Show Page 4 Student Life Monday May 24 1976 EditorialsOpinion Stop a shortcut to disaster Utah State is an attractive campus It isn't under constant construction as is Weber State in Ogden It is known for its agricultural department yet many students are here for its program of natural resources and related fields This campus has a relatively low crime rate as compared to other schools but its main pride is in its beauty This beauty however may soon be endangered The problem is its sidewalks These white cement walkways are shared by walkers runners bikers skateboarders lovers and dogs Recently campus vehicles have been using the sidewalks as shortcuts to get from one area of the campus to another The sidewalks save time and gas while roads around campus may not Vehicles travel the sidewalks during school hours scattering students into the grass mud or dirt Often the drivers don't honk to warn students they are behind them Students intent on homework or a forthcoming test should not be expected to have to look out for traffic on a traditionally pedestrian walkway Not only are these vehicles potentially harmful to pedestrians but there is an environmental issue involved The exhaust could eventually kill the grass along the sidewalks Finally if vehicles have been on the sidewalks long enough oilspots tire and skid marks will appear on the walkways which would help destroy the beauty of the campus The Executive and Academic Senates should adopt resolutions banning vehicles from public sidewalks before someone is inured or killed or the environment suffers They are the leaders so they should bring the issue to the eyes of the administration When a university whose empha$ is on the different uses of land allows its own campus to deteriorate then how much credibility can be placed in its graduates? FRANKLY SPEAKING High risers - by phil frank by Ray Cornia How about a National Waffle Week With the advent of the only we4-a- f spring-lik- e weather class attendance drops schoolwork stops and crowds flock outside to catch their first glimpses of Old Sol hard at work Since this week catches so much attention as being the only seven days between when the snow flies and the summer rushes in a week should be set aside where students can "waffle" away their lives in leisure Imagine a National Waffle Week at USU No more required classes for a week no preparing lectures for the faculty no pressing for an elusive place by those from off campus and no gazing parking at the sun from classrooms while longing to be on the quad with s and a frisbee Of course those who normally waffle anyway would be required to waffle from those activities and do something they normally don't do like go to class Oh the joys of a National Waffle Week We'd continue to extol them but the sun's Besides just started we ve got to go outside and waffle a littleshining time away cut-off- SORRY HEALTH DEPARTMENT SAYS X CAN'T SERVE O06S IN HERE |