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Friday,
August 24, 2001
Policy
changes for parking on campus
By Jill Sutton
staff reporter
Minor
changes have been made to campus parking this year that will
primarily affect incoming freshmen.
TCU Police
Chief Steve McGee said freshmen can no longer park on Main
Campus during the weekends.
“This
should make it much easier to park on the main campus for
other students and visitors,” he said.
McGee
said a bus shelter will be added to the freshman parking lot
near Ranch Management Building. The shelter, located in the
center of the parking lot, should be completed within the
next few weeks.
Ashley
Browning, a freshman pre-major, says she would feel more comfortable
with access to a shelter and emergency phone.
“I
don’t like having to park all the way out at Ranch Management,
but an emergency phone would at least make me feel more comfortable
when I had to park and walk in after dark,” she said.
Students
with Worth Hills parking permits are asked to use the shuttle
since they are living on campus. On the east side of campus,
there will be no parking for Worth Hills permits from 7 a.m.
to 5 p.m. on weekdays.
Clark
Gossett, a sophomore pre-major and Worth Hills resident, said
he does not mind taking the shuttle to class.
“I
like taking the shuttle,” Gossett said. “It makes
it easier for us because we don’t have to battle for
a parking spot on campus.”
South
Drive is closed during the Rickel Building renovations, but
McGee said this should not affect parking for students or
faculty.
“There
were not many parking spaces on South Drive anyway,”
McGee said. “Most of the parking was used for maintenance.”
The parking
lot behind the Moudy Building now has an increased number
of faculty spaces, which leaves a limited number of spaces
for student parking. Faculty members now have 50 parking spots.
Student parking was downsized to 26 spots.
The brochure
handed out with parking permits should be consulted for all
student parking questions and parking regulation information,
McGee added.
Jill Sutton
j.m.sutton@student.tcu.edu
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