which essentially forces you to buy groceries elsewhere, but there aren't really any grocery stores around that part of campus so you'll need to drive to a grocery store on a regular basis, but still we won't bother with the parking even though by our reasoning it will probably be sorely needed."

Sounds like someone didn't really think through the urban planning thing on that one. If you're going to build apartments with kitchens on campus that you really want freshmen to live in, then parking is part of the deal.