As of the 2024-25 school year, cars on campus have been divided by the demands of “commuting” students. This disallows residents of Swanson, Johnson, Purcell, Wallace and Mayflower to park at any academic building or the commons.

While this may or may not have been effective, has anyone thought of the inverse?

Where are these “residential” students to park when an entire dorm parking lot is filled with commuter stickers?

Only people who live in these buildings may notice. Purcell is impossible to park in during the peak hours of afternoon practice. Wallace is swallowed up by the loiterers of the Commons, especially at lunch time.

The solution to free up parking at the academic buildings has backfired on residents. After they are unable to park at their own dorm buildings, where are they supposed to go? Residential students then have to decide whether to hike up to their dorm from somewhere like the commons and risk a fine, or go even further, such as to the overflow lot.

If it goes one way, it should reciprocate. As frustrating as it is for commuters to find parking to get to class, it is arguably even more frustrating not to have a parking space in the building where a student lives.