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2 The Clackamas Print
Wednesday. Feb. 23, 2011
A driver parks as close to class as possible, ignoring the fact that it is not a marked spot. Parking spaces are filling up fast with a surge in ch1ae\Bon"Cla J ■
The combination of poor discretion and neglect of drivers has led to cramped lots and difficult navigability.
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Parking spot woes
By Kayla Calloway
Co-Editor-in-Chief
There’s a growing epidemic sweeping
through the parking lot next to Roger Rook.
More and more spaces are disappearing, forc­
ing innocent drivers to park in “not-spots.”
These symptoms are made worse by the col­
lege’s increasing population.
This, of course, is utter nonsense. Although
there is a parking problem, it’s not for lack of
spaces; it’s because of laziness.
Every day, as I pull into the Rook park­
ing lot searching for a spot of my own, I see
cars parked carelessly at the end of rows.
Oftentimes, this is worse in two-hour parking
than anywhere else.
I know that everyone is always in a rush,
but by parking in a not-spot, people narrow
the already tight driveways. I can’t even count
the number of times I’ve almost hit a car in a
not-spot.
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Recently I saw three cars parked along
the entrance to the lot, narrowing the path.
There are other parking lots, people. It
may not be as close to your class as you’d
like, but the lot behind the Family Resource
Center consistently has spaces available,
even though the lines there are in desperate
need of a new paint job. There’s also the
huge parking lot behind Barlow, just a short
distance away from the Rook lot.
There is hope for a cure though. Just the
other day, I saw campus security tending to
one of these cars. I can only hope that the
punishment is more than a written warn­
ing.
Not-spot cars aren’t the only trouble­
makers plaguing our lots. I’m going to say
this loud and clear, Rook’s two-hour park­
ing lot is one way. It drives me insane when
I’ll be just about to pull into a spot and all
of a sudden, a car will swing right around
that corner going the wrong way and take
that spot I was going for.
I really don’t know of a way the school
can make this more obvious. There are
already signs posted, arrows painted and
the constant flow of cars that gets inter­
rupted when someone does go the wrong
way.
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We’re all guilty of rushing to class at the
last minute, and I know better than most
that, when you’re running late, that not-
spot can be mighty tempting. But please,
readers, combat the monkey on your shoul­
der. Plan on parking in Barlow or behind
the FRC by leaving an extra 15 minutes
early. You won’t be late, and even if you do
get a great, legitimate parking spot, you’ll
be golden.
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