University of Kentucky - Kentuckian Yearbook (Lexington, KY)

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PARKING GAMIg UK was faced with the lack of parking on campus. Students played Dodge-The-Police and prayed only to get a parking ticket instead of being towed. 20 Parking David Sterling For many unfortunate students it is a way of life to park in the K-lot and ride the bus to and from classesi When I come home..,to tind...no parking spaces, I get pissed off. I almost want to call the towing service myself. aRachel Carrigan College student in to- day's world is faced with many pressures, real and imagined. Most wore ried about grades, being ac- cepted by their peers, and be- coming a success in life. And some were under pressures placed upon them by their parents or jobs. And yet, through all this, the Universi- ty of Kentucky found just one more way to add undo stress to its struggling stu- dents: parking on campus. All students who wished to park on campus were to pur- chase a parking permit, un- less of course they wanted to have tickets and towing. During 1986-87, according to Don Thornton, associate di- rector For the administration of transportation, about 20,- 000 Citations were issued. That resulted in the towing of about 2,000 cars. Last year, the departament felt that it was offering newcom- ers some leniency. Vehicles were not usually towed un- less there were delinquent cie tations. immediate tow zones included parking on yellow lines, in fire lanes. or in handicap zonesi One change last year was the enlargement of the im- poundment lot behind Me- morial Coliseumr Unfortu- nately, to enlarge this lot, existing tennis courts had to be eliminated Then, there were no tennis courts on the north side of campus, which had students who lived there a bit upset. Susie MacDoneli, a UK Freshman living on the north side believed that they tthe policcl could have ex- -- w, tended the lot towards l.ng-n Street rather than taking t x tennis courts. Not to re tion that construction r campus displaced prime p tr; ing space also. Of course, there was a:. other Side to the issur parking on campus. Stm 2r who had taken the time ar the money to purchase 9: mits did not want perm le Cars in their spaces. And he felt that the university v: not towing enough. Rich Carrigan, a junior who M at Greg Page, said, Wl en Come home From an exh t5 ing day at school, onlii find that there are no pa v ,. ,. -' spaces, 1 get a little Irv: offi I almost want to ca ' towing service myself. ' :16 students voiced their 0. plaints with good re en mg Not everyone could 1e ;a park on campus, only 5 students who acquired 1 th mits in the C, R, and K lo on a first-come, firsteer' M. basisi ' Answers to the grtwt1 . E problem of parking or l UK campus were not vious. The school may ha to resort to above-gim parking, but where rm they put it? So the 6 3r game of hide and Seel l tween students and the 1:1! ing Control officers wil on. Unless a student lotf rather have his car lost I n er in the bowels of ltC gem parking lot, he will qiicl have to learn the rules i t' game The only problerr i .this is that there do not St: -' - to be any, -T. -Erika l ai.

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Jerry Helman, an undcmdcd fresh- man, gels d ticket for parkmg IHCV gally on Clifton Circle. Todd Jnnex Kernel spark edunr, moves his car in :1 hurry as Lmv trucks come behmd the Grchan Jour- nalism Budding to catch woldlors, UK police have me Bluegrass Tow, mg SurviLe tow away an unlucky victim's Mercedes in the lot inrmnk of Ihe Wildcat Lodge. 5 9' 3 u Parking, 21