After heated arguments, the parking committee said the whole parking system needed evaluation before an allocation of student spaces along the softball field could be considered.

Student Government representatives presented data from a study on three parking lots, which they say are going unused and they want 36 spots along the softball field to go to students.

“The data overwhelmingly indicated that students want more parking,” said George Lessica, member of the University Development and Recycling Committee. “One hundred and twenty-eight students received parking tickets last semester because they parked in a spot where they were not supposed to park or were forced to park in.”

Eastern employees present at the meeting appeared to be pleased with the work on the presentation but thought the survey was not conducted properly.

Employees said the data concentrated only on faculty spaces, and all spaces should have been represented in the students’ study.

Students claimed the faculty wanted no part of the survey, but Eastern employees denied the accusation, saying none of them were contacted.

At some points, discussions over parking escalated into a frenzy of argumentative tactics until the committee resolved to restore order.

“It’s safer to say that there is a larger percentage of spots which go unused by students,” acting University Police Chief Adam Due said.

Due reminded students about parking allocated to them near the football stadium, but students said the distance of those spots from campus presents a risk of danger to students who must park at night.

The committee decided it was too early to make reallocations and more time needed to be given to survey how the opening of the Mary J. Booth Library and construction on the Tarble Arts Center affect the overall parking system.