Chant Tea: Students on the search for spots
What is your best strategy for finding a parking spot on campus?
Kaitlyn Sessions
Year: Sophomore
Major: Business management
Hometown: Conway, South Carolina
“Parking is really full around 10 to 10:30. So, I’d say wake up as early as possible and find a parking spot at 8 or 9.”
Hayden Britsch
Year: Sophomore
Major: Marine science
Hometown: Georgetown, Kentucky
“Last semester, I got here at like 10 or 11 which is the worst time to be here to find a parking spot. If I couldn’t, I would go to one of the walkways where people come to the parking lot and ask them if they were leaving. And if they were, they’d be like ‘yeah I’m over here’ and then I’d follow them.”
Shaila Iredale
Year: Freshman
Major: Statistics
Hometown: Little River, South Carolina
“Honestly, I just show up as early as I can. I live really far away so I have a long commute as it is. If not, I’ll usually kinda sit somewhere until the classes get out. So, if its Monday, Wednesday, Friday around like 9:50, 10:50, that’s the perfect time to go look for parking because people are usually leaving.”
Jihad Leveramore
Year: Senior Major:
Theatre Hometown: Conway, South Carolina
“I park across the street that the black shuttle picks up at. And I just take the shuttle over to campus. That’s all I do.”
Diamond Edmonds
Year: Sophomore
Major: Communication
Hometown: Columbia, South Carolina
“So, when I’m looking for a parking spot, most of the time I’ll wait while people are walking. And then I’ll ask them ‘are you leaving?’ and then they say ‘yeah!’ I’ll be like ‘okay!’ and then I’ll get their park whenever they leave.”
Kevin Klein
Year: Freshman
Major: History education
Hometown: Oceanside, New York
“Showing up 45 minutes early.”
