TRAFFIC?

S tan d in the parking lot anywhere on campus and you see one common denominator — pink and yellow slips of paper stuck behind windshield wipers. Tickets! They drain the already half-empty walletsofLU students.

Dave Richardson of the Accounting Department says students pay for an average of one thousand ticketsa month.

Most of the offenses areminor— suchasparkinginfaculty spaces or in reserved spaces nobody has discovered who they're reservedfor.

The worst offense? Parking backwards True, most LU studentsneversuffer the wrath of LU Emergency Services. But many have suffered three times,yea, four.

Up anddown every streetthere'sa lineofcarsall daylong.Trafficpatrol givesone thousand ticketsa month to LU drivers.

One student who prefers anonymity earned fourtickets in one semester. The finesfor two ofthosedoubled because the seven-day deadline passed beforethey were paid. Althoughstudentsclaimthey have had to go withoutfoodto pay their parking ticket bills, they mean they've had to go without "real"food — McDonalds,Burger King

Officers of the Emergency Services division of Security don'tfeel they'vegivenan abnormal amount of tickets. But one ticket isenough Ask me.

Amy Rich