Contact UsDo you have comments or questions about the University of La Verne’s parking policies or other questions about the university? Call 593-3511, ext. 4122, for parking concerns; and the univer-sity’s main line, 593-3511, for a directory of people and offices. There’s lots of information online at www.laverne.edu/public-relations/neighborhoodnews. If you want to send a written note by mail, the address is: University of La Verne, 1950 Third St., La Verne, CA, 91750.

La Verne’s Theatre Department and the campus community invite residents and community members to attend the upcoming performances:

February 1, 2013 – Los Nuevos Originales: An exhibit of original student performance art from the class THAR 202 Performance Art and Exper-imental Theatre. Performance artist Alan Tollef-son facilitates the students’ expression of personal history, identity and struggle in this visually strik-ing work that integrates electronic media with live performance. University of La Verne, Dailey Theatre, 7:30 p.m.; 909-593-3511 ext. 4386.

February 7-9, 2013 – Theatre Under Pressure: Professor Sean Dillon guides students of the class THAR 315 Performance Interterm in this multi-faceted work where students face the challenge of producing and performing an original work from conception to realization in an intensely creative

environment and short production period. Uni-versity of La Verne, Dailey Theatre, 7:30 p.m.; 909-593-3511 ext. 4386.

February 28 and March 1-2, 2013 – Mirando-lina: The Mistress of the Inn: A three-act com-edy about a coquette by the Venetian playwright Carlo Goldoni. This play, written in 1753, is con-sidered Goldoni’s masterpiece by many. It is the Senior Directing Thesis of Travis Snyder-Eton. University of La Verne, Dailey Theatre, 7:30 p.m.; 909-593-3511 ext. 4386.

Additional information for university events, including areas of the arts, photography and upcoming lectures on campus are posted on the University’s main website under Upcoming Events.

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smoothly, crossing guards have been hired to help navigate traffic flow at busy inter-sections along D Street (at 2nd and 3rd Streets). To date, we have four crossing guards helping our university community, allowing for a safer walk and drive not only for our students, faculty and staff, but also for our La Verne residents and merchants.

On another note, I would like to take this opportunity to invite you to our main campus to experience the high-quality photography exhibitions, theatri-cal performances and the art displays we have running year round. Included in this new quarterly newsletter is a calendar of upcoming happenings that are either free or low-cost, and available for the entire family to enjoy. Please visit the campus and get to know more about what it has to offer you and your family. We welcome you; our neighbors.

Again, we thank you for being a part of our La Verne community and look for-ward to working together in the future.

Happy New Year!

Devorah Lieberman, Ph.D.

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Season’s Greetings! As we ap-proach the holidays and the New Year, I want to take a

moment to thank you, our residents, for being excellent neighbors to the University of La Verne.

As you know, our university is experiencing significant enrollment growth. While this brings its own

challenges, staff is working to better accom-modate our students, faculty and staff in re-gard to the strain such growth has put on parking and other

facilities on campus. Our efforts over the past few months, and as we plan for the future, continually keep local residents in mind.

For example, we are providing parking alternatives to the campus community with our new shuttle buses and the parking lot on A Street. In the last month, we have seen a 200 percent increase in cars using the shuttle lot, which helps ease parking on the main campus and also helps meet the new parking regulations the city has placed on the homes directly surrounding the university.

To help ensure that all pedestrians and vehicles are moving safely and

We’re working hard to stay a good neighbor

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The University of La Verne’s new shuttle buses sport the school colors for easy visibility and play a major role in helping to ease parking by bringing employees from an off-site parking lot to the campus.

With an increase in undergraduate student enrollment over the last few years and with the addition of the

new Vista La Verne residence hall, staff at the University of La Verne has had to work to relieve parking congestion both on campus and within its neighboring community.

As a result, the university purchased three shuttle vans and developed a route to provide faculty, students and staff with an alternative to parking on campus or in front of resident’s homes. The university encourages the campus commu-nity to use the shuttles by parking their cars at the Old Carson Industries Lot (south end of A Street), where these vans can pick them up and

bring them to campus. The shuttles are free and run during the week from 7 a.m. to 10:50 p.m.

The new vans each seat 16 passengers and the university shuttles go back and forth with drop-offs at the Campus Center, Enrollment Manage-ment/Facilities building, Mainiero Parking Lot, Wilson Library parking lot, and finally returning to the A Street shuttle lot.

According to Associate Vice President of Fa-cility and Technology Services Clive Houston-Brown, funding for this project stems from an increase made in student parking permit fees and additional funding came from the university’s general budget.

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Freshman Laura Teagarden, who has been using the service for almost two weeks, said that although it takes a little extra time, she understands the issue of crowding resi-dents’ parking. “The shuttle gives us more flexibility to come and go and it helps out the residents,” she said. She added that she appreciates the fact that there are two routes. “It’s a good service, and I like that it is for free.”

After obtaining different bids, the Uni-versity of La Verne decided to go with Trans-portation Concepts to run the shuttle op-erations. Among other universities they serve include American Career Colleges, Loyola Marymount University and the City of Hun-tington Beach.

According to Houston-Brown, there were many incentives that took place in or-der to get the university community to use this service. After many emails, flyers and more, finally the parking lot is averaging up to 180 vehicles daily, although it has the capacity for over 278 to 300 vehicles. He said there have already been a few residents who have expressed satisfaction with this improvement.

Freshman Waira Urbizagastegui, who commutes from Riverside, said he takes the shuttle at different times during the day,

making it easy for him to carry his books and guitar. Urbizagastegui, whose major is biomedical engineering, recommends the shuttle service to students if they do not want to walk. “Plus, you get to meet people along the way,” he said.

The university will continue to find new ways to handle parking challenges as need-ed. “We hope the lot is going to accommo-date the parking overflow. As a safety mea-

sure, we are also working with Fairplex to lease up to 200 spaces in one of their lots in the future as well. They will be a back up on a temporary basis,” Houston-Brown said. “We are continuing to work on solutions regarding the parking issues and do so in an effort to make our campus community one that is safe and comfortable for our entire faculty, students staff and our neighboring residents.”

University of La Verne students have recognized the importance of being good neighbors and have created incentives such as T-shirt sales and shuttle lot refreshment stands to encourage fellow students to use off-site parking.

The use of buses to shuttle university students, faculty and staff has been instrumental in reducing the downtown parking impact by nearly 200 cars per day.

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The City of La Verne recently required the University of La Verne to hire crossing guards during its peak drive-and-walk hours, Mon-day through Thursday, to help better navi-gate vehicular and pedestrian traffic flow.

“The crossing guards will be brought in during the beginning of the fall and spring se-mesters for a few weeks at a time,” said Associ-ate Vice President of Facility and Technology Services Dr. Clive Houston-Brown. “Ideally, they will remind both cars and pedestrians to stop and look before crossing, which too many are failing to do. The university is sim-ply following the city’s mandate on this and supports any increase in safety that results.”

Looking for exciting intercollegiate ath-letic competition without the drive into Los Angeles? The University of La Verne is within walking distance and will be the site of several NCAA Division III level basketball games in late December.

The men’s team, which will take the floor each game with a scrappy, hustling defense, has home games scheduled for December 28 (Wisconsin-Platteville), December 29 (Ander-son, Ind.), and December 31 (MIT). La Verne ended 2011-12 with a 6-19 overall mark and a 3-11 record in the Southern California Inter-collegiate Athletic Conference. The Leopards have a revamped roster and will compete in a slightly new-look SCIAC with the addition of Chapman.

The women’s team finished the 2011-2012 season 8-17 when it led the nation in three-point field goals per game (10.3), and set a record with 26 three-pointers on February 11. The Leopards play Chapman at home January 5.

In compliance with city requirements, the University of La Verne has hired crossing guards to help with traffic flow and pedestrian safety at busy downtown intersections.

The University of La Verne men’s basketball team has three home games scheduled for the week after Christmas, while the women’s team plays at home on January 5.

University hires crossing guards for added safety

NCAA Division III basketball is just a walk down the street

University pays landscaping firm to pick up downtown trashAs part of its efforts to maintain a posi-

tive relationship with its neighboring com-munity, the University of La Verne invested in a residential street clean-up day, which took place a day before the Thanksgiving holiday.

As enrollment has increased, so has the number of cars parking on campus in and

in surrounding residential neighborhoods. With more traffic in the neighborhoods, additional trash has resulted. To try and im-prove the situation, La Verne hired Valley Crest, a local clean-up company, to spend an entire day picking up trash.

According to Associate Vice President of Facility and Technology Services Dr. Clive

Houston-Brown, the university’s intent was to organize a group of students to go around a three-block radius in the neighborhood and clean-up the trash that resulted from stu-dents parking in those areas. Due to timing and finals approaching, the plan did not fully develop, resulting in Valley Crest helping to get the job done.