LOOK OUT, BRAH
People at ASU need to learn how to walk. And bike. And skateboard, longboard, waveboard, rollerblade, scooter, unicycle, jog, skip, hop, etc.
ASU should really do something about the mess that is called “walking on campus.” My solution: make students learn about how to not cause collisions in their freshman seminar class.
I know, it sounds silly, but ASU already provides its incoming students with information about the local transportation — Orbit, light rail, Valley Metro — and what is more local than the transportation physically within the campus?
I cannot tell you how many times I have either caused, been affected by, or witnessed a collision between people on this campus.
I’m sure if someone in the statistics department were doing a study about pedestrian accidents here on campus, they would be having a field day.
I went to a rather large high school, so I know how frustrating it is to get from one class to another in the midst of a giant, unruly crowd, but nothing prepared me for the chaos of ASU.
This topic would be right at home at an ASU 101 lesson or a guided tour of our wonderful campus. As a Devils’ Advocate passes the Student Health Center, they could say, “This is where you will end up if you do not pay attention to where you are going.”
Either way, whether it is the person texting without paying attention, the bicyclist who is riding way too fast, or the skateboarder who erroneously believes the crack in the sidewalk isn’t “that big,” everyone could use a refresher in common courtesy and attentiveness.
Christine Wilkins
Undergraduate
