Campus
      News
     
    
   
   
    
     
      The
      Parking
      Situation
      on
      Campus
     
     
      By
      Rob
      Coffin
     
    
   
   
    
     
      If
      you
      drive
      a
      car
      to
      UPEI,
      then
      you
      know
      that
     
     
      most
      days
      you
      would
      do
      just
      as
      well
      to
      park
      at
     
     
      K-Mart
      as
      on
      campus.
      The
      UPEI
      Security
     
     
      Department
      is
      doing
      its
      best
      to
      regulate
      this
     
     
      problem.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      It
      is
      the
      duty
      of
      our
      9
      member
      Security
      force
      to
     
     
      watch
      out
      for
      the
      life
      and
      safety
      of
      each
      student
     
     
      at
      UPEI
      An
      integral
      part
      of
      Security’s
      job
      is
      to
     
     
      keep
      vehicle
      traffic
      moving
      efficiently.
      With
      an
     
     
      ever
      increasing
      student
      population,
      this
      is
     
     
      becoming
      more
      difficult.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      For
      students’
      information
      UPEI
      is
      the
      only
     
     
      Atlantic
      Canadian
      university
      that
      offers
      free
     
     
      parking.
      Other
      universities
      charge
      for
      parking
      by
     
     
      way
      of
      meters,
      selling
      spaces,
      or
      by
      paying
      a
     
     
      per-semester
      fee
      and
      receivit:p
      a
      registration
      card
     
     
      for
      parking.
      Students
      are
      fc:tunate
      in
      one
      sense
     
     
      that
      we
      can
      park
      our
      cars
      and
      pay
      nothing.
      With
     
     
      other
      educational
      costs
      increasing,
      students
      get
      the
     
     
      benefits
      of
      maintained
      parking
      lots
      with
      good
     
     
      lighting
      and
      efficient
      snow
      removal.
      So
      even
      if
     
     
      you
      must
      park
      down
      by
      the
      rugby
      field,
      consider
     
    
   
   
    
     
      yourself
      somewhat
      lucky.
      Parking
      does
      cost
      money
      at
     
     
      other
      universities.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      A.J.
      MacLeod,
      Head
      of
      UPEI
      Security,
      figures
      that
      if
     
     
      parking
      spaces
      here
      were
      sold,
      then
      we
      would
      have
     
     
      enough.
      Don’t
      panic,
      however,
      because
      this
      isn’t
     
     
      about
      to
      happen.
      Charging
      for
      parking,
      however,
     
     
      could
      possibly
      alleviate
      the
      problem
      by
      encouraging
     
     
      students
      and
      others
      to
      travel
      together
      to
      the
     
     
      university.
      Where
      possible,
      students
      are
      asked
      and
     
     
      encouraged
      to
      share
      a
      car
      rather
      than
      travel
      alone.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      New
      parking
      lots
      are
      unlikely
      to
      be
      constructed
      in
     
     
      the
      near
      future
      at
      UPEI.
      For
      now,
      Security
      is
      doing
     
     
      its
      best.
      But
      they
      still
      must
      enforce
      the
      parking
     
     
      regulations
      of
      the
      University.
      The
      upshot
      of
      this
      is
     
     
      that
      illegal
      parking
      is
      unlikely
      to
      be
      tolerated
      and
      that
     
     
      tow
      trucks
      have
      pagers.
      Not
      a
      threat
      at
      all,
      but
      it
      is
     
     
      Security’s
      duty
      to
      run,
      for
      safety’s
      sake,
      an
      efficient
     
     
      parking
      system
      at
      UPEI.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      That’s
      all
      for
      now.
      More
      next
      week
      on
      the
      UPEI
     
     
      Security
      Department.
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      September
      20th,
      1990
     
    
   
   
    
     
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