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Show u N I I T y DIGEST CAMPUS NEWS: SUUSA senators last night spoke of funding Waukeenyans, security phones and literary journals. PAGE 3. CAMPUS NEWS: A noted Russian journalist will, at tomorrow's Convocation, discuss problems in his homeland. PAGE 4. CAMPUS ARTS: 'Arts for the Parks,' which celebrates America's National Parks, opens in tlie Braithwaite Fine Arts Gallery tomorrow. PAGE 12. CAMPUS SPORTS: Home Mid-Con basket ball games are on tap /or the Thunderbird men and women cagers this week. PAGE 13. STATE NEWS: The con fessed middle man in the contract slaying of fill Allen says his wife knew of the alleged m urder plot. PAGE 10. NAT'L NEWS: 'We all feel that we lost a very good friend,' said House speaker Newt Gingrich yesterday of the death of Sonny Bono. PAGE 11. WORLD NEWS: Algerian villagers fled their homes yesterday as the death toll from viciou s attacks topped 1,200. PAGE 11. NAT'L SPORTS: Hurler Don Sutton, who won 324 games in his career, has made it into Cooperstown on his fifth try. PAGE 14. j ~~ ' " ' ,,'" + ,.,if. Sitting and waiting has become a way of life for some students who hope that someone whose car is in their vicinity in a parking lot will come out of a building and drive away, thus opening a highly valued space. Parking problem an illusion? Officials say lack of proximity to classrooms may be the true concern By MYLYNN WATSON JOURNAL STAFF WRITER Among the most oft-heard complaints on any college campus concern parking. The words "parking" and "problem" seem to go together like "study" and "test," but when asked about the "parking problem" here, Michael Richards, vice president for planning and technology, responds, "What parking problem?" He is quick to note that any problem with parking is not tied to a lack of parking stalls but, rather, to what many perceive as a lack of proximity to where they want to go. The chances of a student finding a place at a randomlychosen time that requires very little walking are not great. Richards says that there are adequate parking spaces for those who drive to campus, but to get the most out of those spaces is not always easy for everyone. "Every year, the university does an extensive inventory to see how they are doing for parking, 11 says Richards. "They calculate the number of day-time students and then use the Division of Facilities Construction and Management (DFCM) standard to determine the parking need. This number is then compared to the number of parking stalls available and the necessary adjustments are made." According to Richards, the university had a small parking problem last year. "We had a parking need for 650 faculty members and 1,560 students. We only had 2,1 20 of the needed 2,210 parking slots. On the other hand, this year we have 1,603 parking slots for students, creating a surplus of 43 stalls, 11 said Richards. Of the 1,603 stalls available for student use, half of them are in the Centrum West and Stadium parking lots. Another large parking area designed for student use is the Manzanita South lot on 200 South . The significant changes in parking this year include the new stalls near 200 West and the added meter stalls on the (continued on page 5) |