Editor,
I was appalled to find out that
the prices at the parking structure
near Popejoy Hall were so high. I
parked there for three hours and
was charged $5. When I questioned
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the man who was working there at
the time why it was $5 and not $3.75
- at $1.25 per hour - he informed
me that I had parked there for three
hours and one minute, and that they
charge you for a full hour just for
that extra minute.
With tuition prices rising and gas
prices being so high, I was disgusted
to see that the University is trying to
squeeze every last penny out of its
students. When I asked who decided
on the prices, or if there was someone
I could talk to about this, the man
just shrugged and said that it was up
to the University.
I think that we should all boycott
that structure until the University can
come up with prices that are geared
toward an asset more important than
a parking structure - its students.
Pilar Westell
UNM student
