#5 Red-Whitehurst

The fifth and final stop is the parkingg lot for Whitehurst that is located off of Powhattan ave. This lot actaully looks over whitehurst beach, so you can sit in your car and relax while looking at the beach. This lot is extremely large and accomodates all the residents for Whitehurst and Powhattan. There is no problem finding spots and there is adequate lighting in the lot.

#4 Blue-Powhattan

The fourth stop is the parking lot located on the corner of 48th street and Powhattan Ave. This lost is shared between the freshmen residents of Whitehurst dorm and Powhattan apartments. This lot is fairly small so it is a first come, first serve basis. However this can be a long walk to Whitehurst dorm, so I would reccomend that you park in the Whitehurst lot and leave these spaces for the Powhattan residents.

#3 Purple-Quads

The third stop is the Quad parking garage that is located on the corner of 43rd and Elkhorn Ave. This is unique to all the other ones because this one is a garage, not a lot. Due to all of the construction that is around the quads, the residents are to park here on certain floors. The thing to remember is that you must enter on Elkhorn Ave, the entrance on 43rd street is for commuters only.

#1 Yellow-Rogers

The first stop on the tour of "Freshmen Parking" is the Rogers Parking lot. This lot is actually a 2-part lot. The first part is located on Hampton Blvd, where this part is shared by commuters and employees of WHRO. The second part of the lot is located on 49th street, and is solely for the residents. This parking lot is important because anyone with a decal can park here...this is important if you stay in a dorm that does not have a cafeteria, you can drive to Rogers and park in this lot.

Get it together

So in reference to my theme about the parking situations on campus at ODU, I ran into another reoccurring problem in the parking lot of the Village Apartments. The entrance gate had been broken once again! It seems that on an average of once a week someone breaks the gate, so you can just drive in, instead of having to swipe your card to open it. This leads to anyone being able to park in the lot, which takes away from the people who actually paid to park there.

Especially since this particular lot between 43rd st and 45th st is located behind most of the shops in Monarch way, a lot of the patrons can easily park there. Especially at night when they are going to the bar Boar's Nest. This is another concern for safety, since anyone can park in the lot there is no telling who these people are. Since there have been several incidents recently which attacks on ODU students, I would think that campus security would be doing everything in their power to keep areas safe. Having the parking gate broken could be seen as an invitation to strangers to come onto our campus. Or letting anyone be able to park in the parking lot, taking the spots that students with decals paid for.