Full Cat Busses

Clemson tries to make excuses for a terrible parking system, and the main excuse is CAT buses.  In case you are completely oblivious to Clemson University, the CAT buses (Clemson Area Transit) drive from parking lots to central spots around campus and drop students off so they do not have to walk from parking lots to class.  Now in theory, this should take care of any problems.  But a typical CAT bus holds 55 passengers.  And from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m., about ten thousand students are making their ways to class from various parking lots.  So it is next to impossible to catch a ride on the bus because they always fill up way too quickly.  Something must change about the parking system, because it does not work and it is not going to get any better!

-Dylan Burton

No Parking

Every time I come to campus to go to class, go to fike, or any other reason, I have to park like two miles away an make the grueling hike to where I am trying to go.  Trying to find an open parking spot on campus is like trying to cut a bald guy’s hair, it is impossible.  And once you do find one, you have to walk for ten minutes uphill to get anywhere on campus.  It is ridiculous!  It shocks me that Clemson has such a terrible parking system.  Nearly 20,000 students attend Clemson, and that is a LOT of cars.  I understand they only have so much real estate, but give me a break.  The University needs to prioritize parking much higher than they do.  You cannot expect me to believe that there isn’t some outdated building or area that they could not convert into student parking.  But regardless if they want to or not, at the rate Clemson is growing, they are going to have to make some drastic changes soon.  I just hope they make the changes while I’m still in school!

-Dylan Burton

No Sleep

Since I moved into the Clemson University dorms at the beginning of last semester, I haven’t gotten a single good night’s sleep.  Now I’m not the kind of guy that goes to bed at 9 o’clock every night, but I’m not an insomniac either.  But apparently my roommate is!  He stays up til two o’clock every single night, watching tv, doing homework, or just playing on his laptop.  It is ridiculous how little this kid sleeps!  And the problem with him staying up is he keeps my lying in bed awake too. I’ve had talks with him, and he does a little better for a few nights, but he always goes right back to staying up nearly all night.  I don’t know what to do!  I went to Redfern to try to get sleeping pills, and they only told me to pick up some Tylenol P.M. at the drug store.  I’m sorry, but Tylenol P.M. is not going to help my fall asleep while my roommate skypes his grandmother at two in the morning.  What really confuses me is why is grandmother is awake at 2 a.m., I guess it just runs in his family.  Anyway, I just can’t wait to move out at the end of the semester and get an apartment on my own so I can sleep whenever I want to! Campus life sucks!

-Dylan Burton

Late Night Snack

The dining halls on campus do not always have the best selection of food but for the most part I can stand eating on campus for just about every meal. There are days where they have food that I really enjoy, especially breakfast. I really enjoy eating at Schilletter almost everyday for breakfast. Schilleter has a fairly good variety for almost every meal and there are certain things they make that are pretty good. Even if there are days where nothing seems to be very appetizing, they still offer salads, sandwiches, and pizza every day that will get you by. The only big problem I have with paying to eat on campus is the dining hall's closing time. Most freshman college students stay up late studying or doing whatever and when you eat dinner between 6 and 7:30 you are bound to get hungry again around 10 or 11. It is really inconvenient when I go to the dining hall at 8 or 8:30 to eat dinner when they are starting to clean everything up and all they have is pizza. I have spent so much money on food late at night that is would be better if I didn't pay for a meal plan. The dining halls should at least be open until 10 or 11 for people to go get a bowl of cereal or a peanut butter and jelly sandwich.

-John Mark