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Over 2,500
Tickets Issued
Last Year
There is no question that there is a
parking problem on campus. Last
academic year, Police and Safety issued
almost 2500 tickets bringing in over ten
thousand dollars in fines.
One of the major reasons for the
parking problem on campus is that there
are more cars in use than there are
spaces to hold them. Police and Safety
sold almost nine hundred commuter
permits this semester even though there
are only 680 commuter spaces available.
Behrend is primarily a commuter
college, with approximately two-thirds
of the student population living off
campus. Randy Hoffman, Manager of
Police and Safety, says that you should
expect to oversell the commuter permits
by approximately 150%. The reasons
for this are that not all commuters will
be here all day long, every day of the
week. He sees the hours between 11 am
and 2 pm as the busiest.
Residents have somewhat of a
different problem. There were 304
resident permits sold and only 293
spaces available.
According to Hoffman, the biggest
problem that faces the residents is the
number of mtregistered cars on campus.
These are hard to account for and they
take up much needed space.
Another major concern is the
problem of visitors parking in the
resident lots. This means that there is
one less space available for a resident
with a permit. This forces the student to
park illegally somewhere on campus.
One general problem is that Police
and Safety doesn't have the manpower to
patrol the campus 24 hours per day
looking for violators. A student
auxiliary has been formed through the
work/study program to help spot and
ticket violators.
Generally, a warning will be
administered - to first time offenders and
after that, a ticket will be issued. Most
of the money from tickets goes to the
Student Government Association which
uses the funds for student programming.
University Park
Not Immune to
Parking Problems
by Dina Ellis
Daily Collegian
UNIVERSITY PARK- A
misunderstanding between University
administrators and the parking office has
created one of the largest parking
overflows Penn State has experienced in
years with students now parking their
cars in the grass near Beaver Stadium.
Although more than 2,200 permits
have been sold for only 1,749 actual
parking slots, the parking office is
continuing to sell permits. Following
the removal of a cap on the number of
resident student parking permits sold,
Assistant Parking Manager Doug
Holmes said the office will continue to
sell permits until administrators decide
not to do so.
The parking office is now directing
students to park on the grass adjacent to
lot 44 near Beaver Stadium, but students
will not be able to leave their cars there
permanently.
Students received a notice with their
class schedule discouraging them from
bringing cars onto campus. The notice
also mentioned a limited number of
parking spaces for resident students, but
David Stormer, Director of University
Safety, said the notice was inadequate in
informing students about the limited
number of permits.
Game & transportation tickets on sale
September 11 and September 15
(respectively) at the S.G.A. office or
R.U.B. desk.
$lB.OO for
Transportation provided by the Student
Government Association for the first 46
people at $14.00 (one day round trip)
Bus leaves at 7:00 A.M., returning from
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