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Thursday, March 29th marked the annual Safety Walk in which ASUOP, Public Safety, faculty and students walk around and discuss possible safety issues around campus. Although there appeared to be no blatant interest from the student body (only two of us were not directly related to the Safety Walk), I have to admit the walk itself was educational.
We began at Burns Tower,pointing out hazards such as the need for speed bumps on Chapel Lane (the street between the Business School and the Chapel); the street is an attractive road for speed demons and inattentive drivers who tend to speed past careless pedestrians. As we coursed down across the Levy, another pressing issue was the fractured chain-link fences surrounding the construction occurring on Hand Hall. Students, either pressed for time or just a slightly lazy, walk between the fences in order to avoid an extra five minutes around construction. “This [act]” stresses Michael Belcher, the director of public safety, “is not only dangerous, but frightening” because of the frequency this act occurs at night. Lasting a good hour,the scrupulous pro-safety group pointed out multiple flaws and improvements that would benefit the Pacific community. Although many of the issues discussed occurred because of the recent construction, there seems to be a precedent. All problems, within budget and allotted time, are solved in the best way possible; therefore, there is no need to worry, Public Safety seems to have a handle on all the pot-holes, uneven parking, and the poor lighting all over campus. So be on the lookout for improvements in our little community, the Safety Walk has uncovered Pacific’s preoccupations.
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