Springfield Technical Community College - Yearbook (Springfield, MA)

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Park ' n Pray The abbreviation STCC stands for Springfield Technical Community College. The community or commuting aspect of the school creates certain inevitable problems, such as the availability of parking spaces. Students enrolled at STCC are faced with the never-ending battle of finding a place to leave their cars while they attend classes. At present there are only 400 available parking slots on campus with a student body of approximately 3000. Other off-campus areas have been designated for student parking. However, in or- der to secure an off-campus parking space, students must pay 30 dollars per semester. Yet even these additional park- ing areas do not provide enough space to accomodate all of the students. This situation leaves the students with no alter- native but to park on the streets at the mercy of the Spring- field metermaids and patrolmen. In the future, building plans include an on-campus parking garage which will meet the needs of the commuting student at STCC. This will be yet another landmark in the progress of the school — anoth- er step forward made possible by the dedication of one man.