Leopard Tales (Temple, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 9, Ed. 1 Friday, February 5, 1982 Page: 2 of 4
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to interviews so that I need not
worry about being nominated
later for the “confusion” of the
year award. If you don’t want it
in print, don’t let it happen.
I would like to thank Mr.
Freeman, however, for his best
wishes in my continued
association with Leopard
Tales. At least we agree on one
thing. Unless, of course, I’m
confused!
Gayla Grimm
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students. You state that in my
call to Dr. Taylor’s office I,
“was informed that handbooks
would be mailed to new
students a few days after classes
began.” In fact, I was informed
that no mailing of handbooks
takes place during the Spring
Semester; rather, that they
would be distributed to
freshmen during orientation.
It is indeed true that not all
ticket appeals end up at the
Student Senate Traffic Appeals
Committee. There is nothing
sinister in this as you appear to
imply. If it is apparent to me
that a particular ticket is
unjustified, I void it. I am sure
you will agree that this is
preferable to requiring the
student to file a formal appeal.
This not only saves the student
the inconvenience of appearing
at a hearing of the Traffic
Ticket Appeals Committee, but
saves the committee from
spending its time on an appeal
from a ticket that was clearly appeal was your fear that the
committee would agree with
you, and thus deprive you of
the opportunity to write a
“juicy” editorial.
Journalism students have the
same rights as students
computer science, law, nursing,
auto mechanics, and even,
circus management. However,
in the case of questions
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presented by the Fashion
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information supplied by Kim
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will be Feb. 10, from 5:30-7
would have voided that ticket.
However, you did not come to
the Student Life Office to
question your ticket. You came
for the purpose of interviewing
me for a planned article
regarding parking enforce-
ment. It was only during the
course of our discussion that I
became aware of your ticket
and its circumstance.
Under the circumstances, I
felt that it would have been
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have construed it as an attempt
to curry favor with the press
and influence the outcome of
your investigations. Aware of
the high ethical standards of
your intended profession, I
shudder to think of the
consequences had I voided
your ticket. I am far more
comfortable with an editorial
like the one that appeared than
I would be with one entitled,
“College Official Attempts
Bribery of Editor.”
As you are certainly aware
(you mention it in both the
editorial and the article),
students have the right to
appeal tickets that they believe
to be unjust to the Student
Senate Traffic Ticket Appeals
Committee. That option was
certainly available to you. If
you indeed feel that the ticket
was unjust, you ought to have
filed for an appeal before that
committee. I can only conclude
that your failure to file such an
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unjustified.
Cognizant of the fact that
students who are new to TJC
this semester have had no
opportunity to become aware
of some of the parking
regulations, I have been
routinely voiding their tickets
fo- those violations. At the
same time, I have been
position of distributing to them copies of concerning the appropriateness
of tickets received by
journalists with whom I have
professional relationships, I
decline to deal with the matter
administratively in order to
avoid the appearance of
impropriety. It would be far
more appropriate for these
matters to be dealt with by the
Student Senate Traffic Ticket
Appeals Committee.
I hope that this letter has
cleared up the confusion that
apparently existed regarding
aspects of our conversation and
has answered any lingering
questions that you may have
had regarding your ticket or
the Traffic Regulations to
ensure their future compliance.
We now come to the
substance of your editorial,
“Editor gets unfair ticket.” Had
you appeared at the Student
Life Office to inquire about the
ticket, I would have
investigated the circumstances.
Upon determining that you
were a new transfer student
TJC Student (removing you from the group
of students who received
student handbooks in the mail
last fall) who could not have
been expected to be aware of
the regulation prohibiting
vehicles from facing the wrong
direction in the parking space; I parking enforcement in
general.
If 1 can provide further
information or assistance to
you in this or any other matter,
please do not hesitate to
contact me.
I am sure that you studies in
the TJC Journalism Depart-
ment will provide you with
much valuable training. Best
wishes for your continued
association with the “Leopard
Tales.”
Sincerely,
Irving Freeman
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To the editor:
I appreciate your concern
with parking enforcement on
campus as evidenced by your
article, “Tickets slap wrong
way vehicles,” and your
editorial, “Editor gets unfair
ticket.”
However, your work
contains several errors of fact
as well as, what can only be
construed as, intentional
misrepresentations and
ommissions. I trust that as a
student/journalist you will
appreciate this opportunity to
receive feedback which can
only lead to an improvement of
your journalistic skills.
In the article, you write,
“During the first three weeks of
January the data services group
was short personnel and the
college was in the midst of
student registration, therefore
the student life office had no
automobile registration cards
or computer printouts.” I was
certainly not your source for
this information. In fact, Data
Services was shorthanded for
most of the Fall Semester 1981.
As a result, the Student Life
Office was unable to identify
(and thus, request ‘holds’on the
records of) many students who
were late in paying their
parking service charges. In
December, Sandra Creech
assumed the i
Coordinator of Data Services.
Since Sandy’s arrival, the
backlog at Data Services has
been eliminated.
In the editorial, you write,
“Freeman said all students
receive handbooks at
registration or freshman
orientation.” Freeman said no
such thing. I informed you that,
near the beginning of the Fall
Semester, ~ . J____
Handbooks were mailed to all
Editor
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Mr. Freeman’s letter did not
clear up confusions that existed
regarding aspects of our
conversation. Instead it created
others. 1 was not confused and
my statements still stand as I
originally reported them.
I, too, am sure that my
studies in the TJC journalism
department will provide me
with much valuable training. 1
have already learned the value
of taking a tape recorder along highly improper for me to void
your ticket. You could easily
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immediately following
training.
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necessary. Models will
selected on the basis
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additional training if selected.
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Leopard Tales (Temple, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 9, Ed. 1 Friday, February 5, 1982, newspaper, February 5, 1982; Temple, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1380208/m1/2/: accessed June 23, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Temple College.