It's actually been at least a little bit longer than that. Education is always going to attract the type of people that dream about car free living whjile ignoring path dependency. Doesn't help that there isn't an easy way to import 16k people a day onto a campus in a town where there isn't real public transit, so you end up with bad and impractical ideas being entertained because there don't seem to be good options (other than the really expensive one of scattering multi-story parking garages around campus)
Parking issues @State
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1.6 makes waaaay more sense. That would mean they reduced supply by roughly 1/3. If they do intend to release more after classes start, then this could ultimately be much ado about very little (depending on how many extra they release).
I'd hate to be this guy, the jokes write themselves
Jeremiah Dumas, the executive director of MSU’s Parking and Transit Services
Jeremiah Dumas, the executive director of MSU’s Parking and Transit Services
I had a conversation with an athletics dept facilities staffer recently and he mentioned this and how much of a pain it was to them specifically, because they actually do need to go all over the place, for work.
My granddaughter is an incoming freshman at UGA this fall - maybe next week? She got a spot in a parking garage close to her dorm. State just doesn't have much parking, and I think just one parking garage?
Agree. Maybe stop giving scholarships to football players who are getting NIL and profit sharing? Use the money for real students.
Require Freshmen to live in dorms and don't allow them to have cars on campus, problem solved.I'm seeing students just blasting the parking changes on campus. Lots of students couldn't get parking. They're saying the school changed policy and it's a mess.
Sounds like Marine Corps boot camp, no matter how well you did you still got 17d.
My parents never had any customer service experiences when I was a freshman or sophomore or junior or senior or 5th or 6th year!!
So is your freshman coping or are you?
Oh I’m judging.
Get your kids off the tit and let them deal with life lessons early on.
My entire time in college my parents never stepped foot on campus, knew where I lived other than the address or helped me move, register or anything else. They did however, pay what they could afford and do without themselves while I was in school for which I was never grateful enough. I can't imagine the chaos if modern students had to visit places in person, pick up paper schedules, read a paper campus map and other horrors of the dark ages.
Don't get me started on life 360. Already argue with my wife about not wanting to wear my "tracking collar" as I call it.... I could do a way TLDR on that subject. I understand the benefits but man... just think about all the fun times you would have missed as a young person if your parents would have been tracking your every move. I have small children but I vow to let them live life and not constantly track them. I'm 43 and she's 33 so she grew up with a cell phone-I didn't have one until college and smart phone didn't exist until I was out of college... They can (and will) have their mom to argue with about that. "Why is little Johnny not in his 9am class. Says he's at the golf course?" Me-"maybe he wanted to play golf today, I don't know. And I don't care as long as he keeps his grades up at the end of the day. Let the kid live."
I had the parking thing figured out. I stayed in Suttle all 3 years and rarely attended class. So I had that and total consciousness going for me.
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Student response to a new on campus parking system at Mississippi State University has reached a boiling point. Multiple petitions have been created calling for the resignation of a university...
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Remember the television ad of a few years ago? I believe the guy was hiring manager, at least interviewing someone, and the guy being interviewed called him "Mr. Dubmas" (the SPS spelling, of course).
MSU overhauls parking zones, pricing and permits ahead of new school year
Mississippi State University is rolling out major changes to the campus parking system this fall, restructuring zones, revamping prices and implementing a tier system that affects the purchase of parking permits. The changes follow recommendations from national firm Walker Consultants and MSU’s...
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This mentions the change from going to 1:1 instead of 1:1.6. Somebody had posted it was 1:6 earlier…. Just wanted to clarify.
Ha! In all seriousness, he’s a pretty well-liked, competent guy.
My college senior is on life 360. Been on it since HS. He’s now lived in Atlanta and Birmingham on co ops. I can see where he is and he can see where I am if we ever have an emergency (God forbid). However, I have never said one word about where he has been or what time he was there. Even the time I got a notice that his plane had landed in NYC. Surprised? Yes. Did I give him ****? No. Because I’m trying to build trust enough that it isn’t about watching him. He’s also a lot smarter than I ever was.
Congrats. You are able to use it "responsibly" and not be a helicopter parent. Most people aren't.
We compromised with our kids (who are now older and youg adults), they could and still do track each other, but we never tracked them. On the few occasions I was trying to get in touch w/ one or the other I called the one that I could get and said hey, where's your sister I need to talk to her. They would tell me right away and I knew she was moving from point A to point B and ok, and just sent a message I needed to talk to her. You can trust them w/out hovering over them, at least mine I could
We strongly considered Life360 for our teen, but opted against it. We felt like it undercut the message that we were trusting our kid's judgment and giving him the chance to be fully independent. Did he make mistakes? Absolutely. Would us having knowledge of where he was at all times prevented that? Absolutely not.
On balance, I think he has appreciated the reasoning behind our deliberate steps to first give, then force, independence to him. One can never know.
I do think that if I had a daughter, I would have it for safety reasons. I'm so glad I don't have daughters. I already don't sleep enough.
On balance, I think he has appreciated the reasoning behind our deliberate steps to first give, then force, independence to him. One can never know.
I do think that if I had a daughter, I would have it for safety reasons. I'm so glad I don't have daughters. I already don't sleep enough.
There are plenty of schools that aren't involved is big money college sports if that's important to you.
I’m so glad I was able to walk to class every morning from the lovely Campus Trails apartments. The ole waistline appreciated it too.
I got one ticket at MSU. On the day I took the campus tour. Parked in the lot next to Montgomery since that is where I was to go. Trashed it since I was not a student.
Guess what showed up at the end of the first semester due in full? Later I found out that I could have had it cancelled because I was a prospective student when I got it.
I later managed to get the code to the staff lot next to Allen. Parked there a couple times later in the day and when taking my Intermediate Accounting exams and never got a single ticket.
My wife and her entire family all share location with each other and routinely just "check in to see where they are" or they'll call and say "pick me up a ___ while you're at ___". They act like I'm an odd duck for not participating in this.
No thank you.
It's funny that it's some people's love language. My wife's family is absolutely up each other's arse like you described. Even though a ton of it is arguing via text, they wouldn't have it any other way.
I have a one month old daughter. I sure do love her. But i share all of those anxieties- or I will in about 14 years haha.
Yea that's my favorite- wife says it's for safety and I'd never be just checking to see where you are or ask why you are somewhere. And routinely checks and asks aloud why her sister or dad is in whatever area or city, then calls to ask why.
