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Permit causes few problems Party ordinance barely impacts Rutgers College Daiiy Targum (Rutgers U.) (U-WIRE) NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. — All of the worries caused by New Brunswick’s party permit ordi nance seem to have been for naught, as officials say it has had little effect on the university community. Nearly a month after the party per mit ordinance went into effect, there have been no arrests for non-filed par ties and three party permits were filed, city officials said. “We only look into parties when someone complains,” Michael Beltranena, New Brunswick police di rector, said. “There have been no com plaints.” Hie ordinance requires all residents to purchase a party permit seven work ing days in advance of any gathering with more than 50 people and an ex change of goods or solicitation of money. The penalty for neglecting to fill out a party permit is a $ 150 to $ 1,000 fine or 10 days in jail, said New Brunswick City Council member Bob Recine. Student complaints about the ordi nance have died down since members of the Rutgers College Governing As sociation and other students attended a council meeting to protest the ordi nance Oct. 16, said Don Bowling, New Brunswick police community relations director. ^ -— Bowling said one person did call to inform him of the many phone calls he would probably receive ffom stu dents complaining. “What I expected wete^ questions and calls from students. I received W This is a way of weeding out certain groups and functions. It does not foster an atmosphere of You’re part of us.’” Darcella Sessomes Rutgers College alumna none,” Bowling said. “If students can plain, I feed it back to (New Brunswick Mayor Janies Cahill). I haven’t had anything to voice.” City officials said the policy was not intended to hinder university stu dents, but rather to make the streets of New Brunswick a safer place. The ordinance is an attempt not to restrict parties but a way of knowing more about what is happening in the town, Beltranena said. “We can be aware of what’s going on,” Beltranena said. “But we are not going to parties unless we’re invited. There is no Big Brother watching.” Beltranena said the ordinance was a result of overcrowded parties that often went out of control. The ordinance allows them to have knowledge of groups that want to have functions, Beltranena said. “If the group has a bad history, we can recommend an extra-duty police „ officer,” he said. However, other officials believe the ordinance will still hinder relations between Rutgers and New Brunswick. The university and its students are barely involved with the New Brunswick community, said Darcella '. ” t I Sessomes, director of the Middlesex County Youth Advocate Program and a Rutgers College alumna. This ordinance will only isolate them further from the community, Sessomes said. “This is a way of weeding out cer tain groups and functions,” Sessomes said. “It does not foster an atmosphere of ‘You’re part of us.’” Sessomes, who graduated in 1991, said ties between the community and he university were always weak. Students and administration use the town for the institution and neglect to give back to the community in which it is located, Sessomes said. “Rutgers uses our land,” Sessomes said. “They don’t hire anyone from the community for campus jobs. It’s like the Indians and the Pilgrims. They use our land and boot us out of it.” New Brunswick City Council mem ber Joseph Schrum does not agree. RCGA’s presence at the council meet ing showed concern over what happens inside the community, Schrum said. “Students showed up at the meet ing and conducted themselves very well,” Schrum said. “They stated ev erything properly.” . 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