tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post5185731906408146966..comments2023-10-15T04:23:50.187-04:00Comments on College Misery: Agnes of Dog Wants to Talk Parking...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-32848537838809353662013-08-31T07:58:39.557-04:002013-08-31T07:58:39.557-04:00No one would work at my college if they did not pr...No one would work at my college if they did not provide safe parking for faculty and staff. As others have said, this thread is making me appreciate my place of employment a bit more....Bellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15686242633678466958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-14837056892123888212013-08-30T18:11:32.426-04:002013-08-30T18:11:32.426-04:00Thanks for the recommendation. I was sadly unaware...Thanks for the recommendation. I was sadly unaware of Connie Willis, but just read her account of this year's LOCUS awards and am intrigued. "The Best of Connie Willis" is now on my Amazon wish list.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02906546940408742913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-544974127485478682013-08-30T12:48:22.120-04:002013-08-30T12:48:22.120-04:00There is a really funny and spot-on short story by...There is a really funny and spot-on short story by Connie Willis - "In the Late Cretaceous" that just NAILS so many of the favorite issues of CM-ers - Snowflakes, Profflakes, Adminiflakes, the Parking Gestapo, etc. I hope others out there find it and read it sometime.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-54879033172139165662013-08-30T10:11:01.775-04:002013-08-30T10:11:01.775-04:00Oh, mathesian, if I lived in a place where there w...Oh, mathesian, if I lived in a place where there were tree-lined sidewalks and pleasant temperatures, it wouldn't be a bad deal at all. I'm a runner and distances don't scare me. But when I have to wear non-wicking clothes and carrying a satchel full of papers etc., it makes what would seem pleasant into minor torture.<br /><br />To put it bluntly, I live in Scorched Earth State.<br /Agnes of Doghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06883871646619874081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-66763442642119401442013-08-30T10:04:25.690-04:002013-08-30T10:04:25.690-04:00Of course, the people who should really get the mo...Of course, the people who should really get the most convenient parking spots are adjunct faculty, who often have the tightest schedules (and can't always come in early, because they're busy teaching/working somewhere else). But creating reserved spots for adjunct faculty in convenient (i.e. central and visible) places would call far too much attention to their numbers. Contingent Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08161652083031423415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-91302929596398719772013-08-30T10:02:13.943-04:002013-08-30T10:02:13.943-04:00I'm not sure it's always true that student...I'm not sure it's always true that students use their cars less than faculty. As our campus becomes increasingly residential, but many of our students continue to work long hours to afford tuition (as well as the fancy campus housing), we have a good many students who live on campus, and commute off campus to work (and/or internships). <br /><br />I'd walk the mile, too, given the Contingent Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08161652083031423415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-13988003264645192262013-08-30T09:53:31.947-04:002013-08-30T09:53:31.947-04:00I can't remember exactly what I pay, because i...I can't remember exactly what I pay, because it's taken out of my paycheck (pre-tax, I'm pretty sure, Peter K.), but I think it's c. $200 for the year. My campus is outer-suburban; a friend who teaches in the city around which our metropolitan area is centered pays nearly that per month. Contingent Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08161652083031423415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-79187185535086647552013-08-30T08:38:56.031-04:002013-08-30T08:38:56.031-04:00I agree that giving the faculty lots to residentia...I agree that giving the faculty lots to residential students is silly. Since Residential students need to use their cars the least, they should have the worst lots. Clearly commuters and faculty should be preferred<br /><br />HOWEVER, do I live in some kind of alternate universe where walking a mile to school is not a hardship, and instead a privilege? Why on earth would you drive only a mile,mathesianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12439534799094303457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-27223416469041795242013-08-30T08:23:10.244-04:002013-08-30T08:23:10.244-04:00Ringo on a rotocycle, our campus is approximately ...Ringo on a rotocycle, our campus is approximately 1 mile square and students still drive to class.introvert.profhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09042783611716432247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-6039825484849808072013-08-30T00:30:43.464-04:002013-08-30T00:30:43.464-04:00Sorry...many, many incoherent typos. Here's wh...Sorry...many, many incoherent typos. Here's what I meant to say:<br /><br />Be careful! We had some very civil parking discourse at Motor City SLAC after one of our prime faculty lots became a res hall lot, but it still ended poorly for some. Faculty members were upset that we hadn't been consulted or even told about the decision. We just showed up one fall and there were new signs in ourMotor City Mitchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02247660118316174690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-83645717060463909612013-08-30T00:16:54.226-04:002013-08-30T00:16:54.226-04:00I'm jealous. I pay more than $1700/year to pa...I'm jealous. I pay more than $1700/year to park a quarter mile from my office.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-28632722754851709852013-08-29T22:38:07.405-04:002013-08-29T22:38:07.405-04:00Holy shit. I pay $75 per year and get an extra pa...Holy shit. I pay $75 per year and get an extra parking sticker for the pickup driven by the Lovely Ms. Ben. A parking space next to my building awaits me if I arrive before the crack of 9 am. This thread makes me like my school a little bit more. You've ruined my evening.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-43840203883451382242013-08-29T21:34:25.922-04:002013-08-29T21:34:25.922-04:00We lost a bunch of convenient spots because someon...We lost a bunch of convenient spots because someone complained that it was "dangerous" for faculty to drive down a road next to class buildings. Had anyone ever been hit? No, but a few years ago a faculty member was "almost hit." There are already speed bumps so you can't drive over 5 mph, and delivery trucks can still use the drive. But wave goodbye to 8-10 faculty Middle-Aged and Morosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04046076243513948921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-26813491225055421632013-08-29T21:22:16.289-04:002013-08-29T21:22:16.289-04:00I have to say that this whole thread is making me ...I have to say that this whole thread is making me feel much better about my workplace. 8-minute commute, park right at my building, and I pay $30 a year for the privilege. <br /><br />Usually I SO want to live somewhere else, but today, not so much.StellafromSparksburghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17584701718285662953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-67818517431941528542013-08-29T21:10:29.891-04:002013-08-29T21:10:29.891-04:00Holy hell! I'll take my piddly little $300/yea...Holy hell! I'll take my piddly little $300/year over your $1100 anytime, Prof Poopiehead! Guess that's one of the benefits of living in a wanna-be mid-sized town.<br /><br />Anything to make a buck, I suppose.Nancy from Nileshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10591411416569254031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-61817437706360969402013-08-29T20:41:19.997-04:002013-08-29T20:41:19.997-04:00Yes! I understand that parking fees serve as a det...Yes! I understand that parking fees serve as a deterrent, which my university makes obvious by making them astronomically higher for undergrads than for staff. But there should be some relationship between salary and fees!Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16403289509523215570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-31766804654159834192013-08-29T20:38:57.935-04:002013-08-29T20:38:57.935-04:00I'd love to pay $200 a year. At my uni, it is...I'd love to pay $200 a year. At my uni, it is about $1100 a year. At another university it is a more reasonable $500, but of such a great distance that they run school bus shuttles from the parking lot to the campus. In Canuckistan, it is universities and hospitals that hose their employees for parking.Prof Poopieheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00997969128824319914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-24389238829434791872013-08-29T20:34:06.152-04:002013-08-29T20:34:06.152-04:00I agree with that. We have a shiny new parking bui...I agree with that. We have a shiny new parking building reasonably close to my office, and it is possible to get a spot if you arrive by 10 AM (kinda early for me). But I pay $360 a year for the privilege, and I don't think it is tax deductible. Peter Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00754472537710161295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-91672324458831343442013-08-29T20:03:57.472-04:002013-08-29T20:03:57.472-04:00We're losing spots too but we're not even ...We're losing spots too but we're not even growing. Our enrollment has dropped! But still, the powers that be in the Parking Office took about 40 faculty and staff spots away from our building at the beginning of the semester. Gave them to the students. Someone must have pitched a fit (but not a very big one) because we got about 10 of those spaces back.<br /><br />What really pisses me Nancy from Nileshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10591411416569254031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-38393202702443147072013-08-29T19:22:08.646-04:002013-08-29T19:22:08.646-04:00My students complain about having to walk 300 feet...My students complain about having to walk 300 feet from the parking lot to their classrooms. As a residential campus, students park (and leave) their cars in all of the choice spots near buildings. Faculty don't live on campus, so end up having to park and walk the 15 minutes from the far lots. And yet, we still beat them to class every day.The Contemplative Cynichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02088570661592922436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-87295386091190292602013-08-29T16:30:50.779-04:002013-08-29T16:30:50.779-04:00At my school, parking seems to be the only issue t...At my school, parking seems to be the only issue that gets the faculty mad enough to complain. Low salaries, poor research infrastructure, increased teaching loads, lack of classroom space and an oppressive administrative demands are met with a shrug. "What can we do other than try to make the best of it?" But when faculty lose 20 parking spots because of a construction project, theyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-57479828552015391132013-08-29T15:48:18.416-04:002013-08-29T15:48:18.416-04:00The more piss ant my school, the better my parking...The more piss ant my school, the better my parking has been.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-84900679115643119532013-08-29T15:14:56.267-04:002013-08-29T15:14:56.267-04:00You can't beat this. In these sorts of situat...You can't beat this. In these sorts of situations, the only thing you can do is come in as early as you can so you can get a spot.<br /><br />Sometimes I am sorry I am not teaching at a bigger research university, with a huge, well-stocked library, a much bigger salary, lighter teaching load, a decent travel budget, and a plethora of facilities. Not to mention that I would probably not be StellafromSparksburghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17584701718285662953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-54043000739507903172013-08-29T14:47:34.639-04:002013-08-29T14:47:34.639-04:00Too bad you are not at retirement age, and like th...Too bad you are not at retirement age, and like that Dalhousie University prof back in 2011, say "fuck this parking bullshit" and abruptly retire, effective immediately.Prof Poopieheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00997969128824319914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-64685293957100007812013-08-29T12:34:52.517-04:002013-08-29T12:34:52.517-04:00From the NYT obituary of Clark Kerr , former presi...From the <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2003/12/02/national/02KERR.html" rel="nofollow">NYT obituary of Clark Kerr </a>, former president of the UC system: "He joked that a university had become ``a series of individual faculty entrepreneurs held together by a common grievance over parking.'' [reading more of this, he sounds like a very smart, and sadly prescient, man.]Contingent Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08161652083031423415noreply@blogger.com