University of Virginia Library

Psychedelic Map

We are told that having a car in
Charlottesville is a privilege, but the
housing situation near the grounds
is so expensive and deplorable that
for most of us a car is a necessity.

When we register our vehicles
we are given a little pamphlet which
enumerates the rules we shall have
to follow. There is a map in the
back of this thing. Done in
psychedelic and completely
confusing colors, the key says green
is the color designating student
parking. Yellow is for faculty and
staff. Blue is sometimes for
students or anyone else who wants
to park there. Scott stadium is blue,
and also a long ways away. Part of
its parking area is striped orange
and blue, but this coloration is not
explained. One searches amid the
the masses of orange near the
university for some hint of green.
One looks near student
health-surely sick students will be
allowed to park nearby, but, no,
the closest place is on the far side
of Mad Bowl.