The Student Senate tabled the resolution regarding the elimination between upperclassmen and underclassmen student parking during its Wednesday meeting.

Jonathan Boudreau, a student ticket writer for the University Police Department, said he is not in favor of the idea of combining campus parking for students.

During the meeting, Boudreau, a sophomore sociology major, addressed the senate and voiced his concerns of allowing students to park in any lot regardless of status.

“I feel we are just pulling more and more away from the upperclassmen,” he said. “If they are going to eventually do something then let’s take small steps.”

Student Senate members Kaci Abolt, Zach Samples, and JR Patton wrote the parking resolution.

Samples, who is in favor of combining campus parking, said he did not want to vote on the decision regarding the issue with student parking immediately, but did want the Student Senate to consider the changes.

“(Students) want to park where they live,” said the freshman history major. “People who live in Andrews (Hall) and Lawson (Hall) want to park near Andrews and Lawson.”

Samples said the faculty and staff have discussed and solved the problem of parking issues, so now is the time to tackle the student parking issue.

“Staff has taken care of themselves by increasing the number of staff lots,” he said. “Now that the staff have done something for themselves it is time that we as students do something for the students and solve this problem.”

Chief Police Adam Due from the UPD, attended the meeting to speak in favor of combining student parking.

“There are spaces already on campus, but it’s just not necessarily where people want,” Due said.

This can also eliminate the problem of issuing tickets to underclassmen who are illegally parked in an upperclassmen parking lot, Due said.

“To me that’s good public relations,” he said. “We are trying to take care of the people. We are trying to provide a service.”

The Student Senate has the reputation of not doing anything for the students, Abolt said.

“Why not tackle the number one complaint,” she said.

The Student Senate meets at 7 p.m. Wednesday in the Arcola-Tuscola Room of the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union.

Jessica Leggin can be reached at 581-2812 or jmleggin@eiu@edu.

This article has been revised to reflect the following correction Feb. 17, 2011:

Jonathan Boudreau was misquoted as saying he feels they were pulling more away from underclassmen. He said they were pulling more away from upperclassmen.