The Daily Mississippian - November 18, 2013

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Monday, November 18, 2013

The Daily

Mississippian

Vol. 102, No. 60

The Student Newspaper of The University Of Mississippi | Serving Ole Miss and Oxford since 1911

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The Ole Miss Rebels defeated Troy Saturday 51-21, putting up a school-record 751 total yards against the Trojans. For game recap, see page 8.

ALEX EDWARDS | The Daily Mississippian

Robert Nkemdiche sacks Troy quarterback Corey Robinson during Saturday’s 51-21 win. For more photos, see page 4.

SPECIAL TO THE DM

Parking garage construction to cut 600 parking spots BY MARA JOFFE

mmjoffe@go.olemiss.edu

Construction of the new campus parking garage to accompany the new basketball arena will cause the temporary loss of approximately 600 parking spots next spring, according to former Director of Parking and Transportation Isaac Astill. Astill addressed the effects of the parking garage’s construction at the Oxford-University Transit Commission meeting Nov. 13. “The parking that will be lost during the construction project is going to push more and more people out to the South Lot,” he said. Astill confirmed that the 600spot loss will affect faculty, staff and commuter parking, pushing faculty and staff into what is now commuter parking and relocating commuters to open parking lots further away from campus. “With us losing all this com-

OPINION:

muter parking,” Astill said, “our goal is for more to use the South Lot, ride the shuttles and increase ridership.” The news raises concern among both faculty and students. “I think you’re going to see a decrease in faculty members being here unless they’re teaching classes, which will hurt student interactions,” said Kathleen Wickham, associate professor of journalism. Despite faculty worries about the future of the parking dilemma, Astill said increased use of the shuttle system has the potential to alleviate parking woes on campus. “On a regular basis right now we have about 1,000 (parking spots) empty,” Astill said. “So even though we’re losing 600, we have plenty of room to absorb that. It’s just a matter of getting people to know where those are and consider using the buses if they don’t want to walk.” The parking garage is slated to

be complete by late August 2014. The garage will include five stories and 829 parking spots, making up for the parking loss in the spring, summer and early fall by just over 200 spaces. The construction project will also shut down Hill Drive, which runs from Coliseum Drive down between the stadium and the Turner Center. The road closure will take place over spring break 2014 and continue through late August of next fall semester. In last week’s meeting, Astill and Ron Biggs, general manager of Oxford Transit Management, discussed plans to reroute the gold bus line during Hill Drive’s closure. With this change, the shuttle service could drop riders off in the center of campus, directly in front of the Lyceum. Astill and Biggs hope this adjustment would encourage more students to take advantage of the bus system. Astill also suggested adding a See PARKING, PAGE 3

Feature photos: Ole Miss defeats Troy

Oversized shirts, leggings and colored

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VINCE DAVIS | The Daily Mississippian

Construction will start soon on the new parking garage in the lot adjacent to the stadium.

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Ole Miss soccer advances in NCAA

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tournament

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