No. Campus is designed to be a dense walker-friendly area for students to easily commute by foot, bike, and bus, not car (which makes those other modes much less effective). Sorry, but I’m glad it’s convenient and parking is concentrated in garages on the perimeter. Do you have a pass?

Not enjoying it so far.

My first job in college was Watty pots and pans—enjoy! It flies by.

One year I rented a dedicated parking spot from young America. It was a walk but at least it's a guaranteed spot

Nah they said 30 mins driving looking for parking. As a community we need less car centric planning and more public transit. Stop paving everything for car storage.

Well I graduated like 20 years ago and it was abysmal. So probably not.

So they said its a thirty minute commute which likely means they live out of town…

Unless you consistently arrive on campus in the early morning, it doesn't seem like a commuter pass would be worth the money. Back in grad school, I just learned the street parking system and walked farther.

I'm not certain that this is entirely a good thing--wasn't a core component of the budget fiasco that the university was fully paying the costs for many students to attend? High enrollment numbers don't necessarily indicate that the university is doing well financially.

I’d much rather space around campus be used for nearly any other reason than car storage. Use public transit instead!

Much safer to walk up and use the underpass to cross.

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Also not that it's of much solace for early & mid-day classes but OP can park in red lots with a green pass after I think 5:00 for evening classes (unofficially/anecdotally not good advice don't rely on it... never once did I have an issue parking in the red lot behind Turner for the occasional 4:00 class when I was desperate and willing to risk a ticket).

That graph is from 2023 - it’s gone up the last few years, but I believe it dipped this year

I took most of my classes in Turner. Parking was only ever a problem when Countrywide was having some event in the Bone, and they took up the whole Bone lot and the green lot across from the Bone.

Downside to the Turner lot is you have to walk across College to get to the Main/College underpass. Hit the button on the sign, and wait for cars to stop. How only one person has died there (before they put up the flashing lights) is a mystery to me, because drivers see those flashing lights and go, “Ooh, sparkles!” and keep driving.

Oh, and the other downside is that it’s on the ass end of campus, and woe is to anyone who has to walk from there to Stevenson.

Edit to add: The RBX picks up about 150 feet from that lot, by the way. I rarely used it because it would always drive away as I was getting out of class and had to get to Stevenson or State Farm within ten minutes.

do you have a lot pass? I rarely had issues finding a spot, especially once my routine was established bc the same people are coming and going at the same time each day, I'd often get the same spot in the same lot every day. if i did have trouble finding one i'd just park at the Bone and try to hang around campus until the lot closed so I wouldn't have to pay💀 I know enrollment is probably a lot higher now than it was a couple years ago tho so I can def see the issue

Yup had the same question myself.

To my understanding, it takes roughly about a month to receive your first paycheck. Then after the first paycheck, you’ll start getting subsequent paychecks on the 15th and at the end of each month.

Parking issues aren't the worst problem to have, all considering:

The Change in Fall Enrollment at Illinois Public Universities, 2005-2024 : r/illinois

ISU's enrollment continues to go up (although not a whole lot)

Called the number. Guy said everything should've gone through and I should get in contact with my bank. Called my bank but no one picked up so I left a voicemail, I'll be trying again in the afternoon.

Student jobs take about a month if I remember right.

Okay, so assuming you worked during the dates I mentioned, you should recieve a paycheck. I would call the payroll office to clear up any questions you have (309)438-7677.

Went to the training and orientation, then worked the same day as orienation from 12 to 3, then saturday from 7 to 9, and the schedule went from wednesdays from 12 to 3, saturdays from 7 to 9, and sundays from 6 to 10.

As the previous commenter noted, paychecks pertain to hours worked during the LAST pay period. It usually takes a month to get your first paycheck. Here’s the payroll calendar for hourly employees: https://payroll.illinoisstate.edu/calendar/hourly/

When did you work? The paycheck yesterday was from 8/1 to 8/15.

Are you still looking for choir members?

Which Mario Kart are we talking 👀