Lakeland Mirror

Issue date: 11/1/07 Section: Opinions

Pledging Musko [Click to enlarge]

One of the interesting things about Lakeland College is that it has a lot of parking spaces, yet you always hear people complaining about finding one. It's funny when it is a Saturday night and, despite the fact half of the student population left for home, when you get back from your run to Wal-Mart, the entire Morland/Kurtz/Muehlmeier parking lot is full of non-Lakelander's cars.

When that happens, I'm forced to find a spot in the Hill lot, where I'll walk further than normal to my apartment. On top of that, I live in the designated handicap Morland apartment, which is not legal to park in front of due to the handicap spaces. The lot has at least five handicap spaces, and I've never seen anyone legally park in them.

It might be whiny to complain about having to walk 100 feet more than usual to your residence, but when I'm lugging groceries, it's just a tad bit inconvenient. The problem becomes even worse on special parent weekends, or homecoming.

I've parked in the Grosshuesch lot numerous times because of overcrowded parking on those weekends. We all know walking an extra quarter of a mile in Sheboygan wind is not thrilling.

Nevertheless, the worst part of the experience is forgetting where you parked your car. At one point, I couldn't find my car anywhere, and I couldn't fathom a reason why it would be anywhere but the Morland or Hill parking lots.

After a campus tour with security in a golf cart, it shows up in Grosshuesch leaving me bewildered and jumping to conclusions. As it turns out, accusing your roommate of stealing your car can be a bit of a strain on the friendship. It took me two weeks to remember what actually happened, and it only came to mind when I was forced to park in Grosshuesch again.

So how can we solve this problem? I for one would petition to remove some of the handicap spaces, or at the very least give some parking privileges to the residents who live in the apartments they exist for. But for the rest of the students plagued by these same problems, we could clearly use some more parking spaces. We have a lot of extra grass area to the left of the Muehlmeier lot, so why not tear it up?

Not the most "green" of statements, I know. But hey, I didn't come to Lakeland to mind the environment. I'm clearly in the wrong industry for that, all I do is print papers for you. Waste not, want not? What a confusing proverb. Pave paradise and put up a parking lot.

Pledge Musko.

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