The document discusses the $14.50 per semester parking fee charged to students who take classes at the University Center in Rapid City, South Dakota. The fee pays for maintenance of the parking lot, such as snow removal. Some students feel this is unfair for those who do not own a vehicle but carpool, as they have to pay the fee on top of gas money for their rides. The authors contacted the Dean about the issue and created a Facebook page to raise awareness and potentially change the policy. They encourage other students to also voice their concerns to the Dean.
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1. Parking Fee At UCRC
By, Christy Green,
Kristie Wheeler and
Mallory Buxton
2. What Does The Parking Fee Do ?
The Rapid City University Center Parking
fee is fourteen dollars and fifty cents a
semester for students who take classes
there during the spring and fall("Parking," 2013).
This fee allows them to pay for the
maintenance of the parking lot ("Parking," 2013) .
An example of the maintenance would be
removing snow and ice and other
maintenance issues with the parking ("Parking," 2013).
3. Who Pays the Parking
Fee and Who does not
Any student who
attends classes at
the University
Center("Parking," 2013).
This includes
students who do not
own vehicle ("Parking," 2013).
Picture ("Beatles vector cartoon," 2009)
4. Why We Feel This is Unfair
These students that do not have vehicles
are maybe car pooling.
For the driver to pick up and drop off the
student.
Approximate cost is 23.04 dollars each
semester in a mid-size vehicle (mapquest, 2013).
This means for the students who do not
have vehicles are spending around 75.08
dollars a year that take one class (mapquest,
2013).
5. Why We Feel This Unfair Cont.
We feel that these students who do not have
vehicles are getting unfair treatment.
The money that the students are getting
charged could go towards the gas that it
costs them to get out there.
The cost of gas would also vary depending
on where the student is located.
It is a approximatively 5.82 miles out to the
university center from the south side of
Rapid City (mapquest, 2013).
6. What Can We Do To Change
This Policy
We have Contacted the Dean of the
University Center about this policy.
We have also made a Face book page
about this topic
So what can you do?
Students can also contact the Dean and
Like our page any help can us change this
policy.
7. Works Cited
Beatles vector cartoon car wallpaper widescreen. (2009). Retrieved
from http://www.musclecarwallpaper.org/Muscle-Car-
Cartoons/1325.html
Mapquest. (2013). Retrieved from http://www.mapquest.com/
Royalty free stock images: Cartoon parking lot. (2000-2013).
Retrieved from
http://www.dreamstime.com/royalty-free-stock-images-cartoon-
parking-lot-image10687809
Parking. (2013). Retrieved from
http://ucrapidcity.org/currentstudents/parking/
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