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Commuters to Provost: Don't Forget Us!
Raul Stancov
Issue date: 3/27/06 Section: News
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Rutgers-Newark officials praised the new residential initiative while students voiced their concerns at the University Senate meeting on March 24.
"Every residential college community should have commuters as well as resident affiliate students," said Provost Steven J. Diner at the University Senate meeting held in the Rutgers-Newark campus center last Friday.
The University Senate is a deliberative body of administrators, faculty, students and alumni who discuss issues of importance to the university.
The Senate meets seven or eight times a year, where recmmendations to the University administration are made.
In order to construct a residential university, R-N is spending $51 million dollars on a 13-story student housing complex called University Square. The demand for on-campus housing has nearly doubled since 1999. Currently, there are 687 students living in dorms.
University Square will house 600 more.
Nevertheless, commuting students will still be the majority. Out of 10,500 R-N students, only 1,400 will live on campus.
Despite optimism from administrators about the increase in on-campus residents, commuters are not that impressed.
Like most commuters, Lukasz Szyperek, a criminal justice major, is concerned about parking.
"I need to park in the garages if I ever have to stay overnight," she said, pointing out that only residential students are given a 24-hour parking privilege.
Increasing the number of residential students might lessen the chances of the 9,000 commuters students to be allowed to park overnight.
Amrit Singh, an R-N commuting student, also complained about the new overnight parking regulations.
"I left my car overnight before and I had no idea I ran the risk of getting towed."
But Provost Diner said that parking is also a top concern for his administration.
"We are planning on building a whole new parking garage near the Broad Street Station," he said.
Other issues that were discussed at the meeting include plans to reach out into the community and help urban youth.
The Police Institute, a law enforcement think tank at the School of Criminal Justice, acquired $750,000 dollars and developed Operation Cease Fire as an effort to stop gun violence. It also attempts to connect young people with job training and placement.
Plans to move the Business School to 1 Washington Park, a recently completed building on the Passaic River waterfront, were also discussed.
"Every residential college community should have commuters as well as resident affiliate students," said Provost Steven J. Diner at the University Senate meeting held in the Rutgers-Newark campus center last Friday.
The University Senate is a deliberative body of administrators, faculty, students and alumni who discuss issues of importance to the university.
The Senate meets seven or eight times a year, where recmmendations to the University administration are made.
In order to construct a residential university, R-N is spending $51 million dollars on a 13-story student housing complex called University Square. The demand for on-campus housing has nearly doubled since 1999. Currently, there are 687 students living in dorms.
University Square will house 600 more.
Nevertheless, commuting students will still be the majority. Out of 10,500 R-N students, only 1,400 will live on campus.
Despite optimism from administrators about the increase in on-campus residents, commuters are not that impressed.
Like most commuters, Lukasz Szyperek, a criminal justice major, is concerned about parking.
"I need to park in the garages if I ever have to stay overnight," she said, pointing out that only residential students are given a 24-hour parking privilege.
Increasing the number of residential students might lessen the chances of the 9,000 commuters students to be allowed to park overnight.
Amrit Singh, an R-N commuting student, also complained about the new overnight parking regulations.
"I left my car overnight before and I had no idea I ran the risk of getting towed."
But Provost Diner said that parking is also a top concern for his administration.
"We are planning on building a whole new parking garage near the Broad Street Station," he said.
Other issues that were discussed at the meeting include plans to reach out into the community and help urban youth.
The Police Institute, a law enforcement think tank at the School of Criminal Justice, acquired $750,000 dollars and developed Operation Cease Fire as an effort to stop gun violence. It also attempts to connect young people with job training and placement.
Plans to move the Business School to 1 Washington Park, a recently completed building on the Passaic River waterfront, were also discussed.