Comments on: This week in ridiculous: losing records to sexism http://www.theallstate.org/2009/10/14/this-week-in-ridiculous-losing-records-to-sexism/ The Voice of Austin Peay State University Since 1930 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:15:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Austin http://www.theallstate.org/2009/10/14/this-week-in-ridiculous-losing-records-to-sexism/comment-page-1/#comment-491 Austin Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:20:03 +0000 http://www.theallstate.org/?p=1535#comment-491 Good article. I agree with most of your sentiments save for one: it is nearly 4:30 pm on a Friday and the Trahern lot is well above 50% capacity. Yes, there are usually some spots open in the lot, but for the most part the staff/faculty population is well represented (I park there nearly everyday). You are correct in stating that staff/faculty lost a lot of parking, and the Trahern lot compensates for this. We pay $60 per semester to simply park at our place of employment. Even before the Trahern change when the other lots still existed, consistently I and others who pay for their red tags would be left without a single spot on campus save for the Dunn Center or even farther out. Meanwhile, many a 'green tagged' car took up what little spots we had, even when the Trahern parking was still 'green'. As a staff member who had to walk by 'green cars' parked in red spots on my way from the Dunn Center to Clement, I'd say you're looking for sympathy from a place you won't get it. Good article. I agree with most of your sentiments save for one: it is nearly 4:30 pm on a Friday and the Trahern lot is well above 50% capacity. Yes, there are usually some spots open in the lot, but for the most part the staff/faculty population is well represented (I park there nearly everyday).

You are correct in stating that staff/faculty lost a lot of parking, and the Trahern lot compensates for this. We pay $60 per semester to simply park at our place of employment.

Even before the Trahern change when the other lots still existed, consistently I and others who pay for their red tags would be left without a single spot on campus save for the Dunn Center or even farther out. Meanwhile, many a ‘green tagged’ car took up what little spots we had, even when the Trahern parking was still ‘green’.

As a staff member who had to walk by ‘green cars’ parked in red spots on my way from the Dunn Center to Clement, I’d say you’re looking for sympathy from a place you won’t get it.

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