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New Parking Permits Required for AUM Students

By Courtney Singleton  In nearly 50 years of AUM’s existence, commuter students have had free on-campus parking. That has recently changed. Starting this fall, students are paying $30 annually for a parking permit that allows them access to park on campus anytime. While faculty and staff have always paid for parking, their rates went up drastically from only $25 to $75 a year. There has been talk of paying for parking at AUM for the last few years, but students did not find out about the fee until closer to the beginning of the semester. Starting Sept. 28, all cars not registered with the new parking decal will receive a ticket. Paid parking permits were brought up to the SGA last fall in hopes of adding more security on campus and helping AUM police identify cars that do not bel...