THE EDITOR, Sir:
I WOULD like firstly to acknowledge proudly that I am a graduate of the University of the West Indies (Mona), having completed both first and second degrees at that venerable institution.
In fact, one day last week, I paid a visit to the Mona campus and was quite pleased with how the institution has developed.
New buildings, faculties and departments everywhere! I was impressed. That is, until I tried to find somewhere to park my vehicle.
There is clearly an anomaly in the way the university treats its major clients - fee-paying students.
On the other hand, there are very clearly defined parking areas for the UWI's staff - usually a hop, skip and a jump away from their areas of work and very brightly painted with their staff designation.
Parking for students and anyone else who does business on the campus, is way over yonder. In fact, I was hard-pressed to find any spaces - both of which were naturally occupied.
On some of the more recog-nised campuses, I would like to hazard a guess that both staff and students cycle to and from their various locations without parking preferences or privileges being given to one or the other set of clients.
As a business communicator, my observations have led me to believe that the UWI finds it more important to satisfy the parking needs of the staff over that of the major contributors to their revenue streams - the students and other persons conducting legitimate business on its campus.
I am, etc.,
UWI GRADUATE
