News
By Emily Ackerman
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November 18, 2002
In light of several recent assaults on University students and employees, members of the University community have heightened their concern over the issue of safety on and off Grounds.
Members of two safety committees are addressing these concerns during their annual safety walks, which tour eight heavily trafficked areas on and around Grounds to discuss issues of student security.
The Student Council Safety Concerns Committee and the Security and General Safety Committee, which includes students and administrators, are sponsoring the walks, which began last Thursday and will continue until Sunday.
One topic of discussion during the walks has been lighting in more remote residence areas, said Council Executive Vice President Ronnie Mayhew, who led a walk through the areas of Scott Stadium, Hereford College and Gooch-Dillard.
"The stadium area was in general pretty well-lit, though we did find one light bulb that was out in the Southwest corner," Mayhew said.
Most of the burned-out light bulbs were in the Gooch-Dillard and Hereford residence areas, he added.
The walks were held earlier than last year in order to have a report on their findings completed by Winter Break, said Katie Rude, chairwoman of the Council Safety Concerns Committee.
"In the past few years, after the walks in January or February, the report came out in March," Rude said.
