SPC Student Parking News

It’s been tough to find a parking space with the construction going on at the SPC campus this summer.  The library has good news to share:  there *is* overflow student parking if you can’t find a space in the regular lot!  You are allowed to park in the staff lots if there are spaces available.  There is also a second area behind the Wakefield building; just follow the road that is east of the gym back to the parking lot.  Just remember to park your car in marked spaces (no illegal parking, please) to avoid being ticketed!

Snopes!

Have you ever checked your email account and gotten a forwarded “true” story or picture that seemed too strange to be real?  Maybe you’ve gotten a fiery letter about how this politician or that special interest group is ruining our country, or you are getting forwards with helpful advice that you’ve never heard of before.  How do you know if those stories are true?  There is a wonderful website where you can check up on these—it’s www.snopes.com .  Just head to this website and enter a few keywords to describe your email.

As an example, have you heard this story?  “If you see a car without its headlights on at night, don’t flash your lights to warn the other driver.  It’s a gang initiation and the driver in the other car will start shooting!”  Go to the Snopes search box and put in the words “car headlights” to check if this is true.   Click on the story you want to read about, and look for the red circle—this means the story is false, like the headlights example above.  If a story or picture is real, you will see a green circle; if it’s an old legend, you’ll see a yellow circle.   If you want to know the origin of a story, read the explanation and find out its history; sometimes the background is more interesting than the story itself!

Here are some links to favorites if you want to see some others:

The Story of the Vanishing Hitchhiker

Don’t Accept Facebook Friend Requests from …

Are Tornado Victims Being Charged to Cancel Their Cable and Satellite Service?

Got an interesting story?  Check it out on Snopes and let us know if it’s the real deal!