With Dec. 31 right around the corner, it’s definitely time to start thinking of how we can improve ourselves. Sure us students have our standard resolutions, such as “go to office hours” and “don’t cry after every test,” but what about our community as a whole? Looking around, it’s clear to see that Binghamton University has plenty that it could work on. So as the clock tower strikes midnight on Jan. 1, 2015, we urge the administration to check out this list of sample resolutions, and to start thinking about the future.

I will work on my parking situation

This year, we hope that the administration of BU will resolve to fix the parking situation (or lack thereof). Maybe next semester, off-campus students won’t have to leave 40 minutes earlier than necessary in order to get to class on time. The only consistently available parking spots lie in Mountainview College and beyond. Once you get a spot, good luck finding your car when it’s time to go home — if you haven’t turned into an ice sculpture on the trek there. Is it too much to ask to turn some of that metered parking into free-tered parking and save us a freezing pilgrimage to the forest of cars that is Lot M?

I will reduce the prices in the Marketplace

We all waited long and hard for the arrival of the New University Union, with its array of food options, open lounge and study space. And while we’d be lying if we didn’t say that it is quite heavenly in a plethora of ways, we’d also be lying if we said that it didn’t run our pockets dry. Moghul, I love you, but I cannot afford to eat paneer at $8 a container as often as I would like to. The Marketplace is supposed to be a casual dining experience, available often and offering a variety of choices, but I could go to the Chenango Room and get a better quality meal and a lot more bang for my BUC. How about a little Red Mango quality at Yolato price?

I will provide amenities in the Science Library

If you haven’t figured out that the Science Library is where it’s at for a quiet and uninterrupted study session, you probably haven’t been doing as well on your exams as you should be. It is far less populated and congested than the white room and almost always has available desks, unlike in Glenn G. Bartle Library. The one drawback? NO COFFEE. They’re basically begging us to take study drugs so that we can pull our all-nighters! If they had a nice little snack station where BU students could nourish themselves, the Science Library would be everything and more. Might I suggest moving the mini Jazzman’s station from Academic A over? C’mon, who uses that one?

I will make the gym free of cost

Anyone else miss the long-gone days of the free mini-gym in the Old University Union? The University should be providing its students with free and easy ways to stay fit; the only exercise I can afford around here is walking to find my car in Lot M. How about we give a little back to the people — maybe I wouldn’t spend my spare hours in bed watching “Chopped” on Netflix if I could be sweating my troubles away on an elliptical. Save me the $100+ so I can afford something from Salad Toss after my workout.

I will make all of the dining halls equal to the Appalachian Dining Hall

Okay, BU, maybe I’d be an athlete too if you provided me with fresh almond butter, a Mediterranean bar and an on-site sushi chef. Appalachian is famous for its quality of eats and its impressive late-night ice cream station and grocery. It is also only one of the two dining halls that has a whole section called “simple servings,” where you can get fresh and healthy meals, as opposed to having approximately 150 burritos per week. The choices at Appalachian are impeccable and it becomes clear whose health BU is truly looking out for. On the bright side, you can stop there for a mid-hike meal on the way to your car.