by Superforce™
Publisher: Metropolis Newspaper, February Issue, Miami (mdc)
Date Published: February 2004
From altering a student’s overall mood and motivation for school to having to worry about a vehicle being towed by the City of Miami while doing class work, serious questions have been raised regarding the parking situation in Miami Dade College’s Inter-American campus.
Outside - Typical Day at school
We are driving around the city streets, between separate points that provide parking for the campus, as if almost playing a game of luck.
Swaying in and out of different stations is pressing time and becoming nauseous.
The last little bit of gasoline that was concluded would be sufficient enough just to get to school on time, has turned into precious fumes which are now critical to your vehicle’s performance.
Now what?
"We still haven’t found a parking space.", seems to be the phrase on every student's lips.
With some other daily stresses piled up, this can spell doom for an already long day.
Increasingly, actual scenarios such as the one just mentioned have been happening all too often. The dreadful thought of driving around until parking becomes available or the risk of parking in areas too far for comfort has been one that many, at some point, have felt.
The problem is funding and getting the City of Miami, as well as the State, to notice the severity of the problem and the effects it has on the Alumni.
Sounds familiar?
Superforce™ asked one hundred MDCIAC students the following question:
How much have incidents related to lack of available parking on campus affected (college, your schedule, your studies, mood, etc.)?
1. A lot. It’s time for immediate action
2. Somewhat high significant amount
3. Enough to make me barely concerned
4. Don’t care therefore doesn’t affect me
Newsflash.
More than 95% answered (1) and were enthusiastic, if not relieved, to sign the petition survey.
In simple terms, the only way to get effective responses that result in solutions to demanding needs is when the majority rules, according to the democratic system.
The president’s office of Miami Dade College has already started researching this issue. The purpose is to investigate the problem because it is ‘a little more complicated’ than they presumed. They identify the problem and continue taking steps to meet the challenges of rising enrollment.
Confirmation from the college's president claims that the College has "purchased land in the surrounding area".
No word yet on what their exact plan to be executed will be until the next issue of this publication when more detailed feedback is received the College's President.
