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Parking survey complete

VOL. 49, NO. 12

2011-2012 Homecoming Court

East zone most unforgiving area to find parking: 90 percent full. BY CAREY COX Copy-Editor Students parking in the East parking zone face the most difficulty in finding parking spaces. Facilities management recently released its annual parking survey for 2011, which shows the availability of parking spaces in campus parking lots. The East parking zone, which provides parking for Allied Health, College of Medicine, the Visual Arts building, Instructional Laboratory Building and Alpha Hall, has zero to 10 percent availability during parking zone hours, making it the most congested parking zone at the University. “It’s extremely difficult to get parking. There is a designated area called overflow by the cancer building where we can park, which is filled several days out of the week, and I have to park in a research area and hope not to get a ticket,” Britnay Golden, senior biomedical sciences major, said. “I commute from 45 minutes away, but I leave an hour and 15 minutes to an hour and 30 minutes early to hope to find a parking spot,” Golden said. James McRae, a junior nursing student, says he usually can never find a parking spot in the East zone between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. “If the University is going to enroll so many new students and invest in new buildings and dorms, wouldn’t it make sense to accommodate the parking needs to match that?” McRae said. Other lots with zero to 10 percent availability are the South zone lot near Computer and Information Sciences, see PARKING, page 2

MATT WEAVER/SENIOR REPORTER

The 2011-2012 homecoming queen Heidi Harom strikes a pose with homecoming king Christian Lee. They are among fellow USA royalty (from left to right) sophomore maid Amy Archer, senior maid Marnita Stallworth, junior maid Kristen Stallworth and freshman maid Audri Risseau. They’re escorted by SGA representatatives. Dean of Students Dr. Mike Mitchell and SGA Homecoming committee chair Stephanie Pelonia were specifically thaked for their ‘diligent’ efforts in making homecoming 2011 ‘a success.’

Small fire sparks at University Circle Cigarette causes minimal damage at site of homecoming tradition “Junk the jungle” BY MATT WEAVER Senior Reporter A fire broke out at University circle on Friday, Oct. 14 when one student flicked a lit cigarette into a pile of debris and pine straw. The fire only covered a diameter of four feet and was put out by a fire extinguisher within minutes of its start. The fire started at approximately 3 p.m., and the Mobile Fire Department was called in after the fire was put out to saturate the ground around the fire site. The site was littered with toilet paper and streamers, the result of Tuesday’s “Junk the Jungle” Homecoming event. This made the area more susceptible to fire than usual, generating a concern for the future of the event. “There hasn’t been any inclination to

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discontinue the event,” Director of Public Relations Keith Ayers said. No injuries were reported as a result of the brief spark. Physical education sophomore Travis Snyder believes that the homecoming tradition is not the root of the fire threat. “I think the event itself is not; I think what people do in the circle has the potential to be a fire hazard.” According to the City of Mobile’s website, Mobile’s Litter Ordinance, 25-054, prohibits “deliberate littering or allowing litter to blow from the back of trucks.” “Litter may include but is not limited to - paper, plastic, diapers, cigarette butts, bottles, cans glass, fast food wrappers, disBAILEY HAMMOND /LIFE EDITOR posable packages or plastic bags.” Mobile Fire Department and University officials responded to a fire on Friday.

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