Ben Lowe and Mike Nelson present their parking initiative to President Bernie Machen.

After one week of campaigning via the Internet and across campus, Lowe and Nelson gathered more than 5,000 student signatures to give to Machen, along with a letter requesting administration support in solving parking problems.

Lowe and Nelson hope Machen will set up a team of administrators, students and parking services officials to look for reasonable long-term and short-term solutions to parking problems.

Machen will now present the proposal to the Academic Senate, who will vote on the plan Monday.

“He seemed very excited to take it to the Senate,” Nelson said. “He received it very well.”