2008 Woodie Awards
MTSUParkingSucks.com
An MTSU freshman takes over a Web site dedicated to campus parking troubles
Nicholas Qualls
Issue date: 5/1/08 Section: Features
Ever have an impossible time finding a parking spot on campus? Find yourself in the rush each morning to get to campus before all the spots are gone? Ever get what seems like an unjust parking ticket for parking somewhere you're not supposed to because you couldn't see any notification?
Many students at MTSU have had similar problems. At such a crowded university with limited space, parking can sometimes suck.
From 2001 to 2004, there was a Web site where people could go and complain about the parking situation on campus and how it was being handled. That site was mtsuparkingsucks.com. Now, there's an image telling visitors that it's being revived under new management - freshman Gary Schechter.
"I love freedom of speech," Schechter shares. "Personally, I understand that the parking services do the best they can do. However, it sucks and people need a place to say it."
Schechter, from Nashville, started attending MTSU in the spring 2008 semester, but he was already familiar with the campus, thanks to having a sister who goes here and a mother working in the English department. He attended private high schools in Brentwood and Franklin, developing a love of freedom of speech and complaining that he intends to display on mtsuparkingsucks.com.
"My first day as a student, I drove to campus so I could buy my books," Schechter recalls. "I forgot where I put my car in the large lot between [McFarland Health Service] and [Scarlett Commons]. It took me a while to find it. Other people have had the same problem, and I think markers like [those at] Disneyworld or the airport would be smart."
Schechter is familiar with running Web sites. His experience gives him the technical know-how to run mtsuparkingsucks.com.
"I helped maintain the MTAC [Middle Tennessee Anime Convention] Web site for a couple years, as well as now running Kat5Kaos, a gaming Web site in Nashville," Schechter says.
That counts for technical experience, but it isn't the only reason Schechter wants to restart mtsuparkingsucks.com. When the site is fully up and running again, he'll want people to contribute their own articles and stories about parking and MTSU in general.
Many students at MTSU have had similar problems. At such a crowded university with limited space, parking can sometimes suck.
From 2001 to 2004, there was a Web site where people could go and complain about the parking situation on campus and how it was being handled. That site was mtsuparkingsucks.com. Now, there's an image telling visitors that it's being revived under new management - freshman Gary Schechter.
"I love freedom of speech," Schechter shares. "Personally, I understand that the parking services do the best they can do. However, it sucks and people need a place to say it."
Schechter, from Nashville, started attending MTSU in the spring 2008 semester, but he was already familiar with the campus, thanks to having a sister who goes here and a mother working in the English department. He attended private high schools in Brentwood and Franklin, developing a love of freedom of speech and complaining that he intends to display on mtsuparkingsucks.com.
"My first day as a student, I drove to campus so I could buy my books," Schechter recalls. "I forgot where I put my car in the large lot between [McFarland Health Service] and [Scarlett Commons]. It took me a while to find it. Other people have had the same problem, and I think markers like [those at] Disneyworld or the airport would be smart."
Schechter is familiar with running Web sites. His experience gives him the technical know-how to run mtsuparkingsucks.com.
"I helped maintain the MTAC [Middle Tennessee Anime Convention] Web site for a couple years, as well as now running Kat5Kaos, a gaming Web site in Nashville," Schechter says.
That counts for technical experience, but it isn't the only reason Schechter wants to restart mtsuparkingsucks.com. When the site is fully up and running again, he'll want people to contribute their own articles and stories about parking and MTSU in general.
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bob
posted 5/01/08 @ 9:54 AM CST
Rarely do you see a good argument that has 'Sucks' in it.
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