The most delightful part in the life of any commuter student, going to UConn, is the morning commute. Few things can compare to the rush and thrill that goes into waking up in the morning and making the drive to campus, only to decide that it may be next to impossible to find a spot and that your class already started about half an hour ago.

Every commuter has a great story that goes into their experience of driving to campus every morning. It all starts with that first payment. Personally, and I'm sure this is the same for many other students, I spent $244 on a parking pass. This pass has some value to it, nothing beats the feeling of walking into Parking Services, the same people who give us those tickets for parking somewhere for only let's say ten minutes, looking them in the eye and being like, I'm legal now--I'm legit and it's time for me to get my cut.

The value of the two hundred bucks seems great at first. I mean, a commuter lot for that much money for the whole year? What could be better than that, what could match the feeling of parking somewhere and walking to class without any fear that your wallet will be dented? But then the real rush sets in and the excitement comes to life. I may have paid my dues but when the lot is full, it gets real.

My schedule is lenient this semester, sure I have one 8 am class but the rest are 11, 12 and so on and so forth. And let's face it, there are days when you're just in bed and like, whatever today I don't need to go to so and so class because my professor already put the lectures online and I don't have to listen to his mind numbing anecdotes about his personal life and for the real unfortunate students, the professor's sex lives. So obviously, I decide to skip class and my 9 am becomes an 11 am.

Then comes the unfortunate task of going to campus and finding convenient parking to be able to get to my class successfully without sweating profusely on my "jog" to class. It's a completely legitimate question when I ask, why are there not more commuter spots placed in more convenient locations?

I took a summer class, and for those of you that haven't seen UConn in the summer yet, it's empty, and pretty--sure. But, it's also a mess at the same time. Construction was rampant everywhere like it still is and oftentimes it seemed that most of the construction was not accomplishing anything. Sometimes it literally looked like things were being moved just to be put back into place, or a team of 15 people were needed to put a flower pot onto a street corner, no but seriously.

I'm a nobody to the administration, just like any of us, we're sources of money that the University benefits from to continue projects such as the great flower planting that takes months and many people to accomplish. But at the end of the day, it is too much to ask to have a few more spots for those people who are traveling from off campus?

Our advisors, our teachers, and everyone else are quick to critique us regarding our academic performances and how it goes hand in hand with attendance; as well as the importance and urgency we give to classes. Parking woes puts all those reasons to rest.

Bottom line, we need more parking but probably isn't even going to happen. So like our professors do every day in class, I just rambled on about something that bothers me, for almost no one to hear.