Parking creates problems for students UP ‘Til Dawn promotes St. Jude’s research hospital

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Tennessee. Thomas founded the hospital after praying to St. Jude Thaddeus, saint of impossible causes. He vowed that if St. Jude answered his prayers, he would build a shrine for the saint.

Thomas’ prayers were answered, and the shrine was built.

St. Jude’s is a place “where no one pays for treatment beyond what is covered by insurance, and those without insurance are never asked to pay,” and “all patients accepted for treatment at St. Jude are treated without regard to the family’s ability to pay,”

PARKING, page 1 spot. I think that’s ridiculous.”

In response to the incessant complaints of the student body, the director of public safety, Lillian Burroughs, said in an email to the Loquitur, “ The Cabrini Administration has known about parking problems on campus for some time. We are looking for ways to temporarily ease the burden.”

Burroughs said that Cabrini is growing not only academically but residentially as well, and most students, including freshman, have a car on campus. Public safety is doing as much as they can to limit residential parking for freshman and is utilizing the Valley Forge Military Academy Sullivan parking lot for approved residential freshman.

“It would help if the residential students stayed parked so the commuters can find a space designated specifically for commuters,” said Burroughs.

The commuters and many residents who cannot find parking spots on campus are begin- ning to park along the rows of parked cars in each parking lot, on the grass areas and numerous other unmarked spots.

In response, Burroughs said, “We have been very considerate with parking violations, especially on Tuesdays and Thursdays. My expectation is that this is only for a short time on these days and the vehicles will be moved.”

When the vehicles are not moved after class, it creates an illegal parking space, which forces public safety to write out a violation.

Burroughs said that she be- lieves that more students are being ticketed due to better management of the parking program forcing all students to register their cars and bringing attention to those that want to drive carelessly on campus.

As of yet, no changes or improvements have made themselves evident in this urgent matter at Cabrini. The students remain concerned while public safety continues to look at ways to better the situation.

“There is definitely not enough parking on campus,” junior edu- according to stjude.org. The hospital costs about one million dollars a day to run and runs strictly on donations. Here at Cabrini, UTD just kicked off its Awareness Week. Some events that took place were Chili’s night and “Lick Away Cancer” with free lollipops. Information will be posted around campus for future UTD events. cation major Jess Sampson said. “Cabrini should consider creating more spots where the upperclassmen reside, so they will not take up the spots in the commuter lots.”

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Public safety remains firm on improving the issue and urges all students to register their cars. “Our goal is to have a safe and secure campus,” said Burroughs.

While the management of the parking program may be better, the parking program itself remains unimproved and students remain unsatisfied.