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Page 3 • Wednesday, September 15, 1999
Marking, Parking Everywhere
\tudentsfind new parking regulations are an albatross around their necks
BY MELISSA PANTANO
The Battalion
hony disalvoathuM s t u dent sits patiently in his car.
general studiesfll After fighting through traffic,
15 she gathersrests in the Parking Area
rary . Half of tr:l near the ZachiA'Engineering Cen-
je to construct s praying that a spot becomes
floors where till ila b let,e fr )re llis next class starts -
ce, the main dj :as moves U P in 1 ' ne > a
Evans Library l 5 Parkin g' Trat:fi e and Tfansporta-
e renovations f 1 ( pTTS ) officer informs him that
st floor stairwell 111181 rilove * 11S car
en moved to ttj^ first 8 lance > Texas A&M seems
™ a peaceful place. But there is a
et battle of wits going on be
en the student body and the es-
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■3ne of the most recent sources
and staff memre lonflict coming from the PTTS
to dance sals; fffce in Koldus Student Services
of Hispanicccllding is the new rule that com-
a.m. to 2 p.m piers who wish to park in PA 50
|v must find a new place to wait
:y of Houston * I spots to become available,
•ff Hispanic He-|ce the lane past the parking
pcs now restricts people from
ping their cars and waiting,
avid Griffin, a sophomore me-
nical engineering major, said the
rule puts off-campus students
disadvantage.
‘What are you supposed to do?”
[fin said. “Drive around campus
ilaspot is available? 1 don’t think
very necessary at all."
[Griffin said the new parking rule
: lomplishes little beyond annoying
■nmuters.
jrPeople are courteous anyway,
hd I don’t think the rule will be ef-
“tive,” Griffin said. “Waiting in the
ual parking row isn’t much better
an waiting on the strip.”
[DougWilliams, associate director
af parking services, said the regula-
fw in PA 50 is justified.
| The parking in Zachry (PA 50J
has been a problem for years,”
Williams said. “Traffic parked on ac
cess roadways only leaves one lane
for two-way traffic. ”
Williams said the new rule is in
the interest of student safety.
“During lunch and in between
classes, people get into a hurry,” he
said. “It’s safer if that traffic isn’t on
the access road.”
Some students see the method
behind PTTS’s madness, but are still
annoyed by the results.
Brandon Meyers, a senior con
struction science major, said he is
frustrated by the current regulations.
“On Monday and Wednesday,
my classes don’t start until 10
a.m., but I have to get here at 7:15
a.m. in order to get a parking
spot,” Meyers said. “I understand
that there is a safety issue involved
with only one lane being open, but
I shouldn’t have to get here that
early to find a spot.”
Meyers said policies on staff park
ing need an overhaul.
“They should let people park in
staff [spaces] after 4 p.m.,” Meyers
said. “Professors are leaving for the
day by then, anyway, and no one
new is going to show up. There are
always empty spots in yellow lot.”
Williams said PTTS has plans to
cut down on long lines of cars in the
parking lots.
“We will be expanding Zachry
(PA 50) lot by 500-600 spaces,”
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Williams said. “The project should
begin right after Bonfire. In the
meantime, we are trying to get peo
ple to ride the buses to school.”
Griffin said that for him, riding
the bus is not an option.
“I live in a new subdivision
named Steeplechase out on F.M.
2818,” Griffin said. “I have to walk
four blocks to catch a bus that comes
to campus, and even then it takes an
hour to get to school.”
Students are always finding new
ways to skirt parking regulations
and take advantage of traffic pat
terns on campus.
Gregg Johnson, a freshman me
chanical engineering major, said that
in three weeks at A&M he has
learned how to beat the system.
“They only have those two little
red lots on Southside,” Johnson
said. “I’ve found that the easiest
way to get into those lots is to move
your car on Friday afternoon after
everyone has left for the weekend
or during the day when people go
to run errands.”
Even the most placid drivers have
problems, and every student has a
story to tell about a run-in with the
men and women in blue.
TTent Varvel, a sophomore me
chanical engineering major, said he
does not understand why student
parking on campus is so scarce.
“During move-in week, on
Northside I parked in a yellow [staff
parking] lot because all of the other
spots were taken,” Varvel said. “I left
it there overnight, and they called
me at 6:50 in the morning to move
my car. ”
Varvel said sometimes students
must surrender to futility.
“1 went out there, and there were
spots everywhere,” Varvel said. “My
car wasn’t hurting anyone, but I still
had to pay the ticket.”
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