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• Everything for the College Student.
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• Hours: Open Tues. to Sat. 10am to 4pm
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Park at your own risk
University students should read
up on campus parking rules in
order to avoid fines
Jenni Schultz
News Editor
If campus parking seems a little
intimidating, welcome to the club.
Maps of campus parking areas are
available at the Department of Pub
lic Safety, but to a lot of students, it’s
just not enough.
However; with the fees and fines
associated with improperly parking,
it may not be a bad idea to get ac
quainted with all campus parking
rules and regulations.
First off, the argument could be
made that the parking situation is
not student-friendly. For example,
the most campus-accessible parking
is only available for those with facul
ty/staff parking permits.
In addition, of the total 3,500
permit spots, only half are accessi
ble to students. Gars with
faculty/staff permits are also al
lowed to park in these spots.
Add to this that, on average, 7,000
permits are sold to students, faculty
and staff every year. That means
only half of the people buying per
mits are guaranteed a spot.
Fees for citations run from $15 to
$300. And don’t think that the fees
will go away if left unpaid.
If they’re not paid, diplomas can
be withheld and cars can be booted.
The fee for getting a car booted is an
additional $40.
It is possible to petition these tick
ets, but make sure the petition is sub
mitted within 10 days of the citation.
Adam Jones Emerald
Parking citations can cost from $15 to $300, and if unpaid, a diploma can be withheld.
About two-thirds of the petitions re
ceived are reduced or approved, DPS
Parking and Transportation Manager
Rand Stamm said, and only about
one-third of petitions are denied.
“It’s usually on a very individual
ized basis,” he said.
The most common citations dis
bursed are for overtime parking at
street meters and failure to display a
valid parking permit, Stamm said.
Although most of the tickets is
sued do eventually get paid, most are
not paid in a timely manner.
Over the years, many people —
including this paper — have argued
that a parking structure would solve
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Stop being lazy; driving to campus
Guest commentary
Students should avoid parking
on campus
So I hear that parking is kind of
tricky around the ol’ University. Ap
parently, they sell nearly twice as
many permits as there are parking
spots, meaning that even if you shell
out $88 for the privilege of parking
on campus, you still can’t find any
where to park.
What a pain in the neck that must
be. Why, someone should do some
thing about it!
I suppose they could build more
parking lots. Or perhaps a great big
parking garage. Then, all of the prob
lems would be solved for a couple of
months, until a few thousand more
students get into the habit of driving
to school. Maybe we could just pave
Alton Baker Park and provide a re
served parking spot for every stu
dent, faculty and staff member.
On the other hand, if fewer people
brought their cars to campus, we
wouldn’t have a problem, either.
I’ll grant that there are a few peo
ple who absolutely need to drive to
campus. Maybe they’ve got 10 min
utes after their last class to get to a
job across town. I’ll buy that.
As for the rest of us, there’s no ex
cuse.
One of the best kept secrets in Eu
gene seems to be that students can
ride the bus for free. Seriously. Just
show the driver your student ID and
off you go.
There are very few places in town
that are more than four blocks from
a bus line — other than the far-flung
hillsides, where few of us can afford
to live anyway. Many of these routes
stop at the University or nearby, and
those that.don’t go to Eugene Sta
tion, which is only 10 blocks away.
But even if ydu’ve just gotta drive
the car, it’s not absolutely necessary
to park on campus. You can park at a
Park and Ride, then ride the bus to
the University, and it won't cost you
a dime.
From Valley River Center, you can
ride the Breeze, which runs every 10
minutes and takes about 20 minutes
to get to campus. Better yet, you can
park at the fairgrounds and ride the
75X, which runs every 15 minutes and
gets to Sacred Heart Hospital (only two 4
blocks from campus) in six minutes.
Sure, buses are uncomfortable,
and you occasionally will be con
fronted by obnoxious and/or smelly
people. But learning to. cope with un
pleasant people is^a fact of life — the
better you are at it, the better you will
get along in society. Plus, a bus ride is
a good time to get some reading done.
And "if you don’t-like^the bus, you
can always:bike.
I krjow, .it’s easy to say hike,'"bike,
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