Permit holders asked to vacate game
day spaces in campus lots
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Kellnberger CRSA/Houseing Beat
Josh Brown | Chief Photographer
Hampton’s Body Shop tows
a car in Stadium Parking lot prior to the home football game
on Saturday.
The Appalachian Mountaineer
football team held their second home game of the year on Saturday,
bringing with it consequences for on-campus residents.
All students had to remove cars from Stadium,
Edwin Duncan and Raley parking lots by 9 a.m., said Barry D. Sauls,
director of Parking and Traffic.
Hampton’s Body Shop, Inc. removed 19 cars
Saturday morning, said Traffic Officer Seth A. Norris.
Twenty cars were removed from the lots before
the first home football game on Sept. 14.
“Usually students do
have the intention of moving their car, but for whatever reason
it doesn’t happen,” said Sauls.
Sauls said he estimated about 25 percent of students who were towed
complain to the Parking and Traffic office.
So far the Parking and Traffic office has seen a general decline
in the total number of cars towed.
Last year there were several games that 40-50 cars were towed, said
Sauls.
“The goal is to tow zero cars,” said Sauls. “Hopefully
it will get better and better every week.”
Students are still allowed to park in the South, Greenwood, Legends,
Whitener, State Farm and Raley lots. Passes to the Rivers Street
parking deck are available for $5, although if a student owns a
permanent pass they are able to park without further charge, said
Sauls.
Raley lot was not available to students Saturday due to Family Weekend
and Fall Open House.
“I usually ride my bike if I really have to go somewhere,”
said Joshua D. Garwood, a freshman computer science major from Salisbury.
Student Government Association (SGA) members and Residence Life
staff receive flyers to post around campus, said Sauls. WASU, the
campus radio station, runs advertising spots detailing the restrictions.
Campus Pipeline also uses an announcement on the front page to advertise
the parking restrictions.
The Stadium and Edwin Duncan lots are used for the Yosef Club, that
supports Appalachian State University athletics through donations.
A donation of $750 entitles members to a reserved spot in the Stadium
lot, said Gerald C. Adams, director of the Yosef Club.
Adams said Edwin Duncan lot is used for people who donate anywhere
from $300-$500.
