Parking Permits Fail to Reach Students
May 4, 2009 by Evan Griggs
Columbus State parking permits are not getting to every student who purchases one. Although students pay $25 to get one, many never receive a permit in the mail as they are supposed to.
Kim Whetmore, a sophomore at Columbus State, is one of the students who is affected by this matter.
“This is my second term here, and though I've paid for my permit both years, I've not yet gotten one,” said Whetmore. “I've had to get a temporary one each year instead, which is a pain because I have to take the time to go to the Public Safety office in order to get one.”
Jen Schoenbauer, a first year Columbus State student, has also had trouble getting her parking permit. According to Schoenbauer, she gets financial aid so the permit fee comes directly out of her financial aid money.
Yet she, too, has had to waste time by going to the Public Safety office to obtain a temporary permit.
Every student that does not receive a permit, however, doesn't seek a temporary one. Twenty-three-year-old Mitchell Nee, a sophomore at Columbus State, isn't bothered by not getting his permit.
“I applied for a parking pass last year and never got one,” stated Nee. “Friends I've talked to told me not to even worry about it because they never check permits anyhow.”
Public Safety had no one availalbe to comment on this story.
Comments
Did she verify with Records
June 10, 2009 by Anonymous, 39 weeks 1 day ago
Comment id: 31
Did she verify with Records and Registration that her address @ cscc is correct?
Same Issue
September 16, 2009 by Anonymous, 25 weeks 22 hours ago
Comment id: 37
My sister a new student spring quarter didn't get one either and when she talked to peole in public safety they told her she couldn't get her money back and that she would have to keep getting a temp pass. Finally she talked to a manager or some such and he said that there was nothing they could do that they were using a new company and that company sends the stickers out and they had no control on whether or not she received one but she still had to pay for it because she was still paying for all the temps. The big pain is going to public safety every time they expire for a new one and no one willing to help you out.
Are they emailing students their parking permits?
June 11, 2009 by Anonymous, 38 weeks 6 days ago
Comment id: 32
Why would an incorrect email address have anything to do with whether she got her parking sticker? It's not like they email out the parking stickers.
No worries
September 26, 2009 by Anonymous, 23 weeks 5 days ago
Comment id: 46
I've been going to CSCC for a few years and only bought one parking pass. My pass still says Winter07 on it and I've never had a problem with tickets. I'm sure publicly claiming this isn't a bright idea but something tells me campus security never pays much attention.