Spring Break
'The Decline of Mojo'
Campus left in the dark
about Kassing's replacement
Kris Anderson
Issue date: 4/14/08 Section: Opinion
The system as it stands doesn't work. Parking Services estimated that despite the 30,000 students who attend this university, the commuters that park on campus vacate a single parking spot roughly three times per day.
The logic is that one space is worth three. Wrong!
One space is worth three only after 1:15 p.m. That fallacious thinking pays no mind to the fact that the bulk of the student population arrives just before 9 a.m.
With lines and waits that extend up to 40 minutes for a morning parking space, the three-vehicle-per-day, parking stall turnover doesn't make sense.
And Park and Ride is a hassle as well. The buses all take 20 minutes to get from Spartan Stadium to campus. They are packed and sweaty and awkward.
How will the new president approach his first year? Will he or she be proactive? Or lay low and get a feel for the landscape?
Will the new president work with athletic director Tom Bowen as well as Kassing did?
Whether people care or not, a top-flight, elite athletic program is a doormat for the university. A winning football program earns money, gets fans and points prospective students toward SJSU.
Some people complain that the football program sucks money from the university's coffers, but the team has been standing on its own two legs for some time now. And the new president needs to uphold and maintain Kassing's strong relationship with the athletic department.
As a student, I'm worried about this lack of information in the land of learning. There are just too many questions and not enough time.
"Umm … Mr. or Mrs. new president, who are you?"
The logic is that one space is worth three. Wrong!
One space is worth three only after 1:15 p.m. That fallacious thinking pays no mind to the fact that the bulk of the student population arrives just before 9 a.m.
With lines and waits that extend up to 40 minutes for a morning parking space, the three-vehicle-per-day, parking stall turnover doesn't make sense.
And Park and Ride is a hassle as well. The buses all take 20 minutes to get from Spartan Stadium to campus. They are packed and sweaty and awkward.
How will the new president approach his first year? Will he or she be proactive? Or lay low and get a feel for the landscape?
Will the new president work with athletic director Tom Bowen as well as Kassing did?
Whether people care or not, a top-flight, elite athletic program is a doormat for the university. A winning football program earns money, gets fans and points prospective students toward SJSU.
Some people complain that the football program sucks money from the university's coffers, but the team has been standing on its own two legs for some time now. And the new president needs to uphold and maintain Kassing's strong relationship with the athletic department.
As a student, I'm worried about this lack of information in the land of learning. There are just too many questions and not enough time.
"Umm … Mr. or Mrs. new president, who are you?"
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