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By Maddie Gionet, features editor, @MaddieGNA
ST. BONAVENTURE, N.Y. (Sept. 26) – Fawn Wilson commutes three days a week from her Olean home to St. Bonaventure University.
Last semester, even though the junior early childhood education major went to classes like all the other on-campus students, Wilson was limited to a specified parking lot labeled commuters.
“We all pay the $100 to park, and we all pay tuition,” Wilson said. “Just because I don’t pay to live on campus doesn’t mean I shouldn’t be allowed to park in the same spots.”
Starting this semester, that won’t be the case for Wilson.
Vito Czyz, director of Safety and Security, said Safety and Security Services has erased the distinction between commuter and student parking, allowing all students to park in any of the 1,279 available student-designated spots on campus. He said this not only simplifies the parking program but makes it more efficient.