2008 Woodie Awards
Editorial: Campus flyers shouldn't leave stuff out
Issue date: 9/21/06 Section: Opinion/Editorial
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Everyone knows parking is sometimes hard to come by on this campus. After scouring the parking lots before class Monday morning and finding no empty spots, you head to the garage.
Your stomach churns and your heart beats faster as you drive up the levels of the garage… two…. three… now the roof. If you're lucky, you might find a spot - that is, if someone pulls out of a parking spot. And to think, it's not even time for night class.
It seems empty parking spots have become a thing of the past on Webster lots. Since the birth of Lot O, students, staff and faculty no longer have to battle Nerinx Hall High Schoolers for parking spots in the garage. But the truth is parking remains a concern - and it's confusing.
Recently, flyers have been posted around campus warning students "The Webster Groves High School parking lot is not a university lot." You'd think the message on this flyer would be common sense as those of us who attend Webster University are not high school students and therefore wouldn't feel the need to park in the lot.
However, the flyer raises the question: what about students who have night class at the high school? A phone call to Public Safety verified that students attending night class are allowed to park in the high school lot - but the flyer doesn't say that.
Instead, the white pieces of paper with black lettering posted on nearly all of the bulletin boards on campus, say nothing about night classes. All that is said is "improperly" parked vehicles will be towed and Webster folk should use our own parking lots and the garage.
A night-class student reading the flyer might assume parking at the high school lot is off-limits - but is it? The flyer doesn't tell. While flyers are informative, they need to feature as much information as possible or there's no point. If there were flyers on campus telling us to keep off the grass, we'd like to know what patch of grass we could walk on.
It's simple: tell us the rules and we'll try our best to follow them. But when informing us - don't leave out the important details.
Your stomach churns and your heart beats faster as you drive up the levels of the garage… two…. three… now the roof. If you're lucky, you might find a spot - that is, if someone pulls out of a parking spot. And to think, it's not even time for night class.
It seems empty parking spots have become a thing of the past on Webster lots. Since the birth of Lot O, students, staff and faculty no longer have to battle Nerinx Hall High Schoolers for parking spots in the garage. But the truth is parking remains a concern - and it's confusing.
Recently, flyers have been posted around campus warning students "The Webster Groves High School parking lot is not a university lot." You'd think the message on this flyer would be common sense as those of us who attend Webster University are not high school students and therefore wouldn't feel the need to park in the lot.
However, the flyer raises the question: what about students who have night class at the high school? A phone call to Public Safety verified that students attending night class are allowed to park in the high school lot - but the flyer doesn't say that.
Instead, the white pieces of paper with black lettering posted on nearly all of the bulletin boards on campus, say nothing about night classes. All that is said is "improperly" parked vehicles will be towed and Webster folk should use our own parking lots and the garage.
A night-class student reading the flyer might assume parking at the high school lot is off-limits - but is it? The flyer doesn't tell. While flyers are informative, they need to feature as much information as possible or there's no point. If there were flyers on campus telling us to keep off the grass, we'd like to know what patch of grass we could walk on.
It's simple: tell us the rules and we'll try our best to follow them. But when informing us - don't leave out the important details.
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