Tag: Parking

Illegal parking can lead to prosecution; avoid tickets, know the rules

Trojan Living

Yue Qian photo Yao Wu, a journalism major from Taizhou, China, who was a sophomore in the spring, in a campus parking lot.   Yue Qian Yaqi Jia, a finance major from Suzhou, China, who was a sophomore in the spring, got a parking ticket on campus. She was surprised and didn’t know the reason. She learned that she had been fined for parking in the wrong area.  “I wasn’t happy when I first received the ticket,” Jia said. “I don’t think I deserve to be punished. I don’t know…

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Slight decrease in parking tickets since new lot opened, police say

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Tu To Staff Writer There has been a slight decrease in parking tickets given since the Trojan Center parking lot opened at the start of this semester, considering the drop of enrollment of Troy campus students. In an email sent to all students before spring semester started, Herbert Reeves, the dean of student services, said there was a net gain of 300 parking spaces on campus with the completion of the new lot beside Trojan Center (TC) and closure of the Sartain Hall lot. According to the Troy University police…

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Then and now: the eternal issue

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Tori Bedsole Features Editor Everyone knows that parking has been an issue on Troy’s campus for many, many years. A 1992 Troy graduate said parking was a major problem the entire time she was enrolled at the university. “We complained constantly about it also,” Jennifer Garrett said. “Back then, tickets were only like $10, so if you were running short on time to get to class, you just parked illegally and paid the ticket.” Some things never change. I guess we can be thankful that the cost of parking tickets…

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Trojan Center lot coming…soon?

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Justin Blowers Contributor Troy University is going to “pull the trigger” on plans for more parking. According to Dean of Student Services Herbert Reeves, the University will add about 600 parking spaces in a new lot. The site is across Luther Drive from the Trojan Center, between the Trojan Center and the track, and between the Trojan Center and Trojan Arena. Kirsten Stringer, a sophomore biomedical sciences major from Montgomery, said she likes how close that area is to campus. “That’s pretty legit; that’s pretty clever,” Stringer said. Reeves emphasized…

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Parking decals: paper or online?

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Maggie Cox Staff Writer Troy University is still using paper forms for parking decal applications, while other universities have gone online. Troy University started selling parking decals on Saturday, Aug. 13. During the week leading up to the first class day on Wednesday, Aug. 17, Troy University parking decals were available in Trojan Center Room 224 and at the University Police Department at the bottom of Hamil Hall. Students stood in line outside the room for long amounts of time, for some up to an hour, to receive their parking…

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