Nearly every parking lot on the south side of the KU campus is given over to basketball patrons. There is one place for students and faculty to go, and that lot is clearly marked, with signs on roadblocks at every entrance: âÂÂAcademic use only.âÂÂ

Why, then, must basketball patrons park there? Perhaps you didnâÂÂt realize that many of us who actually pay to attend school here have exams and other commitments that require us to be on campus at night, and thus require a place to park. Perhaps you really didnâÂÂt see the large roadblocks with signs on them instructing you to park elsewhere.

Perhaps, as I suggested before, you truly are illiterate, and thus innocent.

More likely, however, you simply donâÂÂt care.

I would like you to take the time (it only requires a few seconds) to consider that there might be a reason for leaving one lot reserved for academic use. I know the allure of free parking is hard to pass up, but it would be best, in this so-called Christian society we live in, to shell out a couple of dollars for parking and show some consideration for your fellow man.

Lastly, if anyone you know is woefully illiterate and thus parks in the lot set aside for university use, please read them this letter, and ask them, nicely, to learn how to read the signs.

Mary Long,

Lawrence