Do you remember the whole idea behind the renovations to the Free Expression Tunnel?
Wasn’t it to make campus more handicap accessible?
Well prior to our glorious Spring Break, we got a little extra exercise walking from one side of campus to the other, around the area sectioned off because of the Free Expression Tunnel construction. Perhaps you too experienced the calf-strengthening obstacle in front of the C-Store connected to the Bookstore.
Instead of what would normally consist of walking around some tables, students now had to climb over a three-foot wall just to get to Dunn Avenue.
If you were handicapped and unable to make the trip over the wall, an alternate route would have involved going around the Bookstore, possibly into Talley Student Center and you would have to battle a gargoyle or answer a riddle from a troll just to make it to your final destination.
We understand to make improvements to campus we will have to give up some luxuries, but climbing over a wall just to go to class is a little much.
Better plans have to be made to prevent injuries that can easily be caused by forcing students to climb over walls. Perhaps the University isn’t aware of our tort crazy culture, but unless they want serious frivolous and avoidable lawsuits, they would be advised to not cordon off all of our walkways at once.
While we are talking about the Free Expression Tunnel, it should be said we are disappointed in the fact it won’t be completed until late spring, which is basically after classes let out. It seems like everyday the piles of dirt in the construction area get bigger and bigger, but process is not as easy to see.
We miss our tunnel and the ease we have been accustomed to because of its ability to connect East Campus. It is bad enough we have train tracks running through campus, but to deny us one of the few capillaries that has helped us get across our campus for so long is beginning to become a little ridiculous.
Let’s get the Free Expression Tunnel finished fast so we can let everyone know what we think and walk to classes without climbing gear.