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VOLUME XXXIV, Issue 4 October , Hello Beautiful plays at Le Skratch Lords win Ontario championship Story on page 26 Story on page 27 Can you hear me now? Students upset over parking fee increase “Th e parking pass is expen- By Alyshia Higgins sive, but it still makes sense for Chronicle Staff me to have it because I live close enough that residence would Parking at the school is put- cost me more.” ting an even bigger dent in both Deborah Kinkaid is the di- students and faculty’s cheque rector of campus services at books. Durham College and UOIT and Parking fees increased this is responsible for looking after year to $500 and many students parking, housekeeping, securi- are asking why. ty, shipping and receiving, mail Melissa Heff ernan is a fourth- distribution, and the three cam- year Bachelor of Commerce pus bookstores. student at UOIT and has been She said she can sympathize commuting from her home, with the students over the cost about 45 minutes away, since of parking, but says the money she began at the school. goes right to maintaining the lot. “I spend a about $300 a According to Kinkaid, because month in gas commuting,” said the campus services is an an- Heff ernan. “I don’t agree with cillary body, it’s supposed to be the fact that the parking pass self-sustaining. has increased the last several “Th e parking fees go towards years.” maintenance of the lot, includ- Although Heff ernan doesn’t ing snow removal, salting, the agree with the parking increase, maintenance of the asphalt, the it makes more sense for her fi - contracted staff working out nancially to pay for gas, a park- of parking services, the control ing pass and vehicle mainte- Photo by Jenna-Lee Mainse gates and lighting in the parking nance because it’s still cheaper lot,” said Kinkaid.
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