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Friday, July 24
The Indiana Daily Student

SRSC flubbing up with two-hour limit

After reading the article on the parking situation in the IDS, I am extremely frustrated and would like to voice my opinion. I am a recent IU graduate and I pay a lot of money to be able to use the SRSC facilities. In addition, I had to pay for an "F" parking permit so I could park at the Student Recreational Sports Center after 5 p.m. everyday. I have every right to park at the SRSC and use the facility for as long as I please. Many nights I lift weights and play basketball and I am in the gym for much longer than two hours. I am guessing that the person who thought of this new "two-hour rule" is not a physically active person or at least has never worked out at the SRSC before (where many nights I have had to wait in line to get into the weight room, and every night I have to wait to get on certain machines). I understand that there is a parking problem at the SRSC, but putting a two-hour time limit on people that are really using the facilities is not the solution. What about a four-hour time limit? Why does there have to be a parking attendant present until 11:30 p.m.? Why not have a someone monitoring the lot until 5 or 6 p.m. when most people are done with classes? Why not build more parking spaces in the grassy area behind the SRSC? And why rip off students at the rate of $1.50 per half hour over the two hour allotted time? This school will look for any excuse to take students' money. The poorly thought-out idea of a two-hour time limit is ridiculous and if anyone expects me to stop my car to pay some guy $1.50 because I didn't rush through my workout quickly enough, they are definitely mistaken.

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