The lunch lines may be longer and you might have to come to school an hour earlier to get a parking space; do these things really affect a student’s everyday life? Most will say yes.

With over 10,000 students enrolled at BCCC this semester finding a parking space can be brutal. Victoria Cioppi, a third year student at Bucks, said, “At 8 a.m. the parking lots are already full.” With this kind of congestion it’s often necessary for studThe lunch lines may be longer and you might have to come to school an hour earlier to get a parking space; but do these things really affect a student’s everyday life? Most will say yes.

With over 10,000 students enrolled at BCCC this semester, finding a parking space can be brutal.

Victoria Cioppi, a third year student at Bucks, said, “At 8 a.m. the parking lots are already full.”

With this kind of congestion it’s often necessary for students to leave their houses earlier than normal just to ensure they get a parking space.

“This is totally ridiculous. It has never been this bad. I am usually 10-15 minutes late each day for class because of the parking problems”, said George Bateman, 20, from Philadelphia.

Along with parking, traffic entering and leaving the campus has increased. The traffic lights on Swamp Road help to minimize congestion. In the event of an accident, Swamp Road or the Newtown Bypass could be backed up for miles, created potential hazard to the safety of students.

Studying in the library or in study lounges is also more difficult. Computers in the library are limited and students are often waiting in lines to use them. More students are kicked out of the library for things like using America Online Instant Messenger. If students appear to be just messing around on line they are forced to leave. This makes it very hard for people to take care of Internet business if they aren’t lucky enough to have it at home.

Bucks students also dealt with long, crowded lines in the beginning of the semester waiting for books.

Danielle Gross, 24, from Langhorne said, “They better build another bookstore or something. I had to stand in line for about two-and-a-half-hours just to get my freaking books. There should be no reason why we should have to pay and wait that long”.

The tables in study lounges always seem to be occupied, as well as the benches outside. When the very cold weather comes we will see the congestion not only in the drive to Bucks, but also in the halls.

Lunch lines are longer and empty cafeteria tables are difficult to find. Frank Milillo, a first year student, said, “The school should add more tables or even benches to accommodate all of the students who are left standing against the wall. There is a bright side. Making friends has become easier.”

Classrooms are more crowded this semester. Some rooms have more students than chairs. Some students are forced to sit on metal folding chairs. However, most students haven’t seen a change in teacher/student interaction despite the higher number of students in each class.

Jennifer Conrad, a second year student at Bucks, said, “I think we still get the same amount of attention from our teachers even though there are more of us.”

Many students that are full-time this year had to settle for a few night classes instead of their usual daytime classes.

Patrick Kelly, 22, from New Hope said, “I can’t believe I had to take three night classes that are three hours long. This has never happened before where I could not take day classes for all of my courses. This has screwed up my work schedule tremendously”.

Though students face these problems every day, they are finding ways to solve them including: finding new nooks and crannies at school and new places to get work done. Whether it’s leaving their homes in the morning fifteen minutes earlier or getting a snack from the vending machine instead of the lunch line, students are positive about their education and the higher enrollment is seen as a positive statement about BCCC.

Additional reporting by Christine Doyle.

ents to leave their houses earlier than normal just to ensure they get a parking space.

“This is totally ridiculous. It has never been this bad. I am usually 10-15 minutes late each day for class because of the parking problems”, said George Bateman, 20, from Philadelphia.

Along with parking, traffic entering and leaving the campus has increased. The traffic lights on Swamp Road help to minimize congestion. Messy situations are always a threat to students. In the event of an accident, Swamp Road or the Newtown Bypass could be backed up for miles. This could be a hazard to the safety of students.

Studying in the library or in study lounges is also more difficult. Computers in the library are limited and students are often waiting in lines to use them. More students are kicked out of the library for things like using America Online Instant Messenger. If students appear to be just messing around on line they are forced to leave, due to the increase. This makes it very hard for people to take care of Internet business if they aren’t lucky enough to have it at home.

Bucks students are also dealing with the long, crowded lines in the beginning of the semester waiting for books. Danielle Gross, 24, from Langhorne said, “They better build another bookstore or something. I had to stand in line for about 2 and a half hours just to get my freaking books. There should be no reason why we should have to pay and wait that long”. There have always been lines at the beginning of the semester but nothing like in recent years. The overwhelming lines kept forming day after day for the first three weeks of this semester. There seemed to be no time for students to go when it was not crowded.

The tables in study lounges always seem to be occupied, as well as the benches outside. When the very cold weather comes we will see the congestion not only in the drive to Bucks, but also in the halls.

Lunch lines are longer and empty cafeteria tables are difficult to find. Frank Milillo, a first year student, said, “The school should add more tables or even benches to accommodate all of the students who are left standing against the wall.” There is a bright side. Making friends has become easier.

Classrooms are more crowded this semester. Some rooms have more students than chairs. Some students are forced to sit on metal folding chairs. However, most students haven’t seen a change in teacher/student interaction despite the higher number of students in each class.

Jennifer Conrad, a second year student at Bucks, said, “I think we still get the same amount of attention from our teachers even though there are more of us.”

Many students that are full-time this year had to settle for a few night classes instead of their usual daytime classes.

Patrick Kelly, 22, from New Hope said, “I can’t believe I had to take three night classes that are three hours long. This has never happened before where I could not take day classes for all of my courses. This has screwed up my work schedule tremendously”.

Many students had to totally flip flop their days just to accommodate their needs for the classes they wanted to take.

Though students face these problems every day, they are finding ways to solve them; including, finding new nooks and crannies at school and new places to get work done. Whether it’s leaving their homes in the morning fifteen minutes earlier or getting a snack from the vending machine instead of the lunch line, students are positive about their education and the higher enrollment is seen as a positive statement about BCCC.

Additional Reporting by Christine Doyle.