 | The Cavalier daily. Friday, October 4, 1968 |  |
Relaxed Car Rules
Force All Students
To Retool Thinking
By Jay Steer
Cavalier Daily Staff Writer
"Students have retooled their
thinking since the new car rules
were put into effect", Robert
Canevari, Assistant Dean of Student
Affairs, said yesterday.
"Students are thinking more in
terms of walking to classes from the
fringes of the University, rather
than driving to class," he said.
Over 4,000 cars were registered
by students at the University this
year. This represents an increase of
465 cars over last year.
Mr. Canevari said that "although
this represents only a moderate
increase over last year, these extra
cars have made the on-grounds
parking situation almost
unbearable."
When asked by The Cavalier
Daily whether there were any
immediate plans to alleviate this
situation, Mr. Canevari replied: "Not
this year."
The Dean said that several plans
have been devised to cope with the
parking problems that increased
enrollment in the next few years
will bring. He mentioned the
proposed parking arrangements for
the new Education Building, and
the Amphitheatre. He also
mentioned a paid-parking plan.
The new Education building,
which will be located on Emmet
Street across from the Monroe Hill
Dormitories, will feature a garage
with three parking levels. This
building is scheduled for
construction in early 1970.
The Amphitheatre plan would
raze the Amphitheatre presently
located across for Garrott Hall, and
replace it with a multi-level
parking lot which would be covered
with grass. This plan would retain
the aesthetic unity of that area,
while providing a functional
parking lot. The status of this plan
is uncertain.
The third alternative would be
to make all on-grounds parking on
a paid basis. This plan would
involve the construction of a meter
system which would limit parking
to an hour at most.
Mr. Canevari felt that this plan
will almost "certainly" be put into
effect.
In other matters, Mr. Canevari
felt that the present traffic
problems are exaggerated because
of the various construction projects
in progress about the Grounds.
"When these construction
projects are completed, we will be
able to get a true picture of the
traffic situation around here," he
said.
The relaxed car rules, which
went into effect this semester,
would allow any student to have a
car if he attained a 2.0 average the
previous semester. First-year men
and scholarship students were
excluded from this plan.
Mr. Canevari said that when the
Dean's office began this plan, they
thought the number of requests
for exemptions would decrease.
Such has not been the case, he said.
"If anything, the number of
requests have increased."
| The Cavalier daily. Friday, October 4, 1968 | |