Diploma Withheld for Parking Ticket Issued During Graduation Ceremony
Yesterday, graduating senior Meredith Mulens was denied her diploma because of a parking ticket she received during her graduation ceremony. Mulens had parked outside of Reed Arena, where a motorcade of segways from the Transportation Services Department laid in wait for the graduating class.
Due to last year’s online classes and limited study space on campus, Transportation Services experienced a severe loss of parking ticket revenue. “We can barely afford to maintain the cappuccino machine in the office now,” said Charley King, an employee in the department. “We already had to give up the massage chairs in the lounge.”
The parking ticket was entered into the system only minutes before Mulens walked the stage, preventing her from receiving her diploma until she pays the fine. Mulens raised concern about the speed of the process, as she recalls it took over three weeks for the university to fulfill her financial aid request earlier in the semester.
“I’m frustrated about paying even more money, sure,” said Mulens. “But what could be a more appropriate way to finish my college career than finding a little white paper in my windshield wiper in Lot 100?”
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