Park it
Students must look at end result

Local businesses have run out of options when it comes to students’ illegally parked vehicles. They’ve hired security, monitored parking lots and even towed vehicles.

Some businesses try to find convenient towing services, others give students more than one chance. The TCU Bookstore faces this dilemma daily as students try to park in their parking lot for classes.

But when these business take action students respond with disrespect and apathy.

If students want to disrespect their parents by racking up thousands of dollars in parking tickets, go right ahead. Send home, send home, send home.

But don’t think that being late for class (which, contrary to student belief, is the student’s fault if he/she can’t find parking) is more important than local businesses’ rights to serve its customers.

Without parking spaces, the businesses will have no customers. Without customers, the neighborhood will have no businesses. The equation is really quite simple.

Do you like Boston Market? How about Jons Grille? Have you been to Smoothie King lately? How would you feel if these business weren’t around?

Local businesses should not be the ones to suffer because of the looming and most probably inevitable parking problems at the university. It’s time to quit complaining to the administration. They’re doing the best they can.

Come to class a little early. Arriving 10 minutes before your 10 a.m. class just isn’t going to cut it. We all know that the “I couldn’t find a parking space” line doesn’t work anyway.

Don’t be afraid to walk the short distance from the Daniel-Meyer Coliseum lot (and yes, it is a short distance). Ride to school with your roommate.

We’re students too. We know how much of a pain it can be to find parking, but we also know what a pain it would be if we were forced to eat all of our meals at The Main.

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