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2 - Friday, March 23, 2007
MONDAY: TUESDAY:
The Extremist Arbor Anecdotes

WEDNESDAY:
Before You Were Here

THURSDAY:
Campus Characters

Dude, where's my car?

Finding a parking spot in Ann This year, Sakstrup's, Brewer's
Arbor is aggravating. and Triangle Towing have con-
Until you get a parking ticket. tracts to tow the cars impounded
Then, it's even worse. by the Ann Arbor Police Depart-
You may want to toss away the ment.
$15 fine for parking next to an Chuck Judson, the'general man-
expired meter. But that approach is agers of Brewer's, said students can
risky. If your vehicle accumulates expectato pay a hefty fee to get their
six or more unpaid parking tickets car out of the Brewer's impound lot
- or you leave your car in a no- once it has been towed.
parking zone - the city can tow it. The city contract allows a tower
The city doesn't tow vehicles to charge an impound fee as well
directly. as an additional fee for storage on
Instead, the city has contracts a daily basis - both of which must
with three private towing com- be paid directly to the towing com-
panies to each cover a third of the pany.
city. The city renews these con- Judson said Brewer's charges a
tracts every two years after a bid- $95 impound fee, a $20 storage fee-
ding process. and $55 more if dollies are needed
When Ann Arbor police find a to tow the car.
car parked in a no-parking zone or The city charges a $60 admin-
with six or more outstanding park- istrative fee and requires the car
ing tickets, they notify the compa- owner to pay outstanding fines
ny responsible for that part of the before releasing the car from the
city to have the vehicle towed. impound lot.

Judson wouldn't say how much
profit the company makes from
each car towed.
He said the company usually
charges $42 to attach the car to the
tow truck then $3.50 per mile to
tow the car to a nearby garage.
That means it would cost about
$50 to have Brewer's tow a car two
miles from State Street and Hill
Street to the company's office on
Plymouth Road if you hired them
to do it for you.
But it would cost at least $115,
plus the $60 dollar fee to the city,
to recover a car from Brewer's
impound lot if the city had them
tow it the same distance.
That's an extra $65 out of your
pocket and into the towing compa-
ny's.
The lesson: watch where you
park - at least after you rack up
five parking tickets.
ELISE WOZNICKI

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CRIME NOTES
Students caught
firing pellet gun
WHERE: 631 Oxford Road
WHEN: Wednesday at about
4:30 p.m.
WHAT: An Oxford Housing
resident called the Department
of Public Safety to report a
group of students firing a pellet
gun at a fence, DPS reported.
Police found four high school
students who said they were
taking photographs for a school
project.

CAMPUS EVENTS & NOTES

mat left in front of a door, DPS
reported.
Fired janitor
refuses to leave
'U' building
WHERE: Schembechler Hall
WHEN: Wednesday at about
11:30 p.m.
WHAT: A member of the
cleaning staff at Schembechler
Hall wouldn't leave after being
fired, DPS reported. Police
helped building staff-remove
the employee.

Play about
assassins in
U.S. history
WHAT: A production of
"Assassins," a musical by
Stephen Sondheim and John
Weidman
WHO: Musket
WHEN: Today at 8 p.m.
WHERE: Power Center
Stargazing in
Angell Hall
WHAT: A free planetarium
show
WHO: Student Astronomi-
cal Society
WHEN: Today at 9 p.m.
WHERE: Angell Hall Obser-
vatory, fifth floor
Multicultural
benefit show
WHAT: The 18th annual

"Jazz and Culture Show"
featuring multicultural per-
formances,
WHO: Couzens Active Multi
Ethnic Organization
WHEN: Today at 8 p.m.
WHERE: Michigan Union
Ballroom
CORRECTIONS
* A story in yesterday's Daily
(Players arraignedfor assault)
said tight end Carson Butler
and defensive back Christian
Richards pled guilty to aggra-
vated assault on Wednesday.
They pled not guilty.
- A box on the front page
of yesterday's Daily said the
University president's salary
has risen by 36 percent since
1981. The number referred to
the percent that the average
professor's salary has risen.
* A story in Wednesday's
Statement (Why you rarelysee
your professors in church) omit-
ted the title and first name
of Rolf Bouma. Bouma is the
director of the Center for
Faith and Scholarship.
Please report any error in
the Daily to co.rrections@
michigandaily.com.

NBC Universal and News
Corporation announced
yesterday that they will
release a competitor to the
Google-owned video website
YouTube, The Associated Press
reported. The website will pro-
vide access to full-length mov-
ies and TV programs.
Students at Harvard
University have drawn
ire for starting a group
called True Love Revolution to
promote abstinence and fight
what they believe is a college
culture where "hooking up"
has replaced emotional rela-
tionships, The Associated Press
reported.
After losing money for this
fiscal quarter, Ann Arbor-
based bookstore chain
Borders Group announced
a plan to close about half of
Waldenbooks locations and
open its own online bookstore
yesterday.

Woman trips
Bottles of waste

over uoormai
WHERE: Thomas Francis Jr.
Building, 1420 Washington
Heights
WHEN: Wednesday at about
1:25 p.m.
WHAT: A 55-year-old female
faculty member called campus
police to report that she had
tripped and hurt herself on a

explode on cart
WHERE: Kraus Building
WHEN: Wednesday at about
1:55 p.m.
WHAT: Two bottles contain-
ing dangerous substances
exploded while sitting on a
cart, DPS reported. No one was
injured or contaminated.

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