"Reject parking lot" is now for residents only

Commuter students and resident students usually have one common complaint about FAU: parking. But when students started coming back from winter break this weekend, they found a nice surprise: additional resident-only parking.

In lot 23, which is located next to the Arts and Letters building and just to the east of Indian River Towers Resident Hall, white lines were changed to green lines, indicating a change from “all decal” parking to “resident decal” parking.

In my circle of friends, we creatively called the small strip of parking lot that is located in the southern most part of lot 23 the “reject lot,” because if you had to park your car in there, that meant you were rejected from the IRT parking lot and the big part of lot 23.

This should anger commuter students, because they are losing parking spots. However, now residents can leave during the high-traffic times and actually come back to campus and find space to park their cars.

Another parking change: Lot 16, which is the University Center parking lot, is now faculty/staff and commuter students. This should put a smile on the faces of some commuter students. This angered some resident students that live in Algonquin because now they lost their close proximity parking. This will also anger the lazy residents who drive to the caf to eat everyday.

One more thing. Apparently the yellow emergency phone booths work around IRT. A community service officer pressed the big red emergency button the other night, and the blue light started flashing. That’s a good sign. I haven’t heard about these emergency boxes not working since 2002 when then Boca Student Senator Rafi Menachem went around and pressed some of the buttons just to see if they worked as part of a Campus Action Committee initiative.

Welcome back students, and happy new year.