'East Topeka' shapes up McCollum residents
This view of "East Topeka," Daisy Hill's parking lot extension across Iowa Street shows why students desire parking space closer to the residence halls. The only solution is decked parking, housing officials said.
Parking poses a problem
Daisy Field Extension lot, popularly known to Daisy Hill residents as "East Topeka," is connected to the dormitory complex by an overpass across Iowa Street. The lot has been the topic of complaints by McCollum residents, who are the primary users of the lot, because of its distance from the dormitory. "East Topeka" is two tenths of a mile from McCollum.
McCollum Hall residents may be parking across the highway from their dormitory for quite awhile, according to J. J. Wilson, director of the University housing office.
The parking areas around the dorms on Daisy Hill have space for 861 cars, Wilson said. The extension lot has space for 282 cars.
Wilson estimated that about 1,000 permits have been sold for the combined lots, including the extension lot.
The only alternative to using the extension lot is to build
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decked parking areas, Wilson said.
"The cost for a decked lot would be about $2,000 per car," he said. "A regular lot costs about $500-$600 per car."
Several McCollum residents also complained that the lot was not patrolled, and that vandalism in the area was common.
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the lot about once every hour, Wilson said. He denied that vandalism reports from the extension lot were more common than those from other dormitory lots.
"When the dormitory complex was planned," Wilson said, "the decision was made to build the parking lot across the highway.
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Selections for the Junior Class Executive Committee were announced Tuesday.
Vince Frye, Shawnee Mission, class president; Dan Stepp, Shawnee Mission, vice-president; Susie White, Hutchinson, secretary; and Barbara Reed, Tulsa, Treasurer, were selected the representatives
Sunday after reviewing applications.
The 16-member committee will meet at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at the Sigma Alpha Epsilon house to organize and begin planning.
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