THE PURSUIT OF PARKING

Alterations Create Ne W Traffic Patterns

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'sophomore Daryl Cyrus Jr. said during week ofschool Students arrived on i to find afaculty parking lotin place courts,aswell asnewroads,new traffic s and newparking regulations worked hard tomake many ions over the summer Some changes making Liberty Lane a one-way :losing offthe road above the baseball constructing Regents Parkway, the :er road onthe west side of campus "lomore Denise Roberts hadpositive on the newperimeter road "The back IIbea lotbetter fortraffic,"she said d iswider and safer forpedestrians."

Accommodations were made for commuter students,including afree park andride service from the Plaza and River Ridge Mall anda carpool decal.

Commuter andgraduate student Laura Putney welcomed the road changes "There are real crosswalks andsigns.Itlooks a lot nicer," Putney said. Greeted bythe newlook andfeel, the largest incoming class sawthat the growing college could no longer afford a small campus mentality New student Heidi Melin thought that any initialconfusion would dissolve quickly Adjustments were made tocater tothe growing student body Bray said,"Traffic isbetter and parking isnot somuch of a hassle Students do not want to worry about those things when coming to classes. That's what the administration wastrying toachieve with the changes made."

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