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The University_ of Louisville Independent Student Newspaper • April1o, 2001
Administration will not demolish 4th street parking lot in 2001
By Brad Stirrat
Staff Writer
On April 1st, a new dor­mitory
resting on top of the
Fourth Street parking lot was
scheduled to begin construc­tion.
However, Sunday has
come and gone, and no
demolition work has begun
on the project. In a statement
released from the vice presi­dent
of finance and adminis­tration,
Larry Qwsley said:
"The university has not
moved forward with con­struction
of a new residence
hall, but we fully plan to open
a pew facility, if not in fall
2002 then in fall 2003. We
determined 'it would be best
to look at the operation of
Bettie Johnson Hall, to spend
time talking to students and
to incorporate w~at we learn
from those efforts into plan­ning
for a new facility. And
we are comfortable that we
can still accomplish our goal
of increasing the number of
- residential students within a
reasonable time frame."
No information was re­leased
regarding the reasons
for the change.
"It is not unusual for the
administration to keep quiet
on these types of matters,"
said Angela Richie, SGA
President. . "Normally, these
matters are addressed at the
regular meetings of the
Board of Trustees. I'm sure
there will be questions re­garding
this situation when
we meet on the twenty-'third
of this month. I'm sure that
thy student body will be
pleased by the delay."
This view was certainly
Photo by Quinn Mueller
The Fourth Street Parking lot is not going to be used for dorm space this year. However, it may be gone in 2002 or 2003.
-echoed by a number of stu­dents
on campus. "The thing
that strikes me most about
Fourth Street is trust," said
Allison Egnew, junior En­glish
· major. "We pay sev­enty-
eight bucks a year tq
park, they could at least be
up-front and forthcoming
about what their plans are,"
she said. "It's just as well
though, I won't mind conve­nient
parking for another
couple semesters."
"I think it's great that
they're not starting construc­tion
this semester, I drive to
campus, and I haven't talked
to anyone else who isn't up­set
about losing fourth street,"
said Paul Stogner, senior fi­nance
major. "The students
shouldn't have to go to the
administration for answers,
they should be working for
us," he said. "I definitely was
not looking forward to. all of
those bus rides we would
have had to. be making.;'
The plan for the rest of
the semester would have been
as follows. On April 1, stu­dents
would have arrived on
campus and would have been
directed to park in either the
green Floyd Street garage or
in the green lot at Papa John's
stadium. Students parking at
the stadium would then ride
a shuttle bus running on
twelve minute intervals to
and from campus. The cost of
parking at the Papa John's
would remain seventy-eight
dollars, the cost of a green
pass.
The proposed dormitory,
when it is eventually com­pleted,
is intended to be simi­lar
to Bettie Johnson Hall.
The company that currently
manages Bettie
Johnson, Allen and
O'Hara, will also be the
proprietors of the new
dormitory, with the same
revenue sharing- system .
in place between Allen
and O'Hara and the Uni~
versi ty.
"The University in­tended
Bettie Johnson to
be a 'crown jewel' of the
residence halls, therefore
I expect the 'new building
to be along those same
lines," Richie said.
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