Dear Editor,Year after year people complain about parking … I am what you call a ‘super senior’ and have had the opportunity to live both on and off campus.

My freshman year I lived in Lucille Clement Hall, sophomore year at home, junior year in married-student housing and senior (plus this year) in a house that my husband and I own.

Every year people complain about the parking on campus and it’s usually that the people living on campus complain about the commuters and the people commuting complain about the people who live on campus.

Get over it.

One of the greatest advantages of living on campus is the parking (not that everyone who lives on campus gets great parking either). When I lived in Lucille Hall, there were plenty of times that I had to park by the tennis courts or other places far away from my dorm. I am currently 9 months pregnant (due date of Oct. 1) and even though I have a handicap sticker for ETSU, I don’t always use it.

I have taken the BUCSHOT a couple times this year when I couldn’t find “close” parking.

It’s really a great thing that ETSU provides.

You don’t have to come super early. Just go online (http://www.johnsoncitytransit.org/campus.html) and find the schedules to see exactly when the bus will come to a specific spot, go there and voilÉ, you have a GREAT parking spot.

Some people complain about not being able to take it because they have a heavy backpack or they have a large school project that they have to take to school that day.

The best part about the BUCSHOT is that if you need help people will help you.

There have been many times when I have asked for help lifting my backpack because I was having a ‘bad pregnancy day’ and people (or even the driver) have come down the steps to carry it for me (they even let people bring their bikes on when it’s raining).

So please, before we get another complaint about the “bad parking” situation, look into other ways that ETSU is trying to help us. Ask for help if you need it – people really are nice around here if you give them the chance. Hopefully I’ll see you on the BUCSHOT soon — I’ll be the one with the big belly or the little baby.

– Valerie Hendrix

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