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Minor issues found at annual SC Night Walk

Written by Bryan Bastible, The Shorthorn senior staff

Tuesday, 03 November 2009 08:53 PM

Cynthia Babbitt, Environmental Health and Safety Office occupational safety specialist, points out possible safety hazards during the annual Student Congress Night Walk on Tuesday evening outside the Architecture Building. (The Shorthorn: Stephanie Goddard)

Student Congress Vice President Melanie Johnson dug her red high heel into the cracks of a sidewalk testing the possibility of someone falling.

SC held their annual Night Walk on Tuesday — along with a handful of students and about six staff — where they scoured the campus looking for areas of concern that could be deemed unsafe.

The main concern that they found were bulbs that needed replacement, a few emergency call boxes that didn’t function and cracked sidewalk areas. Participants were split up into groups, two on shuttles that went around the outside of campus and one that walked around the campus’ central part.

“It’s important for us to be aware of any safety issue that have not been resolved on campus,” Science senator Laina Bridges said. “I learned that the university takes extra precautions to make sure students are safe on campus by making sure the call boxes are working properly and the lighting is efficient for student needs.”

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About a couple of students along with administrators from the police department, physical plant, student affairs and environmental health and safety.

Student Congress began the walk in the 1980s.

“I think we found a lot less things than last year, because we got a lot of stuff fixed last year,” Johnson said.
Undeclared freshman Jeff Hazelrigs attended the walk.

(The Shorthorn: Laura Sliva)

“I think it’s a good idea to identify what problems need to be fixed,” he said. “I was glad to see a lot of lighting, such as in parking lots, and seeing that SC is ensuring student safety after hours on campus.”

SC noted a cracked and weathered sidewalk on the north side of University Hall last year, but it wasn’t fixed.

“Sometimes it takes reporting a couple of times for it to get fixed,” SC President Kent long said.

Cynthia Babbitt, Environmental Health and Safety Office occupational safety specialist, said the time it takes to fix the things depends on funding and the hazard’s seriousness.

She said with the enrollment increase she hasn’t seen a surge in the number of accidents on campus.

“Once you notice something broken, you need to report it to the Office of Environmental Health and Safety,” she said. “We’re all our eyes and ears and we have to keep each other safe.”
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