Christie Hoffman doesn̢۪t attend Fresno State and she doesn̢۪t own a parking pass.

She parks her car in Lot G.

“I drove up from L.A. this weekend to visit my boyfriend,� she said. “He said it was OK to park here.�

Lot G is located right next to the dorms and the only parking lot accessible from Cedar Avenue.

For Hoffman and other drivers, it doesn̢۪t cost a dime.

The Collegian surveyed Lot G the Monday morning before spring break, checking for cars without parking passes.

In about 60 Lot G parking spaces, The Collegian found six cars without a parking pass.

Freshman dorm resident Katie Rice was frustrated at the finding. “I pay $68 every semester, so it sucks if people are parking for free,� she said.

Rice said drivers without permits take up many of the parking spaces closest to the dorms.

“I have to walk a billion miles out there and have to walk a billion miles back to my room because they’re taking up the spaces,� she said.

University Police Public Information Officer Amy Armstrong said officers do not show preference to any lot when patrolling for parking violations.

“We enforce all of our parking the same,� she said. “The officers patrol all the lots.�

Armstrong said campus parking police have ticketed for parking violations on the fringes of campus, so enforcing it in Lot G isn̢۪t too out of the way for the parking police.

“We make sure you have a pass, no matter which corner of the campus you’re in,� she said.

Armstrong said the police were probably out directing traffic in congested parts of campus when The Collegian found the parking violations. “Not always are the parking police doing parking,� she said.

The assignments for directing traffic have no regular schedule and are based on the immediate congestion, she said.

Post-baccalaureate student and five-year dorm resident Allisa Walker said she has no problem with students parking without a pass.

Although it̢۪s usually close to full, there̢۪s still parking, she said.

Walker said because she frequently goes to local elementary schools, she is in and out of Lot G all the time.

“I don’t think it’s a matter of spaces,� Walker said. “It’s just a matter of how people don’t want to walk.�

Walker said she doesn̢۪t sympathize with residents who complain about a shortage of parking in the dorms.

“It’s just people being lazy,� she said.

Hoffman returned on Cesar Chavez Day and parked in Lot G. This time, campus police gave her a parking ticket. “I couldn’t believe it,â€? she said. “I was so pissed.”