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Parking situation can test new student’s mettle By Krysia Maly Staffwriter Parking on campus. It sounds simple. You find a stall, and you park your car. There’s more than that to parking at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. If you have a permit, you have to make sure you’re parked in the right lot. If you’re parked in a meter or time controlled spot, you have to take extra care to not get a ticket. All of this can be more than a little con fusing for new students. For most students, parking on campus means buying a permit. Costs of permits per semester for the 2000-2001 school year are as follows: ■ student reserved (yellow), $202.50; ■ student non-reserved (blue and green), $81; ■ perimeter (purple), $36. Tad McDowell, director of Parking and Transit Services, offered some suggestions to stu dents to keep parking problems at a minimum. ■ Read parking regula tions and look at the UNL parking and transit maps for both City Campus and East Campus. ■ If you change license plates or get a new vehicle, call the Parking and Transit Services office to change your informa tion. ■ Watch the signs. If you’re not sure whether you should park in an area, chances are, you should park elsewhere. ■ If you have any ques tions or problems, call the Parking and Transit Services office for assistance. Approximately 16,000 park ing permits were sold last year. McDowell expects the number of permits sold this year to stay about the same. There are around 13,000 stalls for students to park. The reason more permits are sold than there are stalls is because not everyone parks on campus at the same time. Because of construc tion, UNL stands to lose about 400 stalls. However, a parking garage will be built at 17th and R streets. Students will need a UNL parking permit to enter the garage, but will not need to pay a daily fee. The new parking garage will be almost three times as large as the current parking garage on 10th andT streets. Construction on the new 1700 stall parking garage will begin July 1 and will be completed in October 2001. Current alternatives to buying a permit include biking to cam pus, parking in the parking garage at 10th and T streets, using the parking meters on campus and downtown, or riding Star Tran or the UNL shuttles. Students are encouraged to use Star Tran and the intercampus shuttles to reduce parking pressure. “Many students don’t need to bring their car to campus,” said McDowell. Students can pick up a free Star Tran pass at the Parking and Transit Services office. Parking-meter prices have risen to 50 cents an hour, both on campus and throughout Lincoln. “Meters are expensive,” said McDowell. “There’s always a chance of getting a ticket.” Along with rising meter prices, students also will find that parking fines also have risen. Meter fines will increase from $5 into a healthy lifestyle and visit our dental pad. University Health Center ueniai unice 15th & U Streets (402) 472-7495 Cl A Blue Cross, Blue Shield PPO Provider ■\^0&&cu) ^ ww: Lincoln Downtown Great Rate for New Students & Families! i 3 Blocks from the University of Nebraska - Lincoln Located at 9th & P Street For reservations call 1-800-432-0002 or 1-402-475-4011 Now It Comes With A List Of Ingredients. Call your water supplier for a short new report about your tap water. For more information, call 1-877-EPA-WATER or visit www epa.gov/safewatei/ * Isn’t being ' different what it’s all about. Eccentricities 30th and “0” 477-3311 Incents, oils, candles, and antiques. 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Students using e-mail may send » - their appeals to park@cwis.unl.edu or file the appeal on the Web site at www.unl.edu/park/park.html. Appeals are heard by a group of UNL students. Students may appear in person to appeal their tickets, or they may appeal in writing. The busiest time to park on campus is at the beginning of the semester. “The first two weeks of school, parking can be frustrating. Everyone’s on campus buying books and permits. Everyone’s going to class,” McDowell said. “It will get better.” Attention New Students! Need Cheap Parking? Polygon Corporation has affordable parking to fit your college budget! I Park by month Enter at 8th and S Streets, 1 block west of Memorial Stadium Polygon Corporation • 770-7659 want to experience some of the finer things of journalism? WORK FOR THE DN UNL’s No. 1 source for news, sports, commentary and entertainment. (plus, you get paid) Here’s how to find out more: 1. You’re on a tour, so stop on down. 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