Parking Problem Is Prevalent
It's 9:00 in the morning and as you
drive into the Hazleton Penn State
Campus you wonder to yourself if you
will find a parking spot. The traditional
problem on the Hazleton Campus this
fall is parking for off-campus students.
There seems to be more students than
there are parking spots.
"Every time . I drive up the hill for
my 10:00 A.M. class, I have to park
along the road by the gym, which puts
my car in the position of getting hit,”
says sophomore Heather Dilzer. Since
there are not enough spots by the gym,
the campus is telling students to park
along the road near the tennis courts.
This situation makes students live with
the fear that someone will drive around
a comer too fast and cause damage.
Another controversy concerns
parking tickets. When people are late
for class and can’t find a spot they
usually park wherever their cars can fit.
These spots are often illegal, such as
faculty or handicapped parking.
"If the school doesn't have enough
places to park, they shouldn't give
tickets out." said one student.
The parking problems don’t end with
off-campus students; dorm parking is
also crowded. There is a small parking
lot in North Dorm which cannot hope
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Penn State Hazleton
A motorist takes a risk going down a six foot wide, two way street, leavin
nowhere to go if a car is coming the other way.
to accomodate half the students’ needs.
Tickets are distributed in that lot for
several reasons, such as parking by a
fire hydrant or pumphouse. Many times
these are the only remaining spots.
“I had to park my car under a tree
the other day because it was the only
spot left," said student Kim Lange.
"Now I have sap all over my hood."
The students in South Dorm have
three parking lots at the moment, but in
the fall townhouses will be built in one
of those lots.
“I know we need some more
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housing on campus, but if you can’t fit
the students now, what will we do when
the new dorms are built?" wonders
freshman Bonnie Campbell.
The enrollment of students has gone
up since last year, so it seems that
parking is becoming a much bigger than
last year. The students have just one
thing to ask: “What are we going to do
about the parking problem?"
[Mr. Karl Krone, Head of Parking,
was unavailable for comment despite
four attempts to contact him.]
September, 1990