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Students utilizing the new “Park and Ride” service have been consistently late to classes this week due to traffic and excess number of riders.
BY MADISON HILL The Daily Mississippian
When a student arrives on campus at 7:30 a.m., he or she does not expect to be five minutes late for an 8 a.m. class. Such was the case for junior English major Danielle Thornton Tuesday morning, who has been faithfully using the South Lot “Park and Ride” System since its inception at the beginning of the fall semester. “The first bus that came was full from the apartments (on Old Taylor Road), so it just passed us,” Thornton said. “The second bus was mostly full, but I was able to get on. When we left, there were still people there in the parking lot.”
“Park and Ride” is a parking option designed to accommodate the needs of commuter students. Commuters purchase a South Lot decal from the university parking services for $10, as opposed to $60 for the regular commuter parking decals. They park their cars on the edge of campus in the South Lot, which is located at the intersection of Old Taylor Road and Highway 6. Students then take an Oxford University Transit bus up to University Avenue where it connects to the Grove Loop, and the bus circles the campus and eventually ends up back at the South Lot. This system, which is known as the Green Route, also picks up students living in apartment complexes
on Old Taylor Road. ly arriving late for classes due Linda Christian, manager of to issues such as, in Thornton’s parking services, said the OUT case, an overload of people on system is usually known for the bus. The University Police its timeliness and efficiency. Department, which encouragChristian said three buses run es students to take advantage on a 10-minute schedule from of the new service, was equally 7:20 a.m. to 12:20 p.m. and surprised at the inconsistency two buses run on a 15-minute this week, Christian said. schedule from 12:20 p.m. to “In my experiences with 7:30 p.m. There are 30 seats OUT, they are very diligent on each bus, and the maximum about running on time — to capacity is 50 people per bus. the minute — on their schedChristian said that the service uled routes and stops,” Chriswas offered primarily because tian said. of the anticipated increase in Graduate student Travis student enrollment. Smith experienced otherwise. “We are pleased with the “Every now and then, it is start of this new parking op- difficult to get back (from tion,” Christian said. campus),” Smith said. “Buses However, students using this get sparse.” “Park and Ride” service from the South Lot have been steadi- See SOUTH LOT, PAGE 5
Gee’s Bend is a rural community southwest of Selma, Ala. After the Civil War, the freed slaves of Gee’s Bend founded a community nearly isolated from the surrounding world. The women developed a sophisticated quilting style, and passed it down through 6 generations.
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Baptist Memorial to relocate from South Lamar BY MASON MCDILLION The Daily Mississippian
Baptist Memorial HospitalNorth Mississippi, located off South Lamar, announced it will be seeking a new location at a public meeting held in the Oxford Conference Center on Monday. The meeting was held between officials of Baptist Memorial Hospital, Oxford’s Board of Alderman and Lafayette County Board of Supervisors. Although there is no set location or final construction date for the hospital, Don Hutson, Administrator and CEO of Baptist Memorial HospitalNorth Mississippi projects the
new Baptist Memorial Hospi- be done. tal-North Mississippi to begin “First Baptist has to purconstruction in 2012 and hope chase the lease from the city to occupy the new facility by and county before anything summer of 2015. is done, then there is a design Officials announced the hos- stage which leads to construpital will be building a $300- ction,” Hutson said. million state-of-the-art regionBaptist Memorial is expandal referral facility. ing to a different location be“We believe that having a cause of seismic codes, which state-of-the-art facility will put restrictions on further help us as we expand, grow and building to the current hospirecruit to this area,” Don Hut- tal. son, Administrator and CEO “This hospital is landlocked of Baptist Memorial Hospital- on 13 acres, we can’t build up,” North Mississippi said. Hutson said. The location site of the new Due to the seismic codes, hospital is still undetermined. Baptist Memorial is looking to There are still stages of the relocate to a facility that will negotiating process that need give them enough space to perto be worked out before any movement on the project can See BAPTIST, PAGE 6
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