Reveille column says parking at LSU should be "segregated by seniority"

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Upperclassmen have been here for longer than anyone except for graduate students and those who change their majors. We do not have as many options when we schedule classes, and sometimes we have long breaks.

We should segregate commuter parking by giving upperclassmen the closest commuter lots on campus. We could let the upperclassmen keep the current commuter parking color — blue — and give the peasants an inferior parking color — pink.

Not all parking tags are created equal. Separating parking tags based on seniority will allow for easy towing of intruders in the wrong lot. Students who park in the wrong lots get towed all the time, so it’s an easily enforceable standard.

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The upperclassmen deserve the security offered by closer lots. We have a hard enough time already — we don’t need something happening to our cars. Let the freshmen and sophomores take the seemingly questionable security of Hart lot.

Not all the seniors and juniors will find a spot, but this will give us a better chance to avoid distant parking. The inflow and outflow from these lots will allow upperclassmen to have spots when returning from breaks.

Upperclassmen shouldn’t have to watch as noobs who might drop out in a few weeks take every spot close to campus. We must assert our dominance.

Sure, there will be complaints, but who cares? If they don’t like it, they can drop out. According to the Office of Budget and Planning, 15 percent of last year’s freshman class did not return this fall. LSU also reported that the retention rate from first to third year was only about 73 percent.

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