Friday, January 8, 2010

OpEd ideas- Tyler Bailey

1. argument- The city of Provo should enforce a law to force all parking lots and sidewalks to be cleaned and salted to stop ice and snow build up.

reason- The parking lots and sidewalks in and around Provo are not well taken care of and it is a hazard to both drivers and pedestrians.

claim- Even trying to park is almost impossible with so much ice and snow in the parking lots, the lines are nearly invisible and sliding around on the ice makes it tough to even enter or leave a parking spot.

assumption-Most people are annoyed by ice and snow build up in parking lots and on sidewalks.

2. argument- The policy that nobody can wear the school colors of the opposing team in the "All-sports Pass" seating area at home basketball games should either be more strictly enforced or done away with completely.

reason- The rule is not well known to the public and is only enforced to specific fans at games.

claims- "All-sports Passes" are for tickets to every game, there is no rule that you must cheer for BYU or wear their team colors to games. If someone buys tickets to a game they should be able to sit where their tickets indicate and support whichever team they choose.

assumption- Not all people wear BYU team colors to games and most are not aware of the rule restricting them from wearing opposing teams colors to a game.

3. argument- There should be more "Y" designated parking zones closer to campus.

reasons- Most "Y" designated parking zones are full by 8 a.m. and trying to park in them any time after that can sometimes take up to an hour.

claims- If you want to be guaranteed a parking spot it is usually necessary to walk almost 15 minutes back to campus. Many people who drive to campus live too far to walk to campus and the lack of parking takes too much time to be worth the hassle.

assumption- Anyone who drives to campus has been affected by the lack of parking spots near campus.


1 comment:

  1. I never realized there was that rule about wearing the opposing teams colors in the All-Sports-Pass Section. I agree that if you paid for tickets you should be able to sit where you want. If the person cheering for the other team began to cause problems then they should be moved but otherwise I think that they should be able to sit where they want.

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