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Fake parking passes surface at UM Forged permits lead to fines and felony charges BY CLAUDIA CURIEL CONTRIBUTING NEWS WRITER
Duplicating parking permits and reselling them is an underground business at the University of Miami as well as other institutions. To avoid paying the full price for a parking permit or even making some money off of it, some students are willing to go great distances. Richard Soboram, the director of parking and transportation at UM, explained how currently there is a student facing great consequences for making a duplicate permit. This individual sold it to another student at $180, a low price compared to a commuter permit, which costs $444 a year or a discount permit at $226. Sobaram remarked about COURTESY OF RICHARD SOBARAM the almost perfect duplication, the only thing missing was the CAN YOU TELL THE DIFFERENCE?: The permit on the right is a fake while the one on the left is the real deal. The only difference between the two is the hologram on the real permit. hologram. Most of the time the fake The coloration is also a different shade of oragne on the fake version of the permit. permits are discovered because the cars are parked illegally, The risk, however, may where this is occurring. A caught. however, Sobaram admits that not be worth it. friend of a UM student found When university police most could probably get away According to Soboram, herself in a similar situation. went to speak to her at her with it if parked legally. this student is facing a $500 Kirstin, a senior at dorm, she soon found that it is “For every one we find fine and the case is being tak- George Mason University in not only considered theft, but there are probably 10 undetect- en to the dean of students. If Fairfax, Va., duplicated her also fraud, a felony. ed,” said Sobaram. the person is an employee, the permit sophomore year. After Twenty-five were found case goes directly to human re- contacting her friend through Claudia Curiel may be contacted and confiscated during the last sources. Facebook she told her story of at ccuriel@themiamihurricane. school year. UM is not the only school what happened when she got com.
Cost of Parking on Campus 2009-2010 Description
Permit Type
Price (tax included)
Commuter Student
C
$444.00
Fall Only - Commuter
CF
$222.00
Resident Student
R
$478.00
Fall Only - Resident
RF
$239.00
Discount
D
$226.00
Visitor
V
$500.00
Motorcycle
M
Student in intensive care unit Street sweeper accident occured Friday morning BY MEGAN TERILLI ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR
A University of Miami student, Bianca Milov, was identified as the pedestrian struck by a Coral Gables street sweeper around 1 a.m Friday. Milov, originally from Livingston, N.J., was hit at the 4000 block of Aurora Street. “The University of Miami community is terribly saddened to hear of a serious injury sustained by a member of the University family,” Karla Hernandez said in a statement sent to CBS 4. “Vice President for Student Affairs Dr. Pat Whitely and the UM Miller School of Medicine team have been in touch with the family to offer our unwavering support during this difficult time.” Sgt. Jannette Frevola of the Coral Gables Police Department could not comment on the incident citing an ongoing investigation. According to the official news release from the department no further information is available at this time. The 20-year-old is being treated at the Ryder Trauma Center’s Intensive Care Unit at Jackson Memorial Hospital. Megan Terilli may be contacted at mterilli@ themiamihurricane.com.
TO BUY A LEGAL PERMIT Apply for a parking pass through the Life at UM tab on www.miami.edu/myum. Permits can be picked up at the Dept. of Parking and Transportation located the Ponce Garage. A Cane Card ID and registration are required to get a permit.
$88.00 *INFORMATION COURTESY MIAMI.EDU
September 14 - September 16, 2009
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