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University’s parking dilemma: ‘nobody wants to walk
Parking, cont. from page 1.
sic Department. “But I don’t
think we should go to the ex
treme of towing people’s cars
away.”
“A study should be made to
determine who is doing illegal
parking,“ said Dr. Glenda Da
vis, Associate Professor in the
Department of Language, Liter
ature, and Communication.
“Once investigated, the problem
should be solved.”
Any solution to the parking
problem must take economic
constraints into account, said
Foust.
Revenue’s Uses
“We cannot use valuable
space located inside or on the
campus for large parking lots,”
Faust said. “Since the state does
not provide for the complete al
lowance of such parking, stu
dents will have to pay a parking
fee in order to build and main
tain parking spaces.”
Campus faculty and students
spent more than $23,000 on park
ing permits in 1987-88. The Uni
versity collected more than
$65,000 in the last three-year pe
riod, concluding with the spring,
1988 semester.
From 1985 to 1987, the Univer
sity collected $2,980 in parking
violation fees, according to cam
pus security records.
According to McLean, 80% of
this money was used “for park
ing spaces, and enhancing of
parking lots and the street.” Mc
Lean said the remaining 20%
was used “for the beautification
of the campus” and to support
student interns at Campus Secu
rity.
ECSU’s parking decals are
much cheaper than the ones at
larger schools in the University
System, like UNC-Chapel Hill,
where parking decals range
from $75 to $100.
However, ECSU officials say
the income from parking decals
and violations is used to improve
the campus, including buying
uniforms and equipment for the
Security Department.
“Money for parking decals
and tickets is used for the up
keep and beautification of the
campus,” said Hoggard. “This
includes the streets, sidewalks
and shrubbery. It also includes
uniforms and equipment needed
for the campus police officers.”
Problem Compounded
The parking system is sup
ported by parking fees, not state
funds, which means that additio
nal parking spaces could raise
the price of parking decals.
Many students respond neg
atively to higher prices for park-
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ing decals.
“I don’t think they should
raise the price for decals,” said
SGA Vice President Williams.
“An increase in parking rates
could be a financial burden on
students who may not be able to
afford it,” said Andre Smith,
News-Sports Director of WRVS.
In the fall of 1987, ECSU’s total
enrollment was 1,583. There
were 122 faculty members, ex
cluding three on leave.
If current trends continue,
ECSU people may end up walk
ing more.
“We may have to consider
parking lots planned out and
around the University, to acco
modate the large number of ve
hicles being used by students,”
said Tommy Faust. “This
means that students will have to
walk farther to get to and from
their classes and other places on
campus.”
The University also plans to
build 100 parking spaces within
the next 12 months, to accomo
date additional buildings and
programs, McLean said.
Economic Constraints
But the spaces don’t come
cheap
“Each space costs $1,000,” Mc
Lean said.
As for the actual number of
spaces available, the long-term
picture looks brighter, however.
The campus master plan pro
vides for more than 410 new
parking spaces on the north
campus, 301 spaces to serve
three new proposed dormitory
buildings, and 526 parking
spaces to serve the proposed
new Fine Arts and Communica
tions Center and adjacent aca
demic buildings.
Prejudice at white schools leaves blacks feeling lonely
(CPS)-Many black students
drop out of predominantly white
colleges because racial preju
dice and discrimination leave
them feeling lonely and isolated,
Oberlin University researchers
say.
“Selective, predominantly
white institutions are very simi-
liar in nature,” said Patrick
Penn, dean of Oberlin’s student
support services, at Sept. 20 con
ference of the National Council
of Educational Opportunity As
sociations in Washington, D.C.
“They are basically white sys
tems, and white systems are dis
criminatory to non-members.”
Although Oberlin’s overall
graduation rate is 70 percent, 20
points above the national aver
age, only about 55 percent of the
black students at the liberal arts
school earn their degrees.
Inadequete financial aid pack
ages, insensitive, sometimes
hostile white student popula
tions and poor academic sup
ports cause many blacks to
leave white colleges before re
ceiving their degree, Penn re
ported.
His finding come at a time
when efforts to expand opportu
nities for minorities are losing
momentum, according to “One
Third of a Nation,” a report is
sued in May by the American
Council on Education and the
Education Commission of the
States.
In response to the study and to
the escalating racial tensions on
scores of campuses during the
last two academic years, many
schools redoubled efforts to re
cruit more black students for
this fall.
Some reports indicate the ef
forts are working.
Minority admissions at the
University of Texas, for exam
ple, reached an all-time high
this fall. The University of Colo
rado reports a 33 percent in
crease in minority enrollment.
But the number of black stu
dents at the University of North
Dakota dropped by almost half
this fall. Metropolitan State Col
lege in Denver has not increased
its 15.3 percent minority enroll
ment for four years, despite at
tempts to do so. The University
of Illinois has been more suc
cessful in raising minority en
rollment, but the percentage of
blacks and other minorities at
tending the school is still much
smaller than the state’s percent
age of minorities.
Penn concluded that improved
“retention can be gained only
through programs affecting stu
dents after they are enrolled at
Oberlin,” such as academic sup
port.
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