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Carroll College Student Newspaper Helena, Montana Volume 100 Edition 4 February 7th, 2013 Ryann's Rant: Parking Permits ■ f t nv A % $ v ; w > ■ I don’t know how many times I’ve heard the story: Student parks on campus. Student goes to class. Student goes back to car and finds a ticket. Student comes up with lame excuse to get ticket waived. Student complains about paying fine. This story would have had a much happier ending if the student had just bought a parking permit. I know, I know. Those permits are expensive! ‘‘The price of permits is absolutely ridiculous,” said John Holland, a senior, English writing major, from Butte. And you don’t always get a spot! Or you have to park in the boonies! First, let’s do the math. You live on campus. An “A” parking permit costs $165. Yes, that is the equivalent of 165 McDonalds burgers, or 41 Starbucks mochas. But in terms of parking... There are 15 weeks in one semes ter at Carroll. That is 30 weeks per year and 150 days of school. Add in, say, eight days of finals, and that is 158 days a year you may need to park on campus. That divides out to $1.04 per day to park in an A lot. Now, say you live off campus, or you just don’t have $165 at the beginning of the year. “B” permits cost $90. After doing that math, parking in a B lot all year costs $ 0.57 per day. The Student Life office only sells the same number of A permits as there are A spots, so don’t worry about not ever getting a parking spot on that front. As for B permits, yes, they sell an unlimited number of B permits, so I guess there is a chance that you might not get a spot, but personally, I have never had a prob lem finding a spot. Yes, you may not be able to get a spot right up front, but exercise, people, exercise! I get it. $165, or even just $90 is a lot of money to pay all at once. But if you are going to be parking on campus, the permit pays for itself. Plus, you don’t have to worry about having change in your pocket all the time in order to park in the pay lot. Now, the Student Life office is selling permits for half price. So if you didn’t have $90 at the beginning of the year, the price of ticket-free parking has been cut in half. Of course, $45 is nine foot-long subs, 10 trips to Starbucks, or a din ner or two out with a friend, but it is also an end to the perpetual game of hide-and-seek with Securitas. O Ryann Lannan Student Opinion Carroll plans for campus expansion A model of Carroll's future housing. These buildings would border Centennial Park. PHOTO COURTESY OF CARROLL ADMISSIONS Raven Dryden Lead Writer Go big or go home. That is what the people say. As Carroll goes big with a steadily increasing student body in the coming years students will be finding their home in new places on campus. “We are up about 700 [ap plications],” said Cynthia Thomquist of the greater than average leap in number of applications for first year students. Thomquist is the director of admission and en rollment operations at Carroll. “Mindboggling,” said Tom McCarvel of the number of applications. McCarvel is the interim vice president of institutional advancement and community relations. It is a gamble each year to predict the number of fresh men who will actually be at Carroll come the first day of classes. Many factors includ ing the economy and financial aid packages determine where students will attend college. The class of 2017 is expect ed to be approximately 400 students. Campus hustled last fall to make accommodations for the freshman class of 383 students, and fall of 2011 welcomed 345 freshmen to campus. Community Living will handle the possible overflow in student housing for fall of 2013 as they have in the past according to Bennett Ma cIntyre, director of commu nity living. Housing will be reserved in St. Charles Hall for freshmen numbers beyond the capacity of Guadalupe Hall. A limited number of sopho more students will be able to live in the double-bed suites in Trinity. Accommodations will be made across campus to meet the housing requirement Carroll has for freshmen and sophomores to live on campus. Guadalupe Hall can house 369 students. MacIntyre said it is likely that not all 400 freshmen will live on campus next year. Plans are under way to build two apartment buildings intended for upperclassmen use on the east side of campus, according to McCarvel. The proposal is in response to a growing student body and Car- roll students’ expressed desire to have an on-campus experi ence. The two apartment buildings are the first of a proposed six buildings intended to be built on the east end of campus. There is no timeline for the other four buildings. In an interview with McCa rvel on January 30, he stated that the tentative plans for the first two apartment buildings go to the board of trustees for approval at the end of Febru ary. If the board is satisfied with the proposal, the cost of the project, and the financial plans, the building plans will move forward. McCarvel stated that in frastructure plans, cost of the apartments and negotiations with the bank over loan inter est rates are currently under deliberation. The hope is to complete the More Expansion page3 Carroll takes over the Capitol Ashley Smith Staff Writer Carroll College has 11 students partici pating as interns in the 2013 legislative session, on the state and national level. Kacey Gollehon, a sophomore political science and communications major from Choteau, Mont., is spending the semester in Washington, D.C. as an intern for Jon Tester, in the United States Senate. “Internships in my offices provide great opportunities for young Montanans to get involved in governing and leadership,” Tester said. “I encourage more students to follow in Kacey’s footsteps and help serve our state.\ When discussing her time in D.C., Gollehon said that this experience has not only broadened her horizons from rural Montana, but also allowed her to be involved and learn how our state govern ment works firsthand. Gollehon, who has worked for Steve Bullock's campaign, participates in the leadership forum and academic course through The Washington Center. “It is very exciting to be working on the Hill, surrounded by senators and a won derful staff in Tester’s Office,” Gollehon said. Her favorite part is getting to hear about Montana constituent’s political concerns and researching different issues for the legislative assistants. Ten other Carroll students are intern ing at the Montana state legislature this semester. Carroll College interns have positions in a variety of different interests, including nonprofit, statewide agencies, government parties, public policy, and lobbyists. According to Nisan Burbridge, intern coordinator at Carroll College, students have more opportunity to get involved due to the fact that Montana legislators are committed to giving Montana stu dents, both resident and nonresident, the opportunity to participate in local govern ment. If students are located in federal or local government internships, they should contact Burbridge at nburbridge@carroll. edu or stop by her office in Borromeo. INSIDE Gun debate, p. 3 New proposals for gun laws spur heated debates. Campus activities, p.8-9 CSA and Bowling Club take off. Best ofHelena, p.13 Get In shape at local gyms!
