| Show I m mm Parking Predicaments at the Redwood Campus Stacie Peart Campus Editor Students who attend the Salt Lake Community Colleges College's Redwood Campus are aware of the trouble in finding a park parking ng stall during during during dur dur- ing the schools school's peak class times This parking dilemma call can lead to many problems for students faculty and those who work in the parking department However difficult parking parking- may be between 9 11 am a.m. or in the evenings around pm p.m. there are ways to ensure a parking stall for your car Veteran students faculty and staff use special parking or driving driving driving dri dri- ving strategies to find a space close to the building their class is in Many students use tactics which include stalking fellow students for a parking space pacing the parking lot and arriving at a specific time However some students avoid parking parking parking park park- ing lot stress by merely taking classes class class- es at specific times to avoid parking predicaments or taking the bus When many people think of stalking stalking stalking stalk stalk- ing they think of a scary person fol following following fol- fol ol- ol lowing someone waiting for the opportunity to attack their victim At students almost need to develop skills in following students to their parking spaces in order to get geta a stall during peak class times Many students who have attended in previous years have witnessed witnessed witnessed wit wit- students sitting in cars waiting waiting waiting wait wait- ing for the clock on their dashboard to read ten minutes to the hour This means that classes will be letting out and many students will soon be strolling out to their cars Arriving at atthe atthe atthe the Redwood Campus at ten minutes to the hour might increase a students student's chances of getting that coveted parking parking parking park park- ing space right near the building where their classes are located Once students come walking out of class the art of parking space snagging comes into play Students who are still in their cars will then drive slowly behind students walking to their vehicles then sit and wait for the parking space to tobe tobe tobe be available However this technique is usually only necessary for forthe forthe forthe the first few weeks of school from 9 11 am a.m. when there are absolutely no parking spots even out by the LAC building Although stalking for a parking spot is practiced by many of the students students students stu stu- stu- stu dents who take morning classes the highway patrol warns students that is an open campus campusand campusand campusand and real stalkers may be around If any student feels uncomfortable able please dial or the highway highway highway high high- way patrol on campus at or Those who stalk for parking m jJ M v I v 3 z zt t Z l Wi r Q L' L VI y d L J 7 1 7 11 J J 0 J r. b I i Salt Lake x Community t Vii 05 T College i c I is s I r I I i iVI 0 VI 4 8 tJ o o c o a students experience many difficulties when it comes to finding a parking spot at Redwood campus during peak class time I spaces sh should uld not not be offended if stopped by the highway patrol about what your intentions might be because it is their job to keep the students students students stu stu- stu- stu dents faculty and staff at safe Many students who are frantically trying to find a parking space experience ence road rage However becoming angry will not help students find the premium parking stall or get to class any faster Lieutenant Doug McCleve one of the Utah Highway Patrol officers assigned to has even had a case where two students have become so angry over parking spaces that they got into a fist fight Unfortunately students trying to reenact the scene from Fried Green Tomatoes where Kathy Bates' Bates character character character char char- acter unleashes her alter ego Tawanda develops a case of road rage and smashes in the bumper on another car will not help anyone get getto getto getto to class any sooner Another way to avoid problems in inthe inthe inthe the parking lot is to register for classes class class- es in the early morning before 9 am a.m. during the afternoons or later in the evenings or later Carefully choosing class times can I definitely m make ke parking more of a I breeze which will alleviate the chaos on campus Aside from finding parking spaces I at the Redwood Campus many stu- stu II See Parking continued on page 2 I II I II I Parking continued from front dents will soon understand the meaning of the words parking ticket fine While the highway patrol seldom sites students faculty or visitors visitors visitors tors with these costly papers the parking service employees employ employ- ees who verify parking parking parking park park- ing lot stickers will site students students students stu stu- stu- stu dents who dont don't have a valid parking sticker in their window win win- dow Both Lieutenant McCleve and Sergeant Richard of the highway patrol have expressed the seriousness of speeding on campus Many drivers dont don't realize that speeding is such sucha a problem Those who speed through the parking lots might not see pedestrians or bike riders until they come out from behind a car The highway patrol on campus would appreciate drivers slowing lowing down to prevent Y L try Ir o mu mo to If injuries paying fee-paying students who dont don't want to drive to school can take advantage of partnership with Utah Transit Authority UTA and get a free 2005 2004 bus pass These passes are available available available avail avail- able at parking services the ID desk and the courtesy desks at the Redwood Jordan and South City campuses Also employees and non-fee non paying paying pay pay- ing students can purchase a bus pass for 10 Students taking classes during the Redwood Campus Campus' busiest hours can expect delays in finding parking stalls and might need to find creative ways to claim a parking space The parking department is aware of these issues and have made many improvements such as diagonal diagonal diago diago- nal parking to solve the problems problems problems lems by utilizing the space available on campus J jr r t I r V h i Jf r Brij Jr i 1 I. |
