Deal with it.

Parking on campus is not going to change in the near future. But, that doesn’t mean students aren’t frustrated with what they see as inadequate parking.

Kate Prasse, a second-year law student, thinks changes should be made to make parking on campus more accessible.

“Strictly speaking in terms of the law school, too much parking is dedicated to the faculty. Our parking has completely dwindled,” Prasse said.

Molly Salisbury, Arts & Sciences freshman, agrees that too much parking is being dedicated to the faculty, not only for the law school, but also for the campus as a whole.

“There seems to be a large amount of faculty parking on campus that is not utilized. I feel like students could be using some of those spots,” Salisbury said.

Salisbury said parking is fairly adequate for students who live on campus, but it seems to be more of a challenge for students who live elsewhere.

Prasse said her colleagues have arrived at school at 7 a.m., and the bottom floor of the parking garage at 20th and Cass Streets is completely full.

Law students have to park extremely far away or on the streets not reserved for students, Prasse said.

One of the biggest changes to the law school students’ parking is that the parking lot directly south of the Harper Center is now a visitors only parking lot and no longer a student lot.

“I’m very frustrated with the parking situation. We pay over $300 to have a parking spot, and I feel like I shouldn’t have to pay a meter or park on the street. There should be parking available,” Prasse said.

Prasse would recommend having the top of the parking garage at 20th and Cass Streets, currently reserved only for faculty, changed to student parking and the visitor parking lot changed to accommodate faculty and visitors.

Richard McAuliffe, director of Public Safety, said the lack of cars in the lot is due to the newness of the Harper Center.

“The lot across from the Harper Center is expected to fill up and be utilized. It is just a matter of the events starting up,” he said. “We need to be absolutely certain that we have adequate parking for all of the events that we have scheduled at the Harper Center.”

McAuliffe said there is not a lack of parking on campus.

“We have adequate parking for all of our competing factions: students, faculty and staff this year,” he said.

McAuliffe said parking is always a challenge because of the large number of people not only attending school here at Creighton, but also the location of the university.

“We’re in an urban area and we’re surrounded by a lot of activity in the area. We have the hospital and Central High School that both draw in a lot of people,” McAuliffe said.

Although many students, like Prasse, are frustrated with the lack of parking for the university, McAuliffe said the university is always working toward improving parking.

“Some of the great projects we have on campus impact parking. Once the dust settles, we will see improvements in the parking on campus,” McAuliffe said referring to the new Ryan Center.

McAuliffe said the parking is an orientation process every year and that it will eventually improve.

“I encourage everyone to be patient with parking, especially the first couple of weeks of school, because as we go into the semester, the demand for parking dwindles and conditions improve,” McAuliffe said.