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Pot at the Polls Understanding Issues 2 and 3 I
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ssue 2 has been coined as the “anti-monopoly amendment” and is connected to the upcoming marijuana vote in a critical way. Issue 2 reads: “Protects the initiative process from being used for personal economic benefit. This will require the bipartisan Ohio Ballot Board to include two questions on any future ballot, should the issue be relating to a constitutional change.” “[Issue] 2 is certainly a direct attack at [Issue] 3 but not necessarily on legalizing marijuana, it’s at the premise of legalizing it in this manner,” Student Legal Services attorney Jill Sink said. “They’re not saying you can never amend the constitution to grant a monopoly, they’re saying if you’re going to amend the constitution by ballot initiative to grant a monopoly you’re going to know it’s in violation this section of the constitution.” According to the summary to be placed on the ballot, state Issue 3 says, “grants a monopoly for the commercial production and sale of marijuana for recreational and me-
dicinal purposes.” Election Day will take place nationally on Nov. 3 with these two state issues gaining the most attention thus far. Students on campus have been instrumental in making sure that their fellow students understand that Issues 2 and 3 are connected. “No on 2, yes on 3, if you want to legalize marijuana,” Sink said. According to Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted, since Issue 2 is a legislative initiative it will take effect immediately if passed while Issue 3 will have a 30-day suspense because it is a citizen initiative. Since the two cancel out, both amendments passing would result in Issue 2 prevailing. However, ResponsibleOhio, the group who has brought the issue forward, have referred to a part of the Ohio Constitution that states that when two state issues on the same ballot conflict, the one receiving the most votes will prevail. Depending on the outcome of the election, ResponsibleOhio will have to decide whether to fight the discrepancy before the Ohio Supreme Court or to try again for the next November election.
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Breaking Silences: Conference on sex and disability Adrienne Lohr News Writer Lohr.8@wright.edu
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right State University will hold Breaking Silences, Demanding Crip Justice: Sex, Sexuality and Disability Nov. 4 - 6. The threeday conference will bring together students, professionals and service providers to talk about sexuality in the disability community. Breaking Silences started out as a half-day workshop designed to educate students,
but when associate professor for Wright State’s School of Professional Psychology Dr. Julie Williams got involved, the conference began to take its shape. “As a woman, as a dwarf, as a professional and an ally to the community of disability, I see every day the oppression placed on people with disabilities,” Williams said. “I am tired and irritated with the medicalization of people with disabilities as objects to be treated, fixed and cured. That
creates suffering and I want to be a part of changing that. The suffering that we need to be correcting comes from a society that rejects and oppresses people with disabilities and one way that we oppress people with disabilities is around their sexuality. We abuse them [and] then we don’t believe them. We don’t help them, we don’t support them, we don’t offer disabilityrelevant sex education and we deny women with disabilities reproductive rights over and
over again. We question parents with disabilities on their ability to parent more readily than we do with everyone else and we still sterilize women with disabilities more often than we do other groups. It’s just not okay. The conference will aim to break down barriers and promote crip justice in terms of
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Dayton Arcade to Update:Presidential debate be partially funded creating opportunities by city of Dayton Jesse Schrote Contributing Writer schrote.2@wright.edu
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he Dayton City Commission has agreed to put up $450,000 of the $700,000 needed to make the necessary repairs to the historic Dayton Arcade, located in the downtown area. Developer Miller Valentine is covering the remaining $250,000 which will be used to make repairs to the building. Developers will begin work towards stabilizing the structure later this month, and should be completed before winter begins. This will allow three to five years for a potential investor to acquire the property and revive it. Miller Valentine will also do roofing repairs to many of the other buildings on the block, including the Ludlow Building, Commercial Building, McCrory Building and 4th Street Building. “The Arcade is one of the city’s most important landmarks,” says Arcade Task Force Chairman Steve Petitjean.
“The task force agrees that the risk of doing nothing far outweighs the risk of what we propose to do today.”
The arcade is over 100 years old and is on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. The city chose to make the necessary repairs, since demolition would cost $8-12 million The repairs are part of what is being called Operation Dry and Stable. The building needs to be win-
terized to prevent further damage. This will consist of repairs for leaks and broken windows as well as reinforcing any portions of the building which may be unstable. Dayton Mayor, Nan Whaley said it is a step in the right direction. “This is a long road with many steps, and this is one small step in the direction of redevelopment, but certainly no promises by the city or this developer that that’s coming,” Whaley said.
“The Arcade is one of the city’s most important landmarks.”
The hopes for the repairs are that they will help keep the building from deteriorating. The commission would like to see the space brought back to life. They say the ultimate goal is to remake the Arcade into a mixed-use housing and retail space, which the task force estimated could cost up to $60 million. In an interview with radio station WYSO, Whaley said, “One of the problems with the Arcade is that people have grand visions that aren’t financed and frankly we just don’t want to do that to the community.” “The task force agrees that the risk of doing nothing far outweighs the risk of what we propose to do today,” said Petitjean. The commission gave the project the greenlight just after finishing the meeting Sept. 23. The monies will be released immediately to prevent any further damage and to allow work to begin right away.
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he first presidential debate for the 2016 election season will be hosted at Wright State University on Monday, Sept. 26, 2016. Wright State receiving the first debate became official this past September by the Commission on Presidential Debates (CPD). The university is taking measures to ensure a smooth and organized atmosphere for the upcoming event. “This has been my vision for the university for about ten years,” John McCance said, who is serving as a debate advisor for President Hopkins. Wright State was selected along with its fellow sister universities like as Longwood University, Washington University in St. Louis and University of Nevada,
Las Vegas, to act as an important forum for the current presidential race. The university has been working with the CPD to make this vision a reality, which was not an easy feat. After a lengthy process, which involved sending in a formal application, submitting a short video to the commission and a visit to the university by a member of the commissioned staff; McCance’s vision turned into reality. “Our goal in winning this was that there are multiple examples where universities have won the debate and have hosted multiple debates through the years. Since 1988, there’s only been one public university to host a presidential debate in this country; at least that’s what they told me,” University
President Dr. David Hopkins said. The debate will be held at the Nutter Center, with a budget of up to $10 million dollars according to campus officials. All of the funds will be from public and private donations and not from university tuition dollars. Initiatives will also be taken by the university to ensure that students are involved in the political process and in turn become more politically aware and involved. Future screenings of popular political TV shows such as West Wing and House of Cards will be screened on campus for students, according to McCance. “These screening will offer students opportunities to enjoy and learn about the presidential process”, McCance said.
sexuality. Crip justice, as described by Williams, is “the political taking back of the term crippled,’” a term that is often lends a negative connotation. The crip justice movement moves to redefine disability with pride and power and to reject medical paradigms of disability. “This isn’t a frame that says, ‘you have to accommodate me.’ This is a frame that says the world needs to be created for everyone, period,” Williams said. The conference will center around talks and workshops that will cover topics such as sex education, sexual health, sexual pleasure, dating relationships, sexual abuse, the criminality of psychiatric disorders and more. The bulk of the presenters will be people who live with disabilities, which was a big priority when developing the conference. Several keynote speakers, including feminist author and artist Harilyn Rousso,
will discuss and educate attendees on the challenges that both visible and invisible disabilities have to face when entering sexual relationships. Breaking Silences will end on Friday with an open mic town hall meeting to engage attendees and generate feedback for future events. Dr. Nikki Rogers, assistant professor for the Boonshoft School of Medicine, insists that these are topics that need to be addressed. “People don’t talk about the sexual lives of people with disability. They tend to think that it doesn’t exist or not want to acknowledge that it exists because it’s uncomfortable for them,” Rogers said. The conference will not only focus on scholarly work, but will also push the movement forward with elements of art, writing and performance. Artwork submitted by members of the disability community will be featured throughout the conference,
as well as presentations by Sins Invalid, a performancebased group comprised of individuals with disabilities and people of color. Their mission is to challenge paradigms of beauty and to promote visibility of minority groups who have been marginalized or excluded from the disability movement. “It’s been interesting as someone from the medical school. We include arts occasionally, but to have art take shape in an academic conference is a game changer,” assistant professor with the Boonshoft School of Medicine Dr. Nikki Rogers said. Registration for the Breaking Silences conference costs $225 for professionals and $75 for students. The cost covers all food and workshops, but attendees can register for an optional movie night for an additional $35. For more information, visit www.wright.edu/event/sexdisability-conference.
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W.O. Wrights hosting scholarship night for students ourtesy of the College of Liberal Arts (COLA) Dean Advisory Board, W.O. Wright’s and COLA have collaborated to host a scholarship night to fundraise money for Wright State students. The event is called Open Mic Night and students can sign up to showcase their talents by playing instruments or having fun by singing karaoke. Lukas Wenrick, the president of the Dean Advisory Board, came up with the idea in hopes to raise money for scholarships. “Our goal is to reach $100 weekly,” Wenrick said.
Dennis Wilson, the Vice President of the Dean Advisory Board and also a musician and a student at WSU, says that W.O’s is paying the organization for this weekly event and the proceeds will go towards the scholarships. He also says that prizes such as free appetizers can be given away to students if they enter a Twitter contest during the event. Follow the hashtag #Lawow for the event. This contest also includes photos of the event, which students could win personalized prizes. “We sent out a survey asking students if they would be interested in events like this and this is what we came up with,” Wilson said.
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Dennis says the other reason behind planning this event is that he wanted students to enjoy themselves and meet other liberal arts students. “We have a lot of creative, self-expressed students.”
Wilson says. Students who are interested in attending Open Mic Nights at W.O. Wrights can arrive every Wednesday from 8p.m to 11 p.m. and indulge in some entertainment and good food. Students must be
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o matter the place, a customer wants to be treated like a friend, with amiable service and a comfortable atmosphere. Derailed Salon, a hair salon nestled along the brick path of E. Fifth Street in the historic Oregon District, perfectly fits the bill. Mindy Finch, a beautician with over two decades of experience and the sole hairdresser, started up her own salon 13 years ago when she realized that she wanted a more urban atmosphere than her previous job offered. Taking a hint from the train-centric theme revolving around businesses like the Oregon Express and The Trolley Stop, she decided to dub her new business Derailed. Filled with quirky décor and splashed with a large
mural across the wall, her salon fits her bright and bubbly personality. “At the time, most salons were very white, very sterile-looking,” Finch said. “I wanted something loud, fun to look at, happy, immersive.”
“You get so many different people down here. From Springboro and Fairborn to Indiana, from all over.”
In addition to exhibiting a unique and artsy interior, Finch likes practicing a more familiar attitude with her customers--which can range from children to teens to grandparents--treating them like friends no matter who comes through the door. She says that her kind attitude comes from being truly thankful for her job, a quality
she hopes is reflected in her work. “Every time, it’s an experience. It’s a happy thing to get done. I get to make people pretty all day!” She added that there’s also no obligation to dress up or feel pressured. “[Customers] can come in their sweats, they can come however they want. Since it’s a one-on-one situation, people feel a little more at ease.” Clearly, it’s more than the free bang trims and reminiscently rock-and-roll aesthetic that pulls in customers, which come from all over according to Finch. “You get so many different people down here. From Springboro and Fairborn to Indiana, from all over,” Finch said. Bordering on being more of a hangout than a hair salon, Derailed Salon is the stop for an efficient and well-done haircut, as well as a friendly chat and some classic rock music to kick back to.
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Student Spotlight: Colin Blount fuses love of cars and photography to create strong social media presence Adam Ramsey Features Editor Ramsey.55@wright.edu
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olin Blount, Management Information Systems major, has nearly a thousand followers on his Instagram account, which focuses on cars. Blount took up photography to express himself in ways that he had talent. Then, he found that photography was a good complement to his passion for cars. “Photography is one of my only creative sides that I can use to express myself. I’m not good at singing or drawing or stuff like that. That kind of goes hand and hand with cars,” Blount said. “I like to modify cars. The way you do it kind of expresses your personality. Then, I like to take pictures of other people’s cars and other people’s projects.” Blount’s style is a little different from what many in the car world are doing.
“The popular thing right now is called car spotting, where you find exotic cars like Lamborghinis, Ferraris or Maseratis driving or parked at the Greene or something like that, take a picture on your iPhone and post it to Instagram,” Blount said. “I’m more like a photographer. It’s more of an art. It’s not just snapshots. I have a couple friends that do it. I know there is one other person in Dayton, he’s been picked up by one of the bigger websites and he actually works for a local wheel company so he gets to travel and shoot photos for them.” Blount said that his photography will most likely stay a hobby, but does plan to continue to remain active. “I have had two or three paid shoots. I’m not in it for the money, it’s a hobby. If that can make money sometimes, that’s great, but I’m not trying to expand it into a business,” Blount said. “I’d like to
become a photographer for an online site. There’s a lot of them like Stance Nation and Cincinnati Street Style. I’d like to be a featured pho-
WSU. “I think his method is great. People know him, people like him. You probably couldn’t find someone on campus who doesn’t like Dave,” Smith said. “He presents the gospel in a way that’s not invasive. He’s not in people’s faces. He’s just offering something.” The “Quad Gods,” to Elmore, are not interested in changing lives, but are more interested in angering students. “I spoke to a policeman who had said that the real motive of some of the Quad Gods is to see if they can get students to assault them so they can sue the school and get money out of them, then go to another school and see if they can do the same thing,” Elmore said. “I’m trying to give the message of God’s love to the people. I’m different from the Quad Gods. I’m
not looking for a splattering, I’m looking for a solid, lifechanging experience.” Smith cannot say that the message the “Quad Gods” preach strays from a biblical basis, but he is opposed to their method of spreading Christianity. “It bothers me that Christians would present the gospel, which is supposed to be good news, as something so damaging, that can cause such an uproar,” Smith said. “People are supposed to hear good news and be happy about it. When you hear that preaching, it doesn’t look like people are happy.” Amena Shermadou, graduate student in Biomedical Engineering and member of the Muslim Student Association, thinks it is wise not to generalize belief systems based on it’s outspoken members. “I think that when it all
tographer on there at some point.” Students interested in following Blount can find him on Instagram @colinblount
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Colin Blount admits he’s not in it for the money, but would love to work for an online site or business in the future
He’s different than the quad gods: An interview with Dave Elmore Adam Ramsey Features Editor Ramsey.55@wright.edu
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he Wright State University climate for religion recently has been pretty tumultuous with aggressive open-air preachers, but is it all this way? Dave Elmore, a member of Campus Bible Fellowship, regularly sits at a table in the Union Market on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays and spreads out Christian literature. “Jesus is my most precious friend and I want to share him with other people,” Elmore said. Unlike the open-air preachers known as the “Quad Gods,” Elmore is less aggressive and even has a good reputation at WSU, according to Daniel Smith, a staff member for Christians on Campus at
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comes down to it, when followed in their true form, all religions have a similar demeanor and essence,” Shermadou said. “When I see the Quad God preaching his message, I don’t look at him as the
representative of Christianity. I believe he is a man with an opinion. If you push your opinion in people’s faces, it doesn’t give a positive connotation to your message.”
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8 Soccer wins third straight: Dominated Green Bay 4-1 Lee Barker III Sports Editor Barker.94@wright.edu
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he women’s soccer team went into Green Bay on Saturday, Oct. 24 and dominated the Phoenix 4-1 to continue their longest winning streak of the season. After starting Horizon League Conference play 1-31, the Raiders have bounced back with wins against Youngstown State, Cleveland State and Green Bay to put them in fourth place within the conference. “I think we can beat anyone in the league,” head coach Pat Ferguson said. “Every win, every point counts.” Senior mid-fielder Natalie Sedlock recieved Horizon League Player of the Week honors as she found the goal twice against Green Bay to collect her fifth and sixth goals of the season. She has 12 in her career at WSU and
is in a six-way tie for fourth in the conference this season. Sedlock got things started just 7:44 into the game after finding a rebound and striking it into the net. Sophomore mid-fielder Bryce Hueber added to the lead 12 minutes later with her fifth goal of the season; Tied for 10th in the conference.
“I think we can beat anyone in the league.” -Pat Ferguson
Katie Schulz responded for the Phoenix five minutes later after finding the goal on a free kick to cut the deficit to one. In the second half senior mid-fielder MacKenzie Hamilton dribbled through the backline and played the ball over the keeper for her second goal of the season, ex-
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tending the lead to 3-1. Sedlock found the goal once again with 6:43 remaining to give WSU a 4-1 lead. The most goals the Raiders have scored in one game since scoring four against Findlay back in 2013. “We’ve talked the last few weeks about effort goals,” Ferguson said. “Most goals in soccer aren’t these beautiful build ups with a spectacular finish. It’s a matter of doing anything you can.” Despite 16 shot attempts by Green Bay only five were at the goal and senior goal keeper Halle Pyle snagged four of them. She has 56 saves on the season which ranks fifth in the Horizon League. The Raiders will be back in action in Detroit, MI on Friday, Oct. 30 for their final game of the regular season. The match will begin at 3 p.m.
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WSU’s Neary is a strong com- Basketball exhibition petitor with a moving life story kicks off season: Hosting Indiana State, was fired up and ready baseman Alexis Mayle. For Neary her teammates Wesleyan Oct. 31 to go. To have a major setback
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t first glimpse Katie Neary would appear to be an ordinary studentathlete, but her hidden battle shows she is really an inspiring person. Neary is a freshman that moved over 2,000 miles from Cypress, Calif. to attend Wright State and pitch for the Raider softball team in the upcoming season. In June of 2014, a life-altering moment threatened to derail her dream of playing Division I softball. That summer Neary was diagnosed with autonomic dysfunction (ANS). The disorder causes the autonomic nervous system to not function properly. This part of the body controls unconscious functions of the body such as breathing, heart rate and digestion. As a symptom of ANS Neary developed several other disorders related to the affected nervous functions. In order to treat the illness Neary had to go through an intensive program at the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota. This program required a two-month in-patient treatment that was very isolating for Neary. “The in-patient one was probably the worst thing I have been through because I was taken away with nothing,” Neary said. “I got my parents taken away. I was just in a hospital bed until it was time to eat. The more I ate the more I could see my mom.” Despite the major setback, Neary is now able to mange her symptoms, which she calls her “new normal.” She is driven and determined to be standing in the pitcher’s circle once the softball season begins. “What I notice about her is her drive to find a way to get on the field, be able to produce and contribute,” Wright State softball coach Lynn Curylo said. “She had already been committed to Wright
like this, she plays it down a little. She went through hell.”
“I got my parents taken away. I was just in a hospital bed until it was time to eat. The more I ate the more I could see my mom.”
Though Neary is now balancing her weekly schedule of classes, lifting and pitching workouts the symptoms of ANS still linger, including what can be serious pain. She has indicated that a simple gust of wind can cause what feels like knives in her legs, according to Raider first
have been a source of support and motivation. Despite her own personal struggles, Neary has a selfless devotion to her teammates. “They help me keep distracted, which is a really good thing, so I can’t focus on how I feel,” Neary said. “They are more motivation than anything because I want to do the best I can to be the best teammate without dragging people down with me.” Neary’s new normal includes adjusting to her symptoms and campus life as a freshman. Based on her modest personality and drive, standing in the pitcher’s circle will be a normal sight for Neary for years to come.
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right State’s women’s basketball team is gearing up for a promising season, led by guard Kim Demmings. Last year’s squad, led by Tay’ler Mingo, reached the Horizon League Championship game but failed to punch their NCAA tournament ticket, falling to Green Bay in the final game. That loss sent a 25-win Raiders team to the NIT where they’d fall to Toledo in the first round. This year, there are more “unknowns” than “knowns,” concerning where the Raiders will get consistent production. “This is a completely different team. We graduated more than half of our team. This is a completely different bunch; there are only just a couple of holdovers,” said head coach Mike Bradbury. Demmings, who took a medical redshirt after suffering a season-ending injury in the Raiders’ last season opener, will have to take hold of a team that will likely depend on talent trumping the lack of experience. “(Kim’s) very talented and she’ll have to be the leader of the team,” Bradbury said.
Demmings knows what’s ahead of her in being the leader of a young team, hoping her approach is one everyone catches on to quickly. “I just come out here and lead by example. You practice what you preach. I come out here, play hard and bust my butt,” Demmings said. “I feel like that type of energy that I bring, it automatically feeds them to want to do the same thing.” There’s a lot on the plate for the Raiders this year, a NCAA tournament invitation being one of them. Lost in the goals of the team is Demmings’ place in Raider lore, as she’s a mere 88 points away from breaking the school record for career points scored. “I try not to think about it,” Demmings confessed. “Right now I’m focusing on our team and where we’re at right now and where we need to be in couple weeks before we go out and play some really good teams.” The Raiders will host Indiana Wesleyan Oct. 31 in an exhibition match at the Nutter Center before traveling to Miami to face the Hurricanes for their season opener.
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10 Opinion Cash-strapped and debt-laden, university can ill afford a garage Spencer Brannon Contributing Writer
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hen the University of Bologna opened in the year 1088, eight hundred years before the invention of the automobile, there is little doubt in my mind that the first class of students inaugurated the campus with complaints about parking. As a commuter student who works offcampus, I understand that parking is a legitimate obstacle for many students who are forced to drive around for 15 minutes to find a space. (On many occasions, I have been one of them!) The most common proposed solution from students is to build a parking garage on campus. But parking garages near the heart of campus – by Millet Hall or the Student Union – are simply not likely in the near term. Parking garage consulting firm Carl Walker found this year in a study that garages cost on average $18,035 per space. That means a parking garage with just 500 parking spots would cost the university $9 million. In order to pay for it, parking passes would run over $750 per year, even for those who don’t use it. That, of course, assumes that University can afford it. From a $14 million Student Success Center or the $23 million renovation of the Creative Arts Center to the $37 million Neuroscience Engineering Collaboration Building, the university has tapped out its bank. In fact, it owes $24 million in debt on bonds it sold in 2012. In short, no matter how good a parking garage may seem, the university simply can’t afford it. This is not to say that it is deaf to student concerns. In 2012, the university moved the shuttle lot to be nearer to the Nutter Center, greatly expanding the number of shuttle parking spots available. It reinstated old policies that allow students to park in faculty and staff spaces after peak hours. These are significant and under-appreciated efforts. In the half an hour a student drives around campus trying to find a spot, they could have parked in Lot 8 by the Nutter Center, taken the shuttle, bought food, and made it to class a few minutes early. Personally, I would love a parking garage on campus, particularly if it connected to the tunnel system. But we are all governed by the sad facts 10
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of reality, and those facts dictate that there is no possibility for the university to begin work on a parking garage right now. Progress in parking garages will only come at a time when students (and the university) are willing and able to shoulder the costs. For the cash-strapped, debt-laden students of Wright State, President Hopkins – and I – think that time is yet to come.
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Proposal to fix parking Matt Raska Contributing Writer
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had the unique pleasure of watching an exchange between a Wright State parking patroller and a student in lot 4A last Tuesday after the job fair. The patroller was ticketing a car parked along the curb of lot 4A. The student debating with the parking patroller had paid for a parking pass, but was forced to park in the boonies of Meijer.
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The student was irate that he was forced to park in lot 4A. The patroller insisted lot 20 and a shuttle ride was a perfectly acceptable substitute. The student insisted that he paid for a regular parking pass, not a lot 20 parking pass. The patroller shot back that he could pay $700 for a parking garage pass. The student was perfectly fine with that idea. All this while the patroller was ticketing a car on a career fair day where ticketing in lot 4 was supposedly not enforced. (Personally, I don’t think the ticketed car was in the way of traffic.) I expect scenes like this to play out more often as time goes on. It’s no secret that the parking conditions are terrible at Wright State. I remember driving from Springfield, parking in Lot 20, taking the shuttle, and walking to Russ. My commute was an hour and fifteen minutes. Most of it walking across campus. So why does Wright State keep building Student Success Centers and add-ons to the Creative Arts Center? Why do we make room for more students in all capacities except for parking? I propose a couple solutions and offer a few observations. Raise the price of regular parking passes and allow Park & Ride/ Lot 20 pass parking after 4:00 anywhere on campus. Save the money from raising regular parking pass costs to put a garage on lot 15, 14, 13, or 12. These are lots where the parking garage would be obscured from Colonel Glenn by the forest and right next to the library, arguably the most popular building on campus. Don’t just run the shuttle to Millet. Run it to the Diggs Laboratory as well. It’s right in the center of campus. The shuttles never run on time. The Lot 20 pass would be more desirable if they did. The evening pass (E) is virtually unknown on campus and costs as much as a regular pass while simultaneously being less useful. It is garbage. Putting a new parking lot in the campus woods should not be considered unless Wright State wants to destroy their biology department and hamper ROTC. These are just a few humble suggestions from someone who has totally given up on parking at Wright State and bikes to school.
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Aries (Mar. 21-Apr. 20)
Something strange will happen to you in the library this week, Aries and I’m not sure you’re going to like it. While the stars are pointing to a slippery fall down the library stairs, the moon is telling me you might just be sitting underneath the Wright Flyer when it falls. Spooky. Your lucky bean this week is: Green.
Taurus (Apr. 21- May 21)
New and amazing things are in your future, if only you can let go of what happened to you in the past. Turn over a new leaf by doing a massive Facebook friends purge to delete all the bad vibes on your timeline. Your lucky drink this week is: Rhubarb juice.
Gemini (May 22- June 21)
It might be Halloween, but don’t get carried away with the scaring and spooking, Gemini, because your pranks could come back to bite you in the butt. Pass out jolly ranchers instead. Your lucky vitamin this week is: D.
Leo (July 23Aug. 21)
Beat the cold weather by pumping yourself full of fiber! The stars are aligning, which means your digestive system is at peak performance this week, Leo. Make the most of it. Your lucky font this week is: Helvetica.
Virgo (Aug. 22-Sep. 23)
Halloween is approaching, and so is that that big test or paper you’ve been dreading. While there is no avoiding your inevitable demise within the classroom, you can numb the pain by logging back into your seventh grade Runescape account. Your special conversation topic is: Tornado Alley.
Libra (Sep. 24-Oct. 23)
Give back to the community by giving your significant other at least one back rub an hour. If you are woefully separated due to school or work, send them videos of therapeutic massage that you find on the internet. Trust me, this will go a long way with your loved one. Thank me later. Your lucky piece of clothing this week is: Baumwoole socks.
Sagittarius (Nov. 23Dec.22)
Halloween is here, Sagittarius, but don’t be scared of the ghosties and ghouls. Instead, be scared of the guy living down the hall. Don’t look under his bed. Your lucky conversation topic is: The dust bunny under your couch that may or may not be alive.
Capricorn (Dec. 23-Jan. 20)
Your best stress reliever this week is to engage in acupuncture. Since pennies might be tight for you, hire a friend to stick you with needles instead. Your lucky conversation topic is: Kony 2012.
Aquarius (Jan. 21-Feb. 19)
Your body will show an extreme intolerence to roast beef this week, Aquarius, so make sure to steer clear. This might be difficult as BBQ will repeatedly be thrust in your face over the course of the week. Resist by training yourself to enjoy green vegetables, like kale. Your lucky film selection this week is: The Rocky movies.
Scorpio (Oct. 24-Nov.22) Cancer (June Don’t click on any links entitled, won’t believe 22-July 22) what Khloe“YouKardashian Pisces (Feb. looks Libras will cross your path like now!” because your comseveral times this week, 20-Mar. 20) puter will contract a dangerCancer and while you might not like them, they’re here to stay. Learn to deal with them by accepting their quirks and their love of peanut butter. Your lucky conversation topic this week is: Logging operations in northern Maine.
ous virus that will completely ruin your life. Not only that, but this virus will simultaneously infect you with a flesh eating bacteria found only in deep web searches of Khloe Kardashian. Stay safe. Your lucky conversation topic is: the vocal fry.
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Keep the foot odor at bay by wearing socks this week, Pisces. Trust me, you’ll want to do this, especially when your feet will be drawn to the forefront of conversation during a group project or presentation. You’ll want those feet to be squeaky clean. Your Guardian horoscope challenge this week is: Shake President Hopkin’s hand. @wsuguardian
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Tweets of the week Jerrrdd Playing soccer in the gym at Wright State was the Wright choice
Same Palmer Wright State parking pass is as usefull as a poopie flavored lollipop. I pay money to park, to not park Doniqua I wish wright state got fall breaks I’m mentally checked out of school right now
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