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Letter: Speedy students plow over patience


It occurs to me that we are all in a hurry to get to our next class, so I have a perfect solution: let's all ride some kind of wheeled mode of transportation--be it a scooter, a bike or a skateboard--at ridiculous speeds while talking on cell phones, weaving in and out of one another and squinting through dusty sunglasses. Perfect right? Today, for the third time in less than a week, I nearly had a run-in with yet another unknown biker. I've seen a student on a scooter crash due to a crack in the sidewalk, and I saw a skateboarder thrown from a board with the noise that can only be associated with the infamous "rock under the wheel." Now I hate to be a name caller, a finger pointer or a whistleblower, but this has seriously got to stop, or at least slow down. I know there are supposed "no ride" zones, but who enforces them? Not only is this dangerous, but it's aggravating. I don't like having to utilize my high school football training in order to stutter step out of the path of a speeding bike. The fact that I have to refer back to my high school football days at all is enough reason for me to picket. Even the slower bikes are annoying. They creep along right on your heels waiting for the right time to dig a rubber tread into your calf. Ok, I know; your classes are on the other side of campus and you need to cover ground quickly, and so on. Well, I have a perfect response for this: Plan ahead! Don't wait until the very last minute to register for classes and maybe you won't get stuck with cross-campus commutes. I don't need a bike, blades, a board, or a scooter and neither do the majority of other students. I guess I'm just a scheduling genius and since I'm such a nice person, I offer my obviously exceptional skills to all of you with furiously spinning wheels. But seriously, who am I? Just watch out for the distracted, off balance speed walker that randomly takes out bikers.

--Thomas Goimarac

pre-business junior


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