Students deserve equitable parking spaces
by Shannon Harrison, managing editor

    I want to express my anger about something that I’m sure most of the students here will agree with me about—the parking lot.

I am sick and tired of coming to school everyday and not having a close place to park. After driving around for 15 minutes, I end up having to park in the back forty.

    What angers me the most, however, is all the faculty parking spaces. There are many spaces for faculty only, and they use only half of them. Why is this fair?

    I spend good money to come to this school; therefore, I should be able to have a semi-decent space. I am not asking for the front row, but at least a spot where I don’t have to walk a mile to get to my class.

    The faculty, who get paid to be here, don’t need all of these spaces. If they did, those spaces wouldn’t be empty.

    There is always the temptation of sliding into one of their many open spaces, but our wonderful TCC police, who like to roam around during the day issuing tickets, would not let that happen.

    I believe that TCC should equally distribute the parking spaces on campuses. Why should faculty get privileges and not students? We are the ones who pay this school.

    There was even a rumor that faculty were parking in handicapped spaces when they shouldn’t be. I’m sorry, but is it too far of a walk for you from your posh spaces?

    I would just love to see, for once, faculty being made to park where we have to. I do believe that they wouldn’t like it. So why should we?

    We need to take a stand and receive what it rightfully ours. TCC should give the students half of the faculty’s parking spaces.

    If it weren’t for us, teachers wouldn’t have a job, and there would be no TCC. All I’m saying is instead of having the spaces go to waste by being unused, let students use them. I don’t think I’m asking a lot.

    The faculty are not objects of gold although some of them tend to think so. They should share their spaces without objection. I don’t think it would be the end of the world if they did.

    I don’t believe that what I’m asking for should be a problem for others. If there are 20 empty spaces, what would be the harm in students’ parking there? I don’t think it would be a crime to occupy a space that is more than likely not going to be used.

    We are not just young kids who could use the exercise. There are many variations of us, and we would like a little respect.

    I feel that we are just as important as anybody else in this school, and we need to be treated like it.