On July 24, Butler students received a brief email on the Butler Connection detailing an increased price of parking decals from $60 to $75. Although this larger price tag might leave a sour taste in students’ mouths, the extra money will go toward feasible, positive changes. The message alluded to “new parking-related software,” which left…
Officer Chalmers | The man behind the tickets
The feeling of dread elicited by a tiny green slip of paper on the windshield of a car is familiar to many Butler University students with cars on campus.
OPINION | Yes, we have a parking problem
Even in the midst of midterm- exam season, mumbled curses and nervous breakdowns on Butler University’s campus are likely to occur when someone has a parking drama.
22 Spots. 2 Sides. 1 Dispute
Hayleigh Colombo | Editor in Chief | hcolombo@butler.edu Ryan Lovelace | Staff Writer | rlovelac@butler.edu A city board’s vote on Jan. 11 to expand Butler University’s parking plan effectively brought to a screeching halt a long-standing dispute between the university and the Phi Delta Theta Foundation. Since 2009, the two parties have clashed over who…
Parking revenue brings in nearly $370,000
Butler University Police Department made about 90 percent of its more than $400,000 total income last year from parking revenues. Registration fees made up $241,555, $104,290 came from tickets and $23,635.92 came from parking meters, according to a 2010-11 budget. Police Chief Ben Hunter said BUPD couldn’t sustain itself on parking revenues alone, but it…
University donors, alumni, guests add to list of drivers looking for a spot on campus
Butler University students, faculty and staff might be 1,412 permits short of feeling like they have ample parking, but they’re not the only ones on campus trying to find a spot. Dozens of donors, alumni and visitors drive to Butler each day, and the departments that bring them said it’s a struggle to make their…
Fresh take on old problems
As a much older BU alum, I subscribe to the Collegian for the latest happenings on campus. The parking problem story (Aug. 31) remains just that. In the past 50-plus years, Greek housing created parking lots, and new “lots” (library, next to Alpha Phi etc.) have resulted in additional spaces. Closing of the old mall…
Unify parking permit to solve problems
After a long day of classes, homework and struggling to meet 1 a.m. newspaper deadlines, I’m more than happy to meet the seat of my run-down, dented-up ’97 Chevy Cavalier to take me back home to the Apartment Village. But when that all-too familiar 4-inch by 8-inch bright green envelope placed gingerly under my broken…
Future freshmen don’t need cars
Parking on university campuses can be a real pain. For the last several years I attended and worked at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, where once I looked nearly two hours for a spot. Texas Christian University, my undergraduate alma mater, was more like Butler University, and it presented a fair share of problems too. Butler…
LETTER TO THE EDITOR | Parking least of our concerns
As we head into week two of classes, Butler’s largest-ever freshman class is beginning to familiarize themselves with the campus and its workings. Certainly more than a few of them will pick up the September 1st issue of the Collegian, open to the opinion section, and see that the most pressing issue for the Collegian…