THE DAILY
MISSISSIPPIAN
Thursday, September 8, 2016
Volume 105, No. 13
T H E S T U D E N T N E W S PA P E R O F T H E U N I V E R S I T Y O F M I S S I S S I P P I S E R V I N G O L E M I S S A N D OX F O R D S I N C E 1 9 1 1
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The Ole Miss Department of Parking and Transportation revenue has increased nearly 60 percent since the 2014-2015 academic year. For the 2015-2016 academic year, Parking and Transportation brought in $5,131,455 through permits, fines, meters, the Pavilion parking garage, bike services and special event services. Last year, the revenue for the department was only $3,219,000, according to Richard L. Bradley, manager of administrative affairs for Parking and Transportation. Bradley said the increase is due to heightened in student enrollment and revenue from the Pavilion parking garage. Many students believe that there is currently an insufficient amount of
parking on campus. New commuter lots have been added in recent years, but as the amount of students attending the university continues to rise, the demand for more parking increases. A large portion of the revenue is allotted toward parking lots. In fact, all profits from citations and permit sales fund the department’s services. The revenue is divided between several categories of spending; $2,162,969 of the revenue funded operations such as permits, software, parking enforcement, administration, equipment and more; $671,617 went to transportation $70,515 to general maintenance, $1,098,261 to debt service and $1,128,093 to deferred maintenance and capital outlay. “I think the majority should probably go
to making more parking, because there’s obviously not enough...I (also) think the more parking they make, the more affordable it should be,” junior integrated marketing communications major Aja Bell said. Currently, there have been 18,279 annual parking permits bought for the current school year out of 49,684 that were issued in total. Permit prices ranged from $60 to $750. Half of the permits were for commuter and Parkn-Ride; students with this permit type accounted for 30 percent of all citations last year. The university is adding another commuter lot with 1,000 additional spaces, which is scheduled to be complete by summer 2018. The lot will be located next to the new campus recre-
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Parking and Transportation Earnings 2015-2016 earnings were through permits, fines, meters, the Pavilion garage, bike services, and special event services. 18,279 annual parking permits were purchased for the current 2016-2017 school year. Students accounted for 30 percent of the 49,684 citations issued in the previous year. Citation cost anywhere from $10 to $200. The UM Parking and Transportation department earned $5,131,455. This is a breakdown showing where those earnings were spent.
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$2,162,969 OPERATIONS
$5,131,455
Permits Software Parking Enforcement Administration Equipment etc.
$1,128,093
DEFERRED MAINTENANCE & CAPITAL OUTLAY
$1,098,261 DEBT SERVICE
$671,617
TRANSPORTATION
$70,515
GENERAL MAINTENANCE
GRAPHIC BY: MARISA MORRISSETTE
Construction to close Union for spring 2017 semester SAMANTHA WHITTLE thedmnews@gmail.com
The Ole Miss Student Union will close after finals week in December until the fall 2017 semester when its new expansion is completed. The new expanded side at the back of the Union will be open while the renovations on the front side are being done. Renovations will continue un-
til the fall 2018 semester, when the entire Union will be completed and open. In 1977, when the Union first opened, it acted as a community center for almost 9,000 students. The current student population at Ole Miss is over 20,000, which exceeds the amount of spaces for students available in the Union. After the expansion, the size will have doubled from 97,600 to 173,000 square feet.
“The Union is usually very crowded and hard to find a seat, especially during lunch,” junior marketing and corporate relations major Timera Rodgers said. “The expansions will give the students more room to relax, interact with each other and get involved on campus.” Some of the expansions and renovations include a larger Union lobby with lounge space, eight conference room,
a large ballroom with a lobby and balcony, a larger dining space with a food court and a front porch overlooking the Grove. Other new additions to the Union include an Associated Student Body suite, a Dean of Students conference room and suite, a Student Activities Association office, an auditorium, a center for student organizations and a large workroom leadership suite. A transit
hub will also be located on the basement level of the Union. The project will cost $50 million, which comes from state funding, bonds and the capital improvement fees students are required to pay. While the Union is closed, many of the important offices and other services will be relocating to other areas around campus. The Barnes and Noble
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