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University student use of the Burger King parking lot on Franklin Avenue is affecting access for the restaurant’s customers.
Big battle over small spaces
■ The frequent overflow
from campus parking fills
local business lots
By Brian Goodell
Oregon Daily Emerald
As more and more students
drive to campus, the parking situa
tion is getting tighter and tighter.
And local businesses such as the
campus Burger King are suffering
because of it.
“We have limited parking,”
Burger King manager Chris Brown
said. “When students use my park
ing lot to go to school for 10 hours,
I’m losing business.”
The problem is so frequent
and ongoing that the regional Burg
er King headquarters is getting in
volved.
Micki Waters, vice president
of marketing for Burger King loca
tions in Oregon, said on any given
day she will tag warning cards on
as many as 18 cars for parking ille
gally.
Waters said the campus location
always gives a warning to first time
offenders but will tow a car for
multiple violations.
“It’s not just students who are
the problem. Football game days
are crazy for us.” Waters said. “It’s
truly an ongoing battle, and it’s re
ally hard on us.”
It can also be an ongoing battle for
students to find cheap parking near
campus, as increased numbers of
students move from on-campus
housing to the sprawling apartment
complexes near Autzen stadium.
“The way Eugene is developing is
not conducive to fife without a car,”
ASUO Vice President Mitra Anoushi
ravanisaid. “Most students are getting
cars because the housing situation
near campus is not veiy good. ”
For students and businesses
such as the campus Burger King,
better parking on campus would
be a welcome improvement.
“It’s hard for the ASUO to advo
cate for that,” Anoushiravani said.
“Right now, it’s not a priority, but
if enough students came to us and
asked for our help, of course we’d
be happy to advocate for better
parking on campus."
One thirlg that students can ask
for is a better transit schedule from
the Autzen area apartments to
campus. As students tend to work
late on campus, conforming to the
bus schedule can be difficult.
“We’re looking to bring more
service to that area in the evenings
and weekends,” said Andy Vobo
ra, service planning and marketing
manager for Lane Transit District.
“As we include more service
routes to students, we’ll need to in
crease the cost of the service. That’s
something we need to negotiate
wbth student government.”
According to Fred Tepfer, Uni
versity planning associate, the
University commissioned a study
of campus parking about three
years ago. The study came with a
list of recommendations, many of
which have been implemented by
the University.
“Parking is one of those subjects
that never goes away,” Tepfer said.
“The supply of parking is not un
like the supply of roads. When we
build more, we just get more con
gestion.
Scholarship
continued from page 1
$704,361. Oregon State was the
only other university to have
more OS AC scholarships — 319
— issued to its students.
Oregon residents can apply for
a variety of awards with values
ranging from $500 up to 90 per
cent of a student’s financial need.
The OSCA application is due
March 1.
Jim Gilmour, associate director
of student financial aid, said all
students should “at least explore
what is out there before they de
cide” there are no scholarships
for them.
Earning a scholarship can only
help a student’s financial situa
tion, Gilmour said. Scholarship
money is used to replace loans in
a student’s aid package.
“It saves money they would
have to pay later,” Gilmour said.
The OSCA’s application is
available at the Office of Student
Financial Aid in Oregon Hall and
on-line at www.osac.state.or.us.
Other on-line options for
scholarships are also available.
One popular service is the Fast
Web search on which a student
inputs personal data. The data is
then matched with requirements
for different scholarships. Many of
the scholarships offered through
the OSAC also show up in this
search, so it can be a time saver.
One such award is the Ford
Scholars program. Gene J. Evans,
public information director at
OSAC, said the Ford program has
the potential to be worth the most
of all of the awards available be
cause it works on a sliding scale.
“It’s really one of the best
scholarship programs in the
country in terms of what it’s
worth,” Evans said.
Andrea Kristine Winter, a class
of 1996 Ford Scholar, also won
one of eight Future Farmer’s of
America scholarships. She said
students who wish to win schol
arships should participate in
school activities.
“This not only gives you the
opportunity to experience and
learn a variety of things, it is also
a lot of fun,” Winter said. “It
shows the scholarship committee
that you are able to balance your
schedule and budget your time.
“It also gives you the opportu
nity to develop many skills such
Where to find info
Financial Aid Office
applications, reference material
Graduate School
specializes in information about
graduate funding
Departments
check with individual departments
On-line
Fast Web; www.fastweb.com
Oregon State Assistance;
Commission: www.ossc.state.or.us
University Financial Aid:
financialaid.uoregon.edu
National Financial Aid: www.
finaid.org
SOURCE: University Sources of Scholarship In
formation. from the Office of Financial Aid
as public speaking, customer re
lations, job skills and a sense of
fulfillment,” fshe said.
If earning a scholarship sounds
like too much work, all students
older than the age of 13 can enter
a daily drawing for $10,000
scholarships. The Web site
www.freescholarships.com holds
daily drawings for $10,000 schol
arships, and once a month, one
lucky student can win $50,000.
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