Letter to the editer

Editor:

While I was taking the JEPET on Saturday, Sept. 23, someone rammed my car -- which was parked on the third floor of the parking garage -- hard enough to push the rear over almost two feet and jam the front against the wall. No note, just broken glass and lots of bent metal -- another event to make me feel less safe in an already hazardous world.

I believe such a flagrant disregard for property should not go without comment, so I have written this letter.

When I returned to my car in the public garage, my only concern was whether I'd done well enough to pass the JEPET with an essay focused, ironically enough, on random violence. I spotted a car in the space where I'd left mine and felt entirely unsure it belonged to me. What happened?

After talking with the police, I understand this is not the first hit-and-run accident in the garage. I confess I really don't understand this.

A scrape on the car I could understand, but considering the close quarters of the garage, the driver must have floored their vehicle to hit mine this hard.

While I know that many students are young, this is an institution of higher education. I don't think I'm being unreasonable to expect more exhibition of intelligence and adherence to a higher standard of behavior than I might find off-campus.

I went through substantial shock, fury and outrage, not to mention the extra effort of dealing with getting the car repaired just as midterms are underway. Would you appreciate someone doing this to you?

I ask that if the person who committed this assault on my vehicle has any sort of conscience they contact officer Ciscernos of the campus police. If you don't have insurance, an anonymous payment of my deductible ($250) would go a long way toward improving my opinion of humanity, not to mention your karma.

-Jean Partel

[ Golden Gater Online October 3, 1995 ]

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