Permits and Parking and Tickets: Oh My
Samantha Martin, Assistant Editor
North Greenville University is a small campus with limited parking. Because of its size, resident students are encouraged to remained parked at their dorms so that the parking around academic buildings remains available to commuting students, faculty and staff.
North Greenville campus security officer — Lt. Corporal D’Andrew Keasler [DK] Bruce, is one part of the team that patrols campus, looking for any issues that may arise, including parking violations.
“We just want to educate students on the proper way to park their vehicles. So we are capable of writing notes on the ticket as well and we try to do that — you give them a warning, write a note and explain your reasoning,” said Bruce.
Students at the beginning of the semester are required to register their vehicles with campus security, and are then sent colored decals according to their parking status. Red for female residents, black for male residents, green for married housing students, white for faculty and blue permits for commuting students.
Commuting students at times can become frustrated when resident students take the limited commuter parking due to weather or a desire to avoid the hills North Greenville is known for, that means that commuters may be forced to park farther from classes or events.
“So after driving for so long, sometimes when I get to campus I don’t find any parking whatsoever. And if so [I find parking], I have to park so far off from my classes and I have to walk such a long ways,” said Klay Jacks, a commuting student who drives over an hour to get to school each day.
“With it being a walking campus we encourage students to just stay at their dorms with their vehicles and just walk to their classes, that way there’s more room for faculty members to park, which is most important because they are the commuters, and it’s more room for commuting students as well.” said Bruce.
*Featured Image: Green parking permits designate married parking, and students have available parking in front of married housing duplexes, behind Georgia and Marshall residence halls.
