Freshman Student Research Paper

Parking Availability Many freshmen students at the University of Oklahoma find it difficult to find parking spots available by the dorms. Although, there are many parking spots available all across campus, there are not many available for the freshmen who actually have to live in the dorms. Either students have to drive around hoping and praying for a parking spot to open or they have to find a parking spot that is completely far away from the dorms. This would not be a problem if students were not required to fulfill certain requirements in order to purchase priority parking spot, which are the closest parking spots to the dorms. They outline the Walker, Adams, and Couch Towers and also the Cate dorms. They are the most convenient parking
According the University of Oklahoma Student Handbook, “All single freshmen students under 20 years of age must live in a University residence hall for the academic year except for those who have earned 24 or more hours of college credit in residence or have already lived in University residence halls for two semesters” (OU Housing Policy). It is rare to find a freshman student who is not under 20 or has 24 or more college credit hours; therefore, the vast majority of freshmen have to live in the dorm provided by the university. Since the university requires freshmen to live in the dorms, freshmen should at least be able to pick where they want to park. As a freshman at the University of Oklahoma, I have found myself driving around, longer than I should have to, to find a parking spot even remotely close to the dorms. The worst part about driving around to find an available parking spot is driving past multiple priority parking spaces that are not being used. Taking away priority parking completely would solve this problem of not being able to find a parking spot close to the dorms and it would allow for more parking spots to be available to those freshmen in need of