Today, I awoke plenty early for my advertising class. Left on time, too (25 minutes early, to be exact) Yet, I walked into that class 7 minutes late to class. What happened in those thirty-two minutes that made me unable to get to class on time? Did I stop at starbs for a nice cup of Joe? I wish! Did I stop to chat with a friend about the frat parties that happened this weekend? Another I wish. What I did instead for thirty minutes was drive around campus looking for a spot to park in, before I finally gave up and parked at Chili's. That's right. I spend over one hundred dollars a semester for a parking pass only to park off campus in the Chili's parking lot.

Parking on campus has always been a pain in the butt, but recently, SFA changed many resident and commuter spots to faculty and staff spots. Now, I'm not a math expert, but I am completely positive there are more faculty and staff spots than there are faculty and staff. I know that we need to supplement how little they get paid with some type of perk, but give them a ham at Christmas or something. Don't just give them EVERY SINGLE PARKING SPOT ON CAMPUS.

Now, no one is paying me big bucks. I don't even have a degree yet. Maybe I know nothing. However, in the off chance that I do know at least a little, I have a solution to the problem plaguing SFA students this semester.

Give us more spots.

Let the students have the parking spots back. The faculty and staff spots are never full. If they were, I wouldn't complain so much. However, faculty and staff can park virtually where ever. With as much tuition as I pay, I should be able to park my car on the first floor of the Ferguson building.

Honestly, all of this is to ask... nay, beg... for our parking spots back. I do not want to have to park on campus anymore. I no longer want to be late to class because I couldn't find a spot. I just want to be able to park closer than one mile away from my class.

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