Anyone who has tried to find a parking space on campus after 9amand before 7pm on a weekday knows how dire the parking situationhas become for the SMU commuter.

While we don’t want to challenge the great logic andomnipotence of the parking gods, or upset any of the overzealousmeter maids who turn a serious profit on the students who are justtrying to do the right thing and purchase a decal, we do have toadmit that the system is flawed.

The parking situation at SMU has come to reward those of us(some members of ED Board qualify in this case) who have figuredout the loopholes in the system.

Not only can you save yourself cash on the ludicrous price of aparking decal, but also when you drive decal-free you actually getbetter parking than the suckers who doled out the cash for a permitto frustration.

Oh, and you can drive around Dallas without being spotted andlabeled as one of those “rich snot-nosed punks fromSMU.”

Parking delinquents benefit from more than just passing for”visitors” who gain access to some of the mostconvenient spots on campus. These deviants can laugh at the expenseof students who paid high-dollar for access to an over sold decalpopulation that bought into “the system” without doingthe math.

Decals > Parking spaces + Overzealous meter maids = moretickets = $$$

In case you didn’t know the final destination of yourdollars (or daddy’s dollars, more likely) more tickets resultin more money for the Board of Trustees. So illegally park for yourschool and make a contribution to the powers that be.

Of course the new plan for installing arms around campus is justbrilliant. If you thought the traffic-line snaking into theDaniel-Airline parking garage was bad between 11:50am and noonbefore, imagine the new level of efficiency SMU will achieve whenevery Suzy-Q and Steve are searching the nooks and crannies oftheir BMW for the student ID that will permit entry into parkingpandemonium.