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Thursday, Sept. 15, 2011
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Vol. 100 No. 183
University Parking Services oversells commuter decals
INFOGRAPHIC BY PETRE THOMAS | The Daily Mississippian
Left number represents the number of parking spots available in each section. Right number represents the number of parking decals sold for each section. Six lots are currently oversold.
BY LEAH CAYSON AND CAIN MADDEN lecayson@gmail.com, dmeditor@gmail.com
The University of Mississippi has 12,622 parking available spaces, of which, 14,590 were sold. You read that right. While most decal types were undersold based on spaces, 4,268 students who
purchased the commuter/law commuter decal could be out of a space at any given time, if all 7,722 commuters tried to fit into the 3,454 available spaces. According to officials with UM Parking Services, that scenario is not likely. “Not all commuters are on campus at the same time,” a parking service release said. “They go
and come throughout the day.” Students are feeling the effects of the over 2-to-1 commuters per parking space, however, including junior Candace Ball, who has a Campus Walk decal, which also has access to commuter spots. “Commuter parking sucks; it is terrible,” the business finance and hospitality management double major said. “Tuesday, I had to
park at the basketball arena and run to Peabody in four minutes, so I wouldn’t be late for class and a test.” Ball said she has been late to class because she couldn’t find a spot and has received two tickets this week, parking in faculty spots so she could get to class on time. “I did not know it was a faculty spot,” Ball said. “The sign was
covered up by a bush.” Parking Services Director Linda Christian admits that parking is particularly bad for commuter students, but she said part of the problem might be that commuters are not utilizing the east side of campus. “At the beginning of the semesSee PARKING, PAGE 6
Former football coach may seek damages from university BY JOHN MCEACHIN jdmceach@gmail.com
David Saunders, a former University of Mississippi assistant football coach, filed a notice of claim this summer against the university for a violation of contract and dam-
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ages. Saunders said he believes UM athletic director Pete Boone retaliated against him for his work with student athletes with learning disabilities. The former linebackers coach claims Boone violated the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Americans with Disabilities Act. He is seeking dam-
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ages for “anxiety, stress and lost income.” The notice of claim stated that then first-year head coach Houston Nutt offered Saunders a coaching position in 2008, a position which involved aiding athletes with learning disabilities. Soon afterward, Boone eliminated the position.
Saunders then spent time working with a nonprofit organization, but he still gave Nutt advice on helping student-athletes remain eligible to play. According to the claim, Nutt continued to tell Saunders he wanted him on his staff and See COACH, PAGE 5
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