The Red and Black

Issue date: 9/30/97 Section: Undefined Section

A couple of mornings ago I was off to a good day. It turned into a bad one as soon as I hit the North Campus commuter lots, however. I considered myself having arrived in plenty of time to find a parking space, but it seems that I was mistaken. I spent well over an hour and a half searching for the coveted park- ing space with no success, not only missing my first class in the process, but my second also. Both of these classes have atten- dance policies, and this marks the second time this quarter that I have missed these classes due to parking problems. My question is why. Why were two other North and Central Campus commuter lots - including the former commuter lot by River Mill - closed down with the knowledge that we would have even more students looking for those spaces this year? And why was the lot by River Mill turned into perimeter park- ing? The existing perimeter lot there was never full anyway. It's great that the plans are in the works for a parking deck on North Campus, but don't take parking spaces away before more are put in. This so-called planning is ridiculous. Parking services is the machine that seems to give and take away at will or whim, though, so my plea is not to them. My plea is to all of the profes- sors and other teachers on this campus. Judging by the lines of cars waiting for spaces in the commuter lots every morning, this is not an isolated event. When a student misses class, please don't assume that the student just overslept or doesn't care. Consider that they may be out in the parking lots looking for somewhere to park in hopes that they will make the final 20 min- utes of class. John Hammock senior sociology David Mowery's column (Sept. 25) embodies everything that is wrong with the average American college student and your paper. It's very warming to know that while Mr. Mowery has about as much common sense as a mule, his GPA is still decent. Although, if he truly considers a 3.06 GPA to be good and reputable and evidence that he does not suf- fer from his alcoholic binges, then maybe he should re-evaluate his worth in life. He must have pretty low self- esteem if all he can write about is his alcoholic problems. This column does nothing for me but revitalize my opinion of your paper. It still works great as a place- mat during my lunch! Alan Murphy junior management information systems

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