Parking Pass Prices Increase While Availability to Students Decreases
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Tuesday, August 28, 2018 ǀ Volume 137 ǀ Issue 1 ǀ Reaching students, faculty, and staff of the University of North Dakota since 1888 Inside this issue Urban Meyer 3 Power of One 5 For more content 8 visit www.dakotastudent.com Football /dakotastudent /DakotaStudent @dakotastudent PARKING PANDEMONIUM Parking pass prices increase while availability to students decreases Missy Iio / Dakota Student UND parking leaves students with less time in the classroom and more time looking for a place to park. Madison Feltman for students who live both on and off campus. Dakota Student Over the summer, dras- "There's too little parking for the tic changes were made to The beginning of the the parking here at UND volume of students either living on 2018-2019 academic both positive and nega- year also marks the sale tive. On the lighter side campus or commuting to campus" of parking permits for of things, new lots were the impending semes- constructed and existing ters. Parking has always Amber Rene, UND Student lots were stripped and been considered a hot repaved such as the lot topic here at UND. In south of Columbia Hall. out on a bad foot with ing more money versus students are forced into past years, space was al- On one hand, UND students this academic making life easier for the parking in an overflow ways considered limited parking services started year when they increased students paying tuition” lot. This lot is farther their prices from $155 to senior Amber Rene said. away and can cause a po- $190 for an off-campus “There's too little park- tential danger to students student permit. Other ing for the volume of as they walk at night as changes that were made students either living on well as in the below freez- include the major change campus or commuting ing temperatures that are in the parking ramp, to campus,” Rene said. right around the corner. as levels four and five Parking space on cam- A vast majority of UND were changed from stu- pus has always been con- students have been af- dent parking to ‘pay as sidered limited especially fected by these parking you go’ parking which by students. With the new changes and are request- has been considered a changes space contin- ing that action be taken huge loss for students. ues to dwindle for both in changing the system “The changes in the off-campus commuters to bring more benefits to ramp to remove all S Per- as well as students who the student population. mit parking and changing live on-campus in resi- it to pay-as-you-go park- dence halls. With park- Madison Feltman is the News Editor ing shows how the uni- ing being limited near for Dakota Student. Nick Nelson / Dakota Student She can be reached at Many students off campus are discovering a shortage of S permit partking areas versity is focused on mak- the residence halls many [email protected] 2 NEWS Kennedy angers key donor Madison Feltman Dakota Student DAKOTA As temperatures heat- STUDENT ed up over the summer months, so did things EDITORIAL here at UND. In early May, Kris Engelstad Mc- Garry, daughter of Ralph Engelstad and trustee Editor-in-chief of the Engelstad Family Allyson Bento Foundation requested allysonmarie.bento@ an interview with the und.edu Grand Forks Herald in which she explained her faltering relationship Managing Editor with the University, spe- A&C Editor cifically her relationship with President Mark Devon Abler Kennedy. [email protected] Kris went on to ex- plain that her relation- Sports Editor ship with the university has been declining as a Madison Overby result of how her family [email protected] Trevor Alveshere/ Dakota Student has been treated by past The Engelstad family foundation donated one of Grand Forks greatest landmarks to the Univeristy of North Dakota, the Ralph Engelstad and current administra- Arena. News Editor tions. McGarry noted terview with the high- Madison Feltman specifically that her re- light being one of UND’s Kennedy countered McGarry's [email protected] lationship with current greatest landmarks, the UND President Mark Ralph Engelstad Arena, words by saying that he has Kennedy has been “quite which was gifted to the Opnions Editor hostile at times.” University by the En- always been accommodating and Megan Vogt She explained further gelstad f a m i l y [email protected] that Kennedy had been and opened in 2001. Mc- cordial. unaccommodating and Garry pointed out that Madison Feltman, News Editor that he only seemed in- the arena had been in Photo Editor terested in different in- use by many different arena comes from a dis- 2011 the foundation has a “successful” meeting. Trevor Alveshere vestment opportunities administrations in the agreement between the donated more than $12 The two parties agreed [email protected] in their most recent con- last 15 years and that two parties as to how million to UND. Mc- upon a new agreement versations. McGarry also the issues involving the the foundational agree- Garry commented that that will be turned over commented that her re- Ralph had only recently ments are worked out. her relationship with in 2020. All parties in- Web Editor lationship with Kennedy become a bigger prob- Later in May the two the Alumni Association volved were happy with Alex Kelly was further damaged as lem. Kris mentioned that parties met in what was itself remains in good the way things ended up. alexander.j.kelly@und. a result of him releas- Kennedy had accused a “successful” meeting standing, yet Kris also The Engelstad Family edu ing the news that he the family of ‘creating in discussing new plans commented that the Foundation also recently was interviewing for a brand confusion’ as the for the Ralph Engelstad funding to the Univer- disbursed $1 million as different job in Florida. Sioux logo still remains Arena agreement. sity may in fact be in a part of its annual dis- Kennedy countered Mc- in the arena, she went The Engelstad Family jeopardy. tribution that is a part of Garry’s words by saying on to explain in a later Foundation has contin- Since the initial in- their agreement. T h e D a k o t a Student reserves that he had always been interview that her rela- ued their generous sup- terview, the two parties t h e c o p y r i g h t accommodating and cor- tions with University port to the University met to discuss the mul- privilege for all dial. are not affected by the throughout the year de- tiuse agreement of the Madison Feltman is the News Editor stories written for Dakota Student. Multiple topics were ‘nickname.’ The stem spite controversy. Re- Ralph Engelstad Arena and published She can be reached at by the staff. Per- discussed during the in- of the issue with the cords show that since which was noted to be [email protected] mission must be given by the Edi- tor to reprint any PRESENTED BY article, cartoon, photograph or part thereof. 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The Dakota Stu- dent welcomes feedback regard- ing articles and photographs, and prints cor- THE DON BARSTADS STOVEPIPES BOOMTOWN RHYME OR REASON rections for ar- OPENING AT 7PM HEADLINER AT 9PM OPENING AT 7:30PM HEADLINER AT 9:30PM ticles containing factual errors. OPINION Dakota Student 3 The United States of Football Ohio State University coach, Urban Meyer suspended for three games for mishandling abuse allegations against former assistant coach, Zack Smith Bobby Feaster prevent Meyer from getting another job Dakota Student in the future, and I’m sure he’ll be more than Welcome to the willing to bring back United States of the domestic violence Football! The land abusing coach because where winning Meyer wins football football games matters games. 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