Parking continues to be problem on campus
Stephanie Biehl and Kristina Sewell
Issue date: 2/24/10 Section: News
Unless you have been hiding under a rock, or a fallen tree more relevantly, you have most likely experienced what seems like an immense increase in the number of cars on campus. It might surprise one to find out that this is, in fact, not the case.
Chief of Public Safety David Mefford stated that many parking places available to faculty, staff, and students had to be temporarily blocked off in late January following into this month.
This had to happen to ensure the safety of people on the campus in regards to unstable trees slated for removal after the recent rainstorms. Over 50 diseased trees needed to be removed in order to prevent the danger of their falling on persons or property. Thus, as access to available parking spaces was restricted, there was not a sufficient amount of parking to accommodate all residents and commuters.
This stirred a sense of bitterness and discontent, especially among students and for anyone else who was forced to park in the most undesirable place on campus, the East Lot.
Faculty member Jill Ferguson instructs night classes during the week.
"Some of my students were saying they were taking up to 10 minutes to find parking," said Ferguson.
Ferguson also said that some of her students mentioned parking in fire lanes, faculty parking, or at Notre Dame High School because they couldn't find any available parking on campus. Ferguson has never had any trouble finding faculty parking available.
Senior Ka'ili Crabbe believes that there "isn't enough parking, and the East Lot is a waste because no one uses it."
Mefford and a vast amount of students have come to associate East Lot with an unfortunate nickname, the "rape lot."
Mefford says that this name is completely unjustified and uncalled for, as there have never been any crimes located on that portion of the campus. He says the main reason for people not wanting to park in the East Lot is that "students are too lazy to park and walk up the hill. If they can't park close enough, they get upset."
Chief of Public Safety David Mefford stated that many parking places available to faculty, staff, and students had to be temporarily blocked off in late January following into this month.
This had to happen to ensure the safety of people on the campus in regards to unstable trees slated for removal after the recent rainstorms. Over 50 diseased trees needed to be removed in order to prevent the danger of their falling on persons or property. Thus, as access to available parking spaces was restricted, there was not a sufficient amount of parking to accommodate all residents and commuters.
This stirred a sense of bitterness and discontent, especially among students and for anyone else who was forced to park in the most undesirable place on campus, the East Lot.
Faculty member Jill Ferguson instructs night classes during the week.
"Some of my students were saying they were taking up to 10 minutes to find parking," said Ferguson.
Ferguson also said that some of her students mentioned parking in fire lanes, faculty parking, or at Notre Dame High School because they couldn't find any available parking on campus. Ferguson has never had any trouble finding faculty parking available.
Senior Ka'ili Crabbe believes that there "isn't enough parking, and the East Lot is a waste because no one uses it."
Mefford and a vast amount of students have come to associate East Lot with an unfortunate nickname, the "rape lot."
Mefford says that this name is completely unjustified and uncalled for, as there have never been any crimes located on that portion of the campus. He says the main reason for people not wanting to park in the East Lot is that "students are too lazy to park and walk up the hill. If they can't park close enough, they get upset."
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