couch mysteriously disappeared one Friday evening from the TV lounge. Monday morning it appeared on the front steps of the dorm with a thank-you note signed us. Brantly also had a rei ident reptile. Emci n kept a boa constrictor named Eldridge in her room. Strictly against the rates, of coui , ' she said- She caused quite a coni motion when a few people heard rumors about her, she added. WBlcrWH rV Wtult La Rh Adirfi; (rfttuv n fKt ■ niTiinigi Aludwx Uk b [Hi in rw Btmli HM dorm r«wn. 28 Branny HaS

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Even fflegd Spots ore Hard to Fhd BV ANGELA K. ASTLE Harry Fritz, a t Jul vers Ity of Montana hisiory professor and E cmcKraiic rcprcscntaiivc to ihe static Icgislaiurc, once joked with cfl|lcaiui?s in the House that UM ' s parking space shortage in m severe you tan ' i Hnd an illegal parking, spoi. That ' s, almost true. A parking survey conducted by the VM office of Fiscal Affaits spring q uancr 1987 foiind that of JOO spaces available on and around the campus, aboui 3,S0O are needed during ihe tJatly peak hours of 1 1 a.m. lo 2 p.m. Those 700 actdjiional car? ItU without camptis spots usually were parked in the surrounding residemiat area. That is, until last fall when a city ordinance went into efTeei making ihr area — in rougtily a two mile radius — a design atcd parkmg district open only to residents with a special permit. Ri!sidents have to pay SlQ fpr the permit in order to park their cars in the area between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. weekdays. Violators are fined SIO a day. and iherir car are towed. The district ' s existence became one of the hotiesi disputes of the year, causing biiier fdciion among univtrsity members area homeovtmers and the city council that, as yet, ha not been resolved, But despite continuing controversy, the parking district still remains. It is bounded on the north by the Fifth Street alley, on the west by Hilda Avenue, tsn the south by the Ivans Avenue alley and on iht east by Anhur Avenue. In ApriL residents living beyand the district ' s borders complained to the city council that their parking spaces were now being invaded by university student s, staff and faculty. The [Possibility of expanding the district is the newest threat to university commiuters- The idea for a special district had been stewing since the earty I970 ' s when local residents began to get annoyed ai arriving home after an outing to find they could not park their cars in front of their homes. They were also irritated by the inconvenience caused to their visiting triends. ' The parking has slowly become a problem, and something has to be dotic John Armstrong, 404 Keith, said last fail. ' Friends come over to visit and have to park over a block away. Another university area resident complained to the dty council that his luJich hour was cut short when he came home lo eat, because he had to park far away from his home and walk scvcibI blocks. Spearheaded by the Lfniversity Homeowners Association, a gniup of UM area residents interested in the umversiiy s lt)ca] policies, the idea for the parking district was fijst formally proposed to the city council in March, 19M, as a way of keeping the streets clear for residents ' use. Sioec its approval that spring and its implementation in the fall, a war of angry words has ensued between members of the council, the association and the university. From the beginning She re has been a dispute over whether the district was endorsed by an acceptable m orlty of the area homeowners. Fifty-five percent of the area ' s residents signed a petition last fall declaring their support for the district. But Jeff Kelly, president of the Interfralemity Council which opposes the district complaine l Ehat about US residents of the Theta Chi and Phi Delta Theta fraternities and the Delta Gamma sorority were select Ivdy neglected by the homeowners who conducted the petition drive, The city council accepted the petition anyway and drew up an ordinance based on that document. UM would not give up the fight, however, and The debate continued through Xhh academic year punctuated by several compromise proposals ofiered by ASUM. So far, all university-inspired proposals have been rejected by the council. Proposed solutions made by the Missoula community development office likewise have been rejected by UM administrators, because they have already been tried and failed, or were just naive. It always amazes me that people from the outside always have naive solutions to our problems. ' ' CJtenn Williams, fiscal affairs vice president, said this spring. The city suggested UM; raise decai parking fees; provide incentives to increase transit use; issue more tickets to violators; encourage earpooling and adjust class scheduling to smooth out the parking demand during the day. UM anthropology professor Katherine Weijt of 433 MeLeod St. opposes the district, because she thinkJt it is ridiculous that she must pay a fine to park her car in front of her houst. She said that the eity is maintaining the district not because residents want it, but because it is earning money. Weist said that by May the city had raised S 3,400. t am outraged that 1 have to pay SIQ to park In from of my cvmi house, Wcisi said, but the city will not get rid of something that is a financial success, Mayor Bob Lovegrove, who also opposed the district also was criticiil of the council ' s support for the district, SO PorftlnQ