Parking chaos causes
more cars to be towed
By Emily Wray
Staff Reporter
Stacey Barger is not a happy parker.
The junior agriculture education
major was towed while attending a
conference at the Nebraska Center for
Continuing Education.
“Since I was a registered university
student, they thought I was at a class
on East Campus and parked in the
visitors’ parking,” she said.
“I had two parking tickets,” she
said, “and it cost me $ 130 in fines and
towing fees to attend this conference
since die Nebraska Center doesn ’t gi ve
out parking permits for conference
participants.”
But university and city parking of
ficials agree there is a simple solution
to those campus parking woes. The
way to keep from getting towed, they
say, is to park in the right places and
pay violations on time.
“We do not like to tow cars,” said
Tad McDowell, Parking Services
manager at the University ofNebraska
Lincoln. “After 30 days of an unpaid
violation, we can tow.”
Whether a car gets towed by Park
ing Services depends on the circum
stances, McDowell said. Parking chaos
during the first week of classes con
tributed to a surge in towing calls, he
said.
“Since everybody parks every
where, the tow rate is a lot higher,”
McDowell said. This year, that higher
rate translated into 44 cars towed be
tween Aug. 21 and Aug. 28.
Of the 3 8 cars towed since Aug. 28,
11 were towed because of complaints,
McDowell said.
One of those cars belonged to John -
Widdowson, a senior animal science
major. Widdowson had a couple of
tickets when he was towed—and he
learned a hard lesson.
“I got towed on a legal holiday, so
I couldn’t get cash to get my car back,”
he said. “It was not a good experience.
“I haven’t gotten a ticket since
then,” he said.
In addition to paying violations,
students also must pay towing fees
before their cars are released. And
those fees vary.
Bob Green, manager of Lincoln
Land Towing, said the fee when towed
by Parking Services could be any
where from $35 to $60, depending on
how the car was parked. And don’t
forget to add in a $5 storage fee per
day, he said.
But drivers often have to deal with
the city because city meters stand on
R, W, 16th and 17th streets and Sta
dium Drive.
Drivers can get towed by the city if
they have an unpaid parking violation
more than 15 days old, said Pat Waegli,
an administrative aid to Lincoln’s vio
lations bureau.
The city towing fee also is $35 to
$60, but the storage fee is $6 per day,
said Pam Fittje, property supervisor at
the Lincoln Police Department.
Cars can be towed by the city if
drivers have an upaid parking viola
tion more than 15 days old, said Pat
Waegli, an administrative aide to
Lincoln’s violations bureau.
Greek houses see rise in pledges
By Heidi White
Staff Reporter
UNL fraternities get a jump on
students’ hectic schedules by holding
their rush over the summer.
Twenty-sixofthe28 fraternities on
campus participate in summer rush
activities. Alpha Phi Alpha and Kappa
Alpha Psi fraternities rush the begin
ning of second semester, said Jayne
Wade Anderson, director of Greek
Affairs.
“Those wishing to pledge a frater
nity may do so at any time of the year
regardless of when the rush is held,”
Anderson said.
As soon as the men sign a card,
they can move into a house, said se
nior Matt Jedlicka, president of the
Interfratemity Council.
Anderson said applications came
in all summer.
As of Sept. 8, the number of frater
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Man attacked at car wash
By Jeff Zeleny
Senior Reporter ~ —
A Lincoln man was repeatedly
stabbed with a screwdriver Sunday
evening while he was washing his
pickup, police said.
A youth, about 16, approached
the 31 -year-old man in a car wash at
56th and Holdrege streets, police
said. The boy stabbed the man in
the back and attempted to attack
him several more times, police said.
Police said the boy’s face was
covered with a blue and white ban
danna. The man received a minor
cut to his neck and shoulder and
two other minor puncture marks.
He was not hospitalized.
The man wrestled the screw
driver from the boy, who left the car
wash on foot.
The boy did not attempt to rob
the man, police said. His motive
was unknown.
Crime stopper
When a Lincoln woman’s purse
was stolen Sunday evening, she ran
after the thief and noted the license
plate of the get-away vehicle.
“A nice piece of police work for
an 82-year-old lady,” said Lincoln
Police Sgt. Lee Wagner.
Flora Johnson was walking south
on 10th Street between F and E
streets aboutb:40 p.m. Sunday. She
told police that a woman came from
behind and grabbed her purse.
Johnson followed the woman to her
car and memorized her license plate.
“She didn’t have to run very far,
but she was able to get the license
plate,” Wagner said.
Police arrested Denise Vasa, 3 6,
for suspicion of robbery. Vasa, 944
E St. Apt. 3, was arraigned Mon
day.
Johnson’s purse, makeup bag
and coin purse—valued at $87—
were recovered, police said.
nity pledges accepted had reached 507,
compared with last year’s final num
ber of464. There also was an increase
in the number of sorority pledges this
year, from 419 to 453, according to
the Greek Affairs office.
The fraternity system usually in
cludes about 2,300 men, Anderson
said. About 200 of them live at home
or in residence halls, 1,500 live in
fraternity houses, and the rest —
mainly juniors and seniors—live off
campus, Anderson said.
“It follows the same kind of pattern
each year,” Anderson said.
Jedlicka, a member of Alpha
Gamma Sigma fraternity, agreed.
“Rush is always the same,” he said.
“It’s a very basic process. The time is
spent matching individuals up with
the right houses and helping the
pledges to get adapted to college life.”
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