Megan Pripusich
The Saint Xavier Shuttle Service has finally published their Spring 2015 schedule to end the confusion amongst maddened students.
All shuttles are equipped and ready to go.
Over the course of the semester, the Public Safety dispatch office, which answers calls and requests about the shuttle service, has been swarmed with confused and angry students wondering if, and when, the shuttles were coming.
Towards the end of the Fall 2014 semester, the shuttle service lacked drivers and was having trouble accommodating all of the students’ needs.
This semester, new hires have been made and all of the shuttles are covered according to the Public Safety Office.
Fredrick Frazzini, overnight dispatcher for Public Safety said, “The students have to be patient. We take the calls, but it’s the students’ responsibility to pick up a schedule or access the schedule online and call ahead of time for special requests to get to Midway Airport or Chicago Ridge Mall.”
Frazzini stressed that there are limits to the places that the shuttles will travel to.
“They should know the shuttle bus will not take students to private residences or bars. That’s outside of our jurisdiction,” Frazzini said.
As of January 2015, new schedules have been placed in the Warde Academic Center as well as in each resident hall for students to pick up.
The shuttle schedules have not changed from the previous semester.
Senior Lareshawn Gore said, “I like the shuttle schedule and how they do respond as quickly as possible. The only thing I would improve is to stay a little later like 2:00 a.m. or 2:30 a.m. on the weekends so that students can get back and forth from Gilhooley’s safely.”
The campus shuttle bus runs from 7:30 a.m to 10:15 p.m., Monday through Friday.
To request a shuttle, contact dispatch in Rubloff Hall by calling (773) 298-4400. The shuttle bus schedule can be picked up in several locations around campus.
The schedule is also available on www.sxu.edu under Student Life.
The Public Safety department provides free shuttle services for students, faculty and staff.
Nicole Gordon
News Correspondant