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Imperial
Parking
ticket
dispenser
at
CNC
has
been
out
of
order
three
times.
Perspectives
on
parking
Graham
Lazarovich
Features
Editor
The
CNC
community
is
abuzz
about
Imperial
Parking
Corporation's
new
pay
parking
system,
which
took
effect
last
month.
The
new
system
was
instituted
to
bring
extra
revenue
to
the
college.
While
it's
widely
accepted
that
CNC
needs
the
money,
the
decision
to
privatize
the
college
parking
lots
has
been
a
controversial
one,
It
seems
that
just
about
everybody
but
college
administration
wanted
to
keep
parking
managed
internally,
or
"in-house,"
by
college
employees.
Critics
of
the
new
system
say
it's
too
expensive,
too
punitive,
not
aligned
to
the
needs
of
students,
and
that
it
drains
much-needed
money
from
the
Prince
George
economy.
One
of
the
key
issues
is
that
day
passes
only
last
from
6
a.m.to
6
p.m.
at
a
cost
of
$1.50
and
people
still
at
the
college
after
6:00
have
to
pay
an
extra
$1
.50.
This
means
that
if
you
have
a
class
from
5-7
you
have
to
pay
an
extra
$1.50
for
2
hours
or
risk
a
fine
of
$19.50
or
more.
Some
classes
have
been
rescheduled
particularly
for
this
reason
and
in
other
cases
students
have
to
leave
in
the
middle
of
class
to
get
a
new
parking
pass.
Some
students
and
staff
are
asking
why
they
need
to
pay
for
parking
in
the
evening
when
the
lot
isn't
even
half
full.
Safety
issues
have
also
been
raised,
as
many
women
feel
vulnerable
fumbling
for
change
at
the
ticket
dispensers
at
night.
As
of
Jan.
15,
people
living
on
campus
at
residence
can
now
purchase
a
$30
per
month
parking
pass.
Prior
to
this
they
were
expected
to
pay
on
a
per
day
basis.
Having
to
pay
for
parking
was
not
in
their
rental
contract.
Jan
Mastromateo,
council
chair
of
the
faculty
association
thinks
the
new
parking
system
is
too
punitive
and
too
expensive,
especially
considering
rising
Tuition
fees
rising
for
second
time
in
one
year
Graham
Lazarovich
Features
Editor
For
the
second
time
in
a
year,
tuition
fees
will
be
rising
again.
The
college
has
decided
to
deal
with
a
funding
shortfall
by
raising
tuition
40
to
bring
CNC
up
to
the
provincial
average.
We
are
currently
the
second
least
expensive
college
in
BC.
Make
no
mistake;
the
source
of
this
increase
is
underfunding
by
the
provincial
government.
It
is
an
elitist
attempt
at
fortifying
the
class
strata
that
denies
the
underprivileged
their
right
to
an
education.
The
main
reason
cited
for
people
not
attending
post-secondary
education
is
the
cost.
The
corporate
elite
who
control
the
Liberal
gov
ernment
serve
to
profit
from
rising
tuition
and
a
less
educated
electorate
because
it
will
create
a
desperate
powerless
working
class
who
will
have
to
accept
any
station
provided
for
them
by
corporations.
"Less
people
will
have
access
to
education
and
more
people
will
have
to
compromise
their
education,
having
to
work
while
they
go
to
school.
"
Reduced
public
funding
also
serves
to
justify
bringing
private
money
into
schools,
which
could
turn
our
educational
institutions
into
Corporate
Automaton
Indoctrination
Centres.
In
choosina
to
raise
tuition
fees,
university
transfer
courses
are
going
from
$149.85
to
$208.79
per
course
and
from
$749.25
per
semester
to
$1048.95
for
a
full
course
load.
Simply
put,
less
people
will
have
access
to
education
and
more
people
will
have
to
compromise
their
education,
having
to
work
while
they
go
to
school.
While
administration
inevitably
had
to
do
something
to
counter
underfunding
by
the
provincial
government,
it
is
not
known
whether
they
considered
cutting
back
on
some
of
their
own
hefty
salaries
to
spare
some
of
the
expense
to
students.
For
information
on
how
to
fight
rising
tuition,
contact
your
student
association;
they
are
there
to
address
your
concerns.
tuition
and
reduced
grants.
Students
whose
vehicles
are
found
without
a
valid
parking
pass
have
to
pay
a
fine
of
$19.80.
The
fine
rises
to
$27.50
after
48
hours.
Students
who
don't
pay
will
find
themselves
being
hassled
by
collections
agencies.
In
a
memorandum
to
administration,
Mastromateo
states:
"The
primary
problem
with
the
college
embarking
on
for-profit
parking
at
this
point
in
time
revolves
around
the
financial
hardship
it
imposes
upon
students
during
a
period
when
they
are
being
targeted
by
escalating
tuition
increases,
cuts
to
provincial
grants,
increases
in
the
cost
of
services
at
CNC
and
the
myriad
of
other
increases
to
the
cost
of
living
affecting
all
British
Columbians."
The
Faculty
Association
also
brought
up
safety
concerns.
They
proposed
that
there
be
an
extension
of
the
Safewalk
program
to
include
people
who
have
been
forced
to
park
on
the
street
in
the
surrounding
area
of
the
college
the
proposal
was
denied.
Members
of
the
Pulp
and
Paper
Workers
of
Canada
Local
29
(PPWC),
the
union
representing
operational
staff,
are
confounded
about
the
college's
decision
to
privatize
parking.
Administration
claimed
that
they
would
have
needed
$100
000
to
start
an
"in
house"
pay
parking
venture
and
that
they
lacked
the
expertise
to
enforce
and
administrate
a
new
system.
They
said
they
would
have
had
to
buy
new
ticket
dispensers,
but
the
executive
has
found
that
they
could
have
leased
the
units
for
$100
each
on
a
'to
own'
basis.
College
staff,
not
Impark,
did
the
installation
of
the
dispensers.
As
for
claims
that
the
college
doesn't
have
the
expertise
to
handle
pay
parking,
PPWC
notes
that
there
was
a
reserved
parking
system
in
place
since
1994
that
was
administered
by
the
college.
For
8
years
the
college
administered
a
parking
system
that
wasn't
very
different
from
the
Impark
system.
All
Impark
has
done
is
supply
the
signs,
meters
and
attendants
not
exactly
a
$100
000
investment.
Please
see
page
3,
under
Loud
Source
unknown
There
are
15
000
vacuum
cleaner
related
accidents
in
the
US
each
year.
If
a
monkey
eats
too
many
unripe
bananas
his
tongue
and
eyes
turn
green.
Banging
your
head
against
a
wall
uses
up
to
150
calories
an
hour.
The
average
person
has
a
vocabulary
of
5
000
words.
The
English
language
has
approximately
35
000
words.