The cost factor may well be the case. And I'm certainly not saying the students

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Mar 27, 2017
10:59:07am

gwalker All-American

The cost factor may well be the case. And I'm certainly not saying the students

are entitled to it. If a little more parking can be done here and there in a way that doesn't break the bank, it could help the university with its goal of helping students graduate with less (or no) debt by making it easier for them to get back and forth between class and work.

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Heritage Halls is a mess. They ask students to park by LES and

immacougar

3/26/17 10:17pm

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cvd6262

3/26/17 10:19pm

Students should stop crying and walk more or get a bike. Better for the environment, their health, and

Baron

3/26/17 10:19pm

SPOTD

3/26/17 10:21pm

Stupendous?

TNT

3/26/17 10:21pm

Why? Is it hard to walk or bike to take the bus? It is more affrodable for all. Seems rather stupid to be upset about

Baron

3/26/17 10:24pm

Sure, walking or biking from dorm to campus is perfectly fine and feasible.

3/26/17 10:39pm

Your premise is wrong. Most people that live on campus, don't need a car to do

Baron

3/26/17 10:43pm

Most universities have significantly better services available so students don't have to go off campus.

sakhr

3/27/17 12:13am

Or at the very least, shuttles

3/27/17 12:24am

It took me 15 minutes to find a parking spot today, and 15 minutes to walk after

Dissenter

3/27/17 11:01am

Hard to carry groceries in a backpack.

Big Daddy D

3/26/17 10:50pm

So?

Baron

3/26/17 10:52pm

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Big Daddy D

3/26/17 11:03pm

I can't tell what your well reasoned response is referring to.

Big Daddy D

3/26/17 11:02pm

Have you ever lived in NYC or Chicago or other big city? How do the kids at Northwestern get groceries?

Baron

3/26/17 11:07pm

From what I remember from my visit to the University of Chicago and Northwestern...

sakhr

3/27/17 12:36am

Eh...it wasn't that hard at all. Roommates were generally cool bout taggin.

mantis mutu

3/27/17 12:19am

I carry groceries with a backpack every time I go shopping

Jezza

3/27/17 9:29am

🤦🏻‍♂️

immacougar

3/26/17 10:21pm

Yep. If you're an 18 year old with a car, I don't feel bad about you walking

Jezza

3/26/17 10:25pm

By that logic, so should the faculty and staff

KingDave

3/26/17 10:32pm

Faculty and staff should have the best and closest parking and then students. It is a perk for employees and you want

Baron

3/26/17 10:35pm

This is about parking for residents of heritage not students who live

Littlerich

3/26/17 10:41pm

Don't see why that changes things. If you want a space outside your front door, live off campus.

Baron

3/26/17 10:45pm

So, "We want freshmen to live on campus so come live in our shiny new dorms with full kitchens but no meal plan...

sakhr

3/27/17 12:44am

Is this America or no?

3/26/17 10:47pm

When I was a student I had to get from class to work in tight

gwalker

3/26/17 10:47pm

I understand that but I don't think that means the univeristy needs to provide parking close to campus. People

Baron

3/26/17 11:03pm

The cost factor may well be the case. And I'm certainly not saying the students

gwalker

3/27/17 10:59am

You and the administration have a poor grasp on how the typical 18-22 year old

Monomachos

3/27/17 2:58am

The new engineering building will not have a parking garage like the LSB...

ColtsCoug

3/26/17 10:23pm

Most freshmen can't afford and therefore don't have cars. I loved heritage

Jezza

3/26/17 10:23pm

If you can afford Heritage, you can likely afford a car

3/26/17 10:25pm

That just isn't true.

Jezza

3/26/17 10:25pm

It was when my son was a frosh in 2012-2013. He curently lives in

3/26/17 10:39pm

I'm not debating the price, I'm contesting the affordability of a car

Jezza

3/26/17 10:44pm

I'll concede that if in determining the cost of the car, the opportunity cost

3/26/17 10:59pm

I would consider the oc of not owning a car exceptionally low when you leave

Jezza

3/26/17 11:20pm

Many freshman can't afford a car, but that doesn't mean their parents or

ColtsCoug

3/26/17 10:30pm

Most of the juniors and seniors at my high school had a car

KingDave

3/26/17 10:34pm

I had a car in HS. It was really my parents car like 95% of teenagers

Jezza

3/26/17 10:43pm

If you have a car, live somewhere else.

Mexbyualum

3/26/17 10:33pm

Transportationist

cracka

3/26/17 10:39pm

Yeah this is a ridiculous complaint

OC Coug

3/26/17 10:59pm

She's lucky there is parking at all

Mexbyualum

3/26/17 11:04pm

I buy the car parking argument if the University is willing to do its part to make it work.

sakhr

3/27/17 12:28am

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