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Students are the priority when it comes to parking PDF Print E-mail
Written by The Shorthorn Editorial Board   
Tuesday, 16 June 2009 04:08 PM

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The Issue: Permit-holding students had to find parking elsewhere when their usual spots were used for Cowboys Stadium employee parking. The university and the stadium have an arrangement that allows its employees to use student lots during events.

We suggest: The university administration should publicize its parking plan in advance and prepare for future stadium events.
Though they hold parking permits, students had to search for parking June 6 when their usual spaces were filled by about 3,000 Cowboys Stadium employees. Instead, space-less students paid to park in the parking garage and others were forced to find spots on the other side of campus, causing them to be late to class.

To prevent this from happening again, the university administration should make all students and faculty aware of the plan and arrange alternative student parking on stadium-event days.

The situation arose because of an arrangement with the stadium, which allows its employees to use UTA student lots during events. The university receives free marketing and promotion in exchange.

Tuition-paying students were inconvenienced because preparations weren’t made to accommodate their needs. Even something as simple as a sign would’ve informed them about the situation but there were only signs for stadium employees.

The administration has since said it will allow students and stadium employees to share the lots, but it needs to publicize future plans.

And its future plans should have students as a top priority.

The city is partially to blame for the situation. It approved the construction of the 73-acre stadium without any plans for mass public transportation, which would help the lack of parking.

We understand that it benefits the university to have a close relationship with the city and area businesses. It helps increase the prominence of UTA and results in increased enrollment and political support in the Legislature.

But in its quest to become a prominent university, the administration needs to remember that tuition-paying students come first.

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