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Parking Services adds new trucks

Parking Services adds new trucks

Kent State University’s Parking Services have recently added a few new vehicles, but these vehicles are not just used for driving around campus to ticket parking violations.  Reporter Rex Smith went out to find out what type of vehicle Parking Services added and what they can do. [bbrvideo]BBR_SMITH_S6_TRUCKS[/bbrvideo] Parking Services at Kent State University recently added three new 2015 Chevy Colorado trucks.  The trucks cost them approximately twenty-two thousand dollars each plus an additional $2000-$2500 for decals, light bars, and…

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Students dislike Parking Services

Students dislike Parking Services

Students all over the country tend to complain about the parking service provided by their universities.  Reporter, Rex Smith, went to Kent State University to see if students there feel the same way and what Parking Services at Kent is trying to do to end that reputation.  Here is the story. [bbrvideo]BBR_SMITH_S4_PARKING[/bbrvideo] <Reporter> Whenever students at KSU see a white university truck with orange lights on top or that little yellow ticket tucked under a windshield wiper, Parking Services comes…

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Possibility of a Parking Garage

Possibility of a Parking Garage

Students and Faculty at Kent State University currently have access to over 11,000 parking spaces and 70 parking lots at the main campus. Some students think there needs to be a major parking expansion. But is that expansion necessary? Zach Downes reports. [bbrvideo width=”475″]BBR_S4_DOWNES_POSSIBLYGARAGE[/bbrvideo] Kent State is the second biggest campus in Ohio and is constantly expanding. The university has over 70 parking lots and over 11,000 parking spaces for students and faculty. Some students feel that a parking garage…

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Construction causes Dilemna

Construction causes Dilemna

[bbrvideo width=”475″]bbr_p4_downes_dilemna[/bbrvideo] Finding a parking space is a common problem among the commuter students. I’m currently standing in front of the future home for the new Architecture and Environmental design building. As you can see, there is barely room for the building let alone a parking lot. I spoke with Parking Services Manager Larry Emling and the Associate Vice President of Facility planning and operations Tom Euclide about the matter. The blue prints for the project do not include plans…

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