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Students face long lines to pick up new Gator Pass

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SF State students await Gator Passes in the Cesar Chavez Student Center around noon on Monday. (McClelland/Xpress)

A line overflowed outside the Cesar Chavez Student Center as students waited to pick up their Gator Pass made available for the first time Monday afternoon.

The pass, which becomes effective in the fall, doubles as a Clipper card and student ID, gives students unlimited free MUNI rides (excluding cable cars) and a 25 percent discount on all BART rides to and from Daly City Station. Passes can be picked up through Friday between the hours of 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. at the Cesar Chavez Student Center.

Students were eager for the arrival of the pass but some students were frustrated by the pickup process.

“I think the school messed up,” said Kaitlyn Kennedy, third-year communications major. “I have been waiting in line for an hour. I am not a happy camper.”

Although Kennedy was frustrated with the long wait time, she is grateful the pass is being offered to students.

“They should have offered this since the beginning of time,” said Kennedy. “I would have wanted to transfer sooner.”

Creative writing major Sean Smith believes the pass is a necessity because of the campus location. He said many students don’t have cars or access to alternative transportation.

“San Francisco is the definition of municipal,” said Smith. “I use public transportation every day, sometimes even multiple times a day.”

Megan Bograd, a third-year sociology major, thinks the school could have negotiated the terms of the pass to better serve student needs.

“Free MUNI is awesome, but the majority of our students take BART,” said Bogard in reference to SF State’s large commuter population.

Students unable to pick up their pass by Friday are advised to visit the Student Services Building to learn how to obtain it, according to information given by the One Card office.

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    Library EmployeeMay 16, 2017 at 4:24 pm

    UPDATE: The new OneCard will not work with printing in the Library. You must use your old OneCard to pay for your prints or purchase a “Guest Card” from an “Add Value Station”. A “Guest Card” is $2.00 per card and you must add ‘cash value’ to the card itself. The new OneCard is expected to be fully functional in Fall 2017.

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    Aaron GoodmanMay 9, 2017 at 2:20 pm

    Exactly, and BART is where the M-Line needs to be planned to connect up with. So the question is with GGP(Stonestown) SFSU-CSU and Parkmerced all planning projects how do we get the short distance and station re-design done so the M-Line continues out properly to Daly City BART over the Brotherhood Way, Alemany Fly-Over and I-280 interchange directly? The solution is not MUNI or tunnels or subways but elevated air-tram connecting the three development projects with Daly City BART……. All we need is to devise the air-development rights out in that direction to build the needed connections…

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