Good job Brielle! you are very well spoken and your speech was informative. Just try to make more eye contact and smile more. Great job!!!- Kara

 

Nice speech Brielle.  You knew a lot about your topic.  Next time make more eye contact and try to appear more enthused about your topic...you looked mad.  Good job though!-Katie

 

 

Brielle, i thought your speech was organzied very well. You spoke and projected with confidence to your audience. More eye contact is always a good habit, but nice job! Very informative too. - Alan

 

 

 

 

Your Name: Brielle Colby

CAS100A- Section #207

 

Informative Speech

Parking at Penn State

 

Introduction

I. (Attention Getter) Imagine walking to your car from your residence hall and seeing an orange ticket blowing in the wind on the windshield of your car. This is what it would look like. It’s not a music flyer, and it’s not a coupon for a free pita pit. It is, however, a parking ticket.

 

II. (Audience Adaptation). According to Penn State’s summer session website close to 12,000 people are walking around here and are enrolled in courses (psu.edu/summersession). Most of here are freshman summer session students and we were allowed to have our car parked on campus. However, the question is, where do we park, and what about the fall semester?

 

III. (Credibility statement) I myself brought my car here to summer session, and since I’ve been here I have had visitors who also drove themselves here. My roommate and long time best friend received her first parking ticket the second week into the summer semester, and she goes on to say “Had I known about the parking regulations prior to bringing my car on campus I would not be in the position of paying a parking ticket” (Amanda Cuppi).

 

IV. (Thesis) The issue of parking at Penn State can easily be a hassle to all those driving cars on campus, and it is helpful to understand exactly what to do when you do have your car.

 

V. (Preview of main points) The three main points I am going to discuss are student parking, visitor parking, and what exact regulations there are so one does not end up with a pretty orange slip on their windshield

 

(Transition) So as students, first and foremost, what should we do with our car on campus?

 

Body

 

 

I. A student on campus should be well informed of what do when his or her car is brought to Penn State.

 

a. Sub-point Registering your car is the first step to having your car legally on campus.

i. According to psu.edu all summer session students are eligible to bring a car to campus. This makes it easier to get home during the summer when one needs to, but like all things, there are rules.

ii. Transportation services requires that one bring their PSU ID card and licesnce plate number to the Parking office, Room 1 of the Eisenhower Parking Deck (transportation.psu.edu). This where you will be able to register your car and pay for the parking permit of your choice. A summer session student can either pay 94$ to park close to their dorms in all sections labeled 81 or they could pay 40$ to park farther away. The transportation services employees will give you a parking permit to put in your dashboard when you car remains parked on campus.

iii. Now, in the fall, the story here is a little different. According to Penn State’s website parking during the fall and spring semester is not allowed unless a student has received at least 28 approved credits. When one has completed their credits, the process of registering he or she’s car is the same. The price, however, will be more expensive because more cars are on campus during these times. For both fall and spring semester the cost of having your car on campus is about 600$. This beats getting a parking ticket or worse, getting your car towed.

 

 

II. Everyone loves to have visitors, but most of the visitors coming to stay are driving and bringing their car up to campus.

 

a. Transportation services understands that students will have visitors during the summer, fall and spring semesters, but they do require the visitors to follow the rules when it comes to parking on campus.

i. The are many options for visitor parking at Penn State. There are parking lots, parking meters, parking decks, and the Nittany Inn and Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel. The parking decks have signs indicating the hours and places of where visitors can park. Overnight visitors must bring their license plate number to Room 1 of the Eisenhower Parking Deck and receive a permit that will allow them to stay the amount of nights they need. A week night parking permit cost six dollars per car, but if visitors come up on a Friday and leave on a Sunday the cost is only 4 dollars. Sometimes visitor parking deck rules are subject to change because of the crowds Penn State receives during football season.

b. If visitors do not follow the rules of parking on campus they are also subject to parking tickets and their car maybe towed.

 

Transition: So, I know you never want to have to see that orange paper I was talking earlier about.

 

III. Like most universities, especially one of the Big 10, there are Parking regulations everyone must follow

 

a. The Penn State parking regulations states that a permit must be shown at all times on cars and other vehicles parked on campus.

i. Motorcyle parking permits must be displayed on the handle bar so that he serial number is clearly showing.

ii. For cars the parking permit must hang form the rearview mirror, and if the car does not have a rearview mirror the Parking Office must be contacted

b. Parking spots are also regulated by the Transporation Office at Penn State.

i. All cars must be parked in the parking spot allotted to them, and the car must be between the two white lines. Any car that is not found to be in their allotted spot will be towed or ticketed.

 

 

 

Conclusion.

 

I. Parking at Penn State could be a hassle, and it is helpful to have the right information on what to do when you have a car on campus.

 

II. Whether you are a student parking on campus or a visitor parking on campus, everyone has to follow the parking regulations.

 

III. And now, because of all this information I have set before you, each and every one of you don’t have to worry about this pretty little orange slip sitting on your windshield.