B-School Parking Grievances Receive No Response at Forum

An expected confrontation between Soldiers Field Park residents and Business School officials over parking arrangements fell through last night when only five people attended an open forum.

Occupants of the Harvard housing project complained two weeks ago that parking restrictions inconvenienced them. In a move intended to reduce noise and traffic in the area, the University placed barriers and guards on the B-School campus last June has since increased the restrictions.

Residents called for last night's forum after B-School administrators failed to address their grievance, organizers said. Nearly 90 percent of building number one residents signed a petition demanding that the barriers be removed, said Jared W Bush, a complaint coordinator.

Paul H. Lapointe, director of administrative operations at the B-School, was invited to the meeting, but did not attend. He refused to comment last night.

Throttled

"We're being throttled by the administration," Bush said. "They perpetuate the problem by not admitting that there is one," he added.

"There could be modifications," said Cyndy T. Golant, who supported the petition. "What really annoys us is that they [the administration] haven't even acknowledged our complaints," she added.