By Steven Barker

News Editor

Faculty and staff hoping for exclusive parking spaces on campus will have to wait. According to Associated Students President Derek Stotler, ASI is drafting a resolution that opposes efforts from some CSU Bakersfield professors to acquire parking spaces exclusive to faculty. The issue arose during both a Transportation Committee Meeting held on April 21. and the University Council meeting on March 20. During the latter gathering, Stotler said he and ASI oppose the idea of faculty and staff having reserved parking. In an interview on Friday, April 24, Stotler maintained his stance. “One suggestion [by professors] was that they would be willing to provide some sort of shuttle service for students if they got parking spaces,” Stotler said. “And I said, ‘Okay, that’s fine. If you want to take the shuttle, you guys can take the shuttle and we’ll take the parking places.’” “Then they started proposing, ‘Well, what if we put bicycle stations out there where you can check them out and ride them into campus.’ And I said, ‘Well let’s flip that same way; why don’t we have bike stations for you and you all can ride into campus?’” CSUB professor BJ Moore, who was listed in the University Council notes as supporting faculty-exclusive parking, could not be reached for comment. While Stotler said he, from general conversations with fellow ASI executives, predicts his peers will reject faculty parking, ASI Vice President of External Affairs Ricardo Perez says he has heard nothing regarding the initiative. “It’s never been discussed at our level,” Perez said. “It’s never been brought up.” Stotler expects the resolution will be presented and passed within three weeks.