Being a student at Texas Woman’s University I am aware of some of the problems that occur on campus. Unfortunately, the parking situation here on campus sticks out like a sore thumb. Whether you can’t find an open parking space anywhere on campus or whether you just can’t justify paying $70.00 for a parking permit when it doesn’t guarantee you a parking spot. Not only are students fighting traffic to find a parking spot, but they are also having to park long distances from their class, which can become a major problem in the middle of winter in Texas. All of these problems faced by students that attend this university all boil down to how more parking needs to be added to this university. Throughout this essay I will inform you about a possible …show more content…
How much will the parking structure cost? According to Ryan McClain, president of Fehr and Peers, a construction company, the total cost estimate of a parking structure containing 600 available spaces would cost around $36 million dollars, this cost estimate does not include any of the demolition fees or surface work to the existing parking lot or ground area that would need to take place beforehand (McClain). $36 million dollars is a lot of money to just having lying around; it could be quite difficult to come up with that large amount of money. The Texas Woman’s University has many different ways that it can obtain that amount of money. First, lets start with the Texas Woman’s University Foundation, the purpose of this organization is to receive and administer gifts to enhance educational excellence at TWU (TWU). Individuals have the opportunity to donate money to the University, whether they have attended this university or not, in order to help students achieve a better education. Don’t students have to have a place to park in order to attend class, correct? If students aren’t able to attend class this can lead to a poor education. Additional parking sounds like a perfect start to continue giving students a better education. There are also other charity organizations that donate money to the university as well. Alumni giving can also be another way colleges tend to receive donations every year. Alumni giving is known as a time when a student graduates from the college that they have received their degree from and decides to they want to give back to their school, by donating a certain amount of money. The goal of alumni giving is for the graduating student to sustain that certain generosity for a lifetime, while
Texas A&M University and the University of Texas have been rivals for over 90 years. Every year Texas A&M held an annual bonfire tradition which attracts thousands of people. It is a tradition for Texas A& M to build a huge bonfire right before the game against rivals with University of Texas. Students would spend several weeks building the bonfire. On November 18, 1999 the stack of logs collapsed over and killed 12 A&M students. The aggie bonfire tradition would never again be the same.
In her article “College Is a Waste of Time and Money”, Caroline Bird attempts to pursued her readers that colleges are overflowing with students who don’t belong there. Her article first appeared in Psychology Today (May 1975). Since this material is outdated, I find it hard to believe that most of the responses by students and parents quoted in the article still hold true. The author has set out to pursue the readers that college is a bad and unnecessary choice for today’s youth. Yet the author holds a bachelors and a masters degree from two different universities. I would think that if she thought college was really a bad choice and a waste of time and money, she would not have gone back to get her masters degree.
We are writing to voice our support for the solutions proposed by the Capitol View Park Civic Association in regards to the rising problem of traffic in Lyttonsville. Traffic and speed along Capitol View Avenue continues to be a growing concern among residents of Lyttonsville. This in conjunction with the Purple Line construction which will close the Lyttonsville Bridge and detour traffic directly through Capitol View Park, has brought a need for a remedy.
Students, you, as well as I, have always felt the strain of limitations brought upon you this and past school years. These past years, the school board has been closing students’ ability to do almost what they please to an oppressive detention in which you cannot even walk the hallways to get a sip of water. How many times have you or heard that someone has been given a detention for just walking around the halls? How many times have you been hassled for trying to go to your car and sent back into the school by a so called “rent-a-cop” and a new enforcer cop? All of these and more are related to the idea of a closed campus. I, on the other hand, am on the behalf of an open campus. An open campus gives the student more freedom and responsibility to make the right decisions. As opposition, the closed campus concept would argue that not all or any of the students should receive such trustworthiness from the school. I think that not all but a select group of students should have the open campus opportunity. Another matter with open campus is money issues in many areas in which I will discuss.
The number of complaints relating to Cal State Fullerton’s parking is out of control. Considering the prices CSU Fullerton charges to park at their school, students should be guaranteed a parking space. Students are currently outraged regarding the Cal State Fullerton’s parking conditions. Some students even decide to not attend the school based on the pricing and availability of parking. A school losing an immense number of students only because of the parking situation is insane. Cal State Fullerton should reduce the pricing towards parking for reasons of availability, cost, and profit.
From the beginning the designers of the Bullitt Center wanted to design a building that was connected to the neighborhood and surrounding environment. The site that the Bullitt Center was built on was chosen to bring more commercial activity to the surrounding residential area. One of the goals of the designers was to find a neighborhood that wanted to create interesting urban spaces and to redevelop an underutilized building site. A park that is located to the south of the building, McGilvra Park, was also revitalized as part of the project with the joint efforts from the City of Seattle Department of Parks and Recreation and the Seattle Parks Foundation. Another reason the site was chosen was because of its accessibility to alternative transit options. Located within a half mile of the Bullitt Center are a number of public bus routes as well as a proposed light rail station within walking distance. Plants were placed along the sidewalks to help protect pedestrians from vehicle traffic as well as add to a more pleasing environment. There is no parking lot located within the buildings site but it does hav...
In these cases, providing free or low-cost housing will make no difference. Therefore, the other citizens who use the sidewalks must view the unhoused as advantageous to the sidewalks, thus “bettering” the street. Consequently, those citizens, the higher status members of society, must understand the unhoused or, at least, benefit from their presence. In order to bring awareness to the homeless and to the cause of it, I would promote a series of public service announcements and advertisements, depicting the unhoused as people just like the housed, but who prefer not to live in houses. With this, I will be attempting to eliminate the stereotype that all homeless people are lazy, drug-addicted degenerates who refuse to put any effort into making their lives comfortable. Of course, there will be citizens who do not care whether the homeless like being homeless or not. In those circumstances, I will demonstrate the advantages to having people out on the sidewalks. Most importantly, I will present the city with statistics and facts that exhibit situations in which the unhoused prevented or reduced crime, which will prove the worth of having extra “eyes on the street.” Ultimately, the goal is to educate the housed population about the unhoused and their function in order to make the sidewalk been seen as a more appealing
The space on campus that I chose to analyze is the quad. After spending a substantial amount of time observing the quad I listed the negatives and positives that it had in terms of the quad encouraging communication and realized that there were many more negatives than positives. One of the reasons I decided to write about the quad is because after watching the video "The Social Life of Urban Spaces" I found it interesting that people will utilize and congregate only in certain spaces, only if certain criteria are met to suit their desires as far as the layout of the space and how inviting it is will people use the space. In my opinion every school or area where a large amount of people work should have an inviting area which encourages communication and comfort, a place where you can eat your lunch or take a break at and be able to do it in a social atmosphere which in my opinion the quad does not do. One of the things I learned from the video is places where people can sit draws more people, this may be one of the reasons that you rarely see a substantial amount of people at the quad at one time because there are very little places to sit there which would discourage anyone from being in the quad for any extended amount of time. Another reason I feel the quad does not have an inviting atmosphere which would encourage more people to go there more often is because the grass areas that they have are very small and not ideal for sitting on or doing anything on for that matter, better grass areas would allow people to sit and eat at to lay on, or do various social things like throwing a football around or something of that nature.
...ce to become independent but also creates additional jobs for teachers. Corresponding to the new teachers being hired, they need to be able to generate good ideas. Usually, that help comes from references and resources on the internet. With that said, all classrooms in every building on the campus should be fully up to date with new technologies such as projectors and the latest Windows® software. Having such software makes the teachers’ life and students learning experience more enjoyable. Finally, to put a cherry on top of making Camden County College one of the best educational institutes would be to have more parking. Inconvenient is one word that comes to mind. A parking garage can help eliminate the stress about finding a parking spot and making it to class on time. All in all, accessible parking is another great way to make this an optimal learning environment.
...s, fundraisers, and hotel fees are all great solutions to the deterioration of our sporting complexes. I hope we now realize that this is an indeed problem due to lack of parking, lack of maintenance to said complexes, and lack of concessions stands. If all or even some of these ideas are implemented, the possibilities are endless. Maybe in a couple of years down the road, I will be able to travel to my brother’s games and say, “This is as good than what we have in Nebraska City.”
Homelessness is an issue in Louisburg and has some humane solutions. I wrote this to explain ways and to tell why I think the municipal government should take action to this issue. Man have had experience with the homeless and I took this chance to tell of my experience. The homeless have a huge impact on some concerned citizens and we have taken action so why can’t our local government help our
A Preferred Women’s Health Center administrator Calla Hales also spoke up during the meeting, saying the protests are affecting all the businesses located on Latrobe Drive. She said free speech should not be given at the cost of others and that the right to parking spots is not provided for by the Constitution.
Parking on campus needs improving. Students entering the university are allowed to have a car on campus. With every new freshmen class entering parking posses a problem on campus. The campus is already limited in its parking on campus and since freshmen are allowed to have cars, the students before them are faced with the dilemma of how many new freshmen will be bringing a car to school.
Most of the time some people do not realize that they should ask for a benefit or special treatment when they face a difficult situation or necessity. In this case, the focus is on pregnant women, so those individual that need a temporary parking space should ask for it, a simple question does not mean that they will have a solution, but at least they express their needs which is a way to demonstrate power. A motive for the lack of expression is the fear that requesting more than the company offers could be an excuse to be fired. I agree that everyone has to speak out and express their opinion even if they do not find a solution. In this case, a parking permit for pregnant women could be a deserved benefit for those that
There have been many reasons why on-campus parking has become difficult in recent years. Increased student enrollment at Kent State University has posed many problems. The parking lots cannot facilitate the growing need for vehicle parking. Campus officials have undertaken construction projects to curb the parking problem, but these renovations have closed lots in the near term. Also, the increased enrollment of students has caused overcrowding on campus buses. These on-campus parking problems also have indirectly affected off-campus parking problems.