Construction on the Biola Campus has students overflowing with negative opinions about its inconvenience to their daily lives. Set to be completed by mid-august of 2011, the 5-story parking garage near the baseball field is both noisy for on-campus students and an annoying drawback for students with cars.
“It doesn’t really affect me that much, “says one student reading by Flour Fountain. “I don’t have a car though. The only thing is that, it’s really loud and annoying. I live in Hope, so when I open my window every morning, all I hear is the obnoxious sound of construction.” Others are not so cavalier about it. Entering in the Collegium, Biola’s home for Commuter students during the day, heated opinions and emotions were stirred concerning the lack of parking.
“Oh, I have so much to say about this topic,” said Elaine, an upperclassmen commuter started. “It is such a hassle to be a commuter at Biola these days. As if parking weren’t scarce enough already with the Talbot construction!” Elaine held the opinion that Biola should have followed the example of most college campuses and just taken away parking privileges for freshman. She believed that this work on the parking structure was going to be worth the hassle in the end, but at the same time, would be a terrible inconvenience in the meantime. As another commuter at the collegium, A.J. told reporters that she had to arrive at 8:00AM every morning, no matter if she had a 10:30AM class or a 3:00PM class just to get a parking spot.
In the end, most people believed the construction to be beneficial to Biola and its “Up and Coming School” reputation, but at the moment, it is a hassle that no one enjoys, but will have to endure for another 6 months.
-Heather Pape, Lindsey Douglas, and Becca Nakashma
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