The University announced recently that a new residence hall will be built on the Bean Complex parking lot. The problem is that the Bean parking lot is practically the only one where students can find parking during the day, and is one of the only to allow parking overnight. Where are students going to park? Not all of us live on a bus route with frequent service, so LTD is not always a viable option. I don’t think Matthew Knight Arena will have enough spaces for students, staff, and visitors, if its lot is even open for students to use. The University needs to think through the impact of the new dorm on student parking and the neighbors surrounding the campus. Or maybe the University does not want local students attending; after all, we pay lower resident tuition and most of us do not pay the thousands of dollars extra to live in the dorms. A new dorm would earn more money than student parking permits.
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