Commuter
Lot Podcast Review
Intro – Hello, here today to speak about the ongoing
issue of parking in the commuter’s lot is I, Maurice Piccolo from mauricepiccolo.blogspot.com
and Justin Isaacs from JustinIsaacs@blogspot.com …… We are here to tell future
Stockton University students about the issue of parking available for those who
are commuting.
Although
you may want to save money by commuting to school rather than paying thousands
of dollars to live on campus, there are some things you need to know
first. In the fall semester of 2014,
there were 8,570 full- and part-time undergraduate and graduate students.
Of the total, 1,186 were first time freshman and 1,064 were new transfer
students with this being said, limited space will be available for those who are
commuting to the campus. Have you ever been in a rush to get to class? Well
consider this. Stockton University requires you to get to campus at least 15-20
minutes earlier than when your first class starts. You will have a very
difficult time finding a parking space and will often find yourself cruising up
and down the lanes in search for a spot. Being in a rush can be the source of
plenty of problems for students. Imagine yourself and others rushing to class
for your final exam. Your eyes are going back and forth searching left and
right, front to back, for your spot. BOOM. You’re blindsided by another car and
instead of sitting in class, you’ll be finding yourself in the hospital. Who
knows, maybe you’ll get lucky and because of your accident, you will receive a
handicap sign to put on your dashboard so you can be guaranteed front row
parking. Negativity lurks throughout the commuter’s lot.
With
the given information that Maurice has given to you, there are many issues in
the commuting life. As commuters, we can
give you first hand experience of what its like. Picture yourself getting out
of class. Anxious to arrive at your car but you run into a problem. You begin
to feel as if you are an antelope being hunted down by a group of hungry lions.
Each step you take, you have to constantly look over your shoulder because
other students will stalk you for your spot. Due to the fact that there are not
enough parking spaces, students and faculty will do anything it takes to get to
their class on time. One of the most important reasons why there are limited
spaces is because students who already live on campus park in the lots instead
of taking the shuttle or walking to class. This provides a problem because
there are not enough parking spots for faculty, commuters, visitors and
on-campus students. You will find yourself parking in North Lot (If it is not
full already) to take the shuttle to class. Sometimes this may take 5 minutes
or it might take 20 minute depending on the arrival of the shuttle. This will
cause you to be late to class if you do not handle your time wisely.
You
might wonder why we haven’t discussed how many parking spaces are on campus
well the answer is because Stockton’s offices would not release this
information to us. If you called, they will bounce you around like a basketball
to each office without giving you any answers. Through different charts and
statistics we approximately believe that 60-70% of Stockton’s student
population are commuters. So out of the 8,570 students who attended Stockton in
fall of 2014, 65% of that would equal 5,570 commuter students. As many people
know, Stockton is growing and becoming one of the more distinctive universities
in New Jersey thus causing more problems if this issue isn’t fixed. If you plan
on being a commuter, you should focus on the consequences that come with it
because you might find yourself living on campus eventually.
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