Students are taking the parking issue into their own hands in response to The Guardian article published on Sept. 30 where President David Hopkins told the paper that parking wasn’t as “legitimate of a concern at this point.”
Wright State students point out the concern that their grades hang in the balance in regards to attendance, for some professors.
“If you’re 10 minutes late, after three times, that’s a grade reduction,” WSU Student Government Association commuter senator Ben Hamilton said. “They get to park right up front and yet they’re the ones that are holding are grades and penalizing us. Were [the ones] paying them to teach us, it’s not our fault that we can’t park.”
An online petition [got to: goo.gl/2zHi6R] was advertised on students’ cars this past week; one which students, parents and alumni alike have signed. Student Michael Granai started the petition two weeks ago and has already garnered support of over 1,100 signatures. Some of the demands listed on the petition site include:
- Offer students a refund on their parking pass
- Move some daytime classes to the evenings to alleviate parking
- Open faculty and staff-only parking lots to students
- Sell a finite number of passes on a first-come, first-serve basis
- Expand parking
To voice your concerns on the parking situation, contact Hamilton at ben.hamilton@wsusg.com. Students are also encouraged to use the cause’s hashtag: #WSUParking
To watch a Guardian video posted in January of 2010 that deals with the exact same parking issues that we have now, click below!
