Not tone:

There are two items which I feel are probably of interest and/or concern to many
readers, including students, staff, faculty and administration. Perhaps airing
them in The Mad Hatter might bring about some improvement in both areas.

1. PARKING

We are constantly reminded that various ways of parking are illegal and may lead
to unpleasant results for the perpetrator. ‘We know that space is limited and parking
sometimes difficult, causing inconvenience and annoyance to drivers.

It surprises me, therefore, that no mention has ever been made, or request addressed
to, the selfish parkers who reduce the space available unnecessarily. Almost every
time one tries to park it is possible to see several cars parked either so close to
the line that it is impossible for the car in the next stall to open the door easily,
or even right over the line so that one space is unusable.

Could drivers be more considerate in this way, and if they are not could they not
be towed away as parking violators? A few such times and I think they would cease
to offend in this fashion.

2. SMOKING

Being a non-smoker myself (and apparently becoming one of a majority instead of a

minority!), I was delighted to see’the "no smoking" placards in classrooms, backed
up by the very sensible and factual article by Ton Porter in "The Pinion" (which I
read to my students.)

However, I was taken aback to find the classrooms still containing ash-trays, which
tended to make enforcement of the rule awkward ~ particularly when they are full of
stubs from a previous class! I was even more surprised during Faculty and Staff
Development Days to see the "no smoking" notices on the walls and ash-trays generously
distributed around the four-room complex! Not only that, but on behalf of several
suffering participants, I did on several occasions request that at least people be
requested to smoke only cigarettes, since we were being choked by pives and cigars.
Not until far on in the week was this done.

The point is, if a rule is made, for goodness sake enforce it - otherwise don't make
it. I did think that there was actuslly a city by-law forbidding smoking in class~
rooms for reasons of fire safety. If this is so, it should be even more easy to demand
adherence to the rule.

Yours, pestered by parking problems and pollution!

Nm. —_—_—_—
—~—) Cr okt VA

Jean M. Buzan