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► Students bike, skate
their way to traffic court
i imi nit] ad ra ini ft tna tort an putting the. brake* on toitti forms "i
Mudcnt tf antpoiuumi !“ keep students fiom plowing o\n pedestrian*
.ifid toughing up < arupus pi«»|M*itt the um- of 1>um In. skatrlxiatds and in
hue skate* at mam v hools hat bee nine illegal
\t ( ahtomia Polvtrc him State l San I nis ()his}»>. public safett ofltiri*
11« krt in line tkatris and tend them roiling to traffi< court five tnilrtaw.it
I hr tic krtmg is a irtult of a ( aidoi nta A dim tostiat»vr (.ode that
prohibit* in line skating skatehoaiding and similar modes of
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ti an«*poi tation on unixnsiix giounos
1 nlort rinrlil of thr codr is up to thr dis< retton ol
mdixidual public v hook
Mik* Krnnrdx. an mxrstigator lot ( al 1‘olx
police. \.ns ihc oidmatur was a it Milt ol largr
numlxts ol skatrltoaidrts on < atilpus
’ Wr wnr afraid they would hurt th« tusclvrs 01
run into jK-drMiran* ami hint them,’ hr vt\s
I hr %<bool rtilaftr» thr to<lr to cut down on
liahihtx and prevent piopertx damage caused bx
oiiHi|<ontiol skateboarders
\S Itilc Kenneth saxs hi* drpaitinrnt t mild go
alter in line skaters il thex wanted thr skatm
aren’t nun h ol a problem on t ainpus vet
\t llumlMtldt Statr l . also in < ahfoima a 2*4
hour ban on binding and skatrboaidtng has
grounded students on c ei tain parts ol i am pus
\dmimsti atoM there also i nr tom ri ns about
salt tx, liahihtx and damage tot amptis piojKitx
l hr ban is limitrd lion tain aicas sjmi ilh allx
thr highlv-ti all'll ked mnn iouit area whrtr
administrators air woriving about pedestrian
safety. sax s Rrrs Hughes, dirri toi «>l student
at tixitirs
"We h It it wasn't vile foi jiedestnans with all the
hikes and skateboards whiz/mg b\ Hughe s vixn
\N r hatl to iit> sonic*thing wr tried to do it on .1
voluntary basis last sear which turned out to be
tnaigmallx sue 1 esslul
California achoola are
laying down the law for
anything on wheel*
I lughes sass I hr null) i ulpntson i ampus ssetr tst lists .mil skateboarders
' 1 hr sidewalks luir hull slopes lo lllrm. whu h weir pellet I lot thrrn In
slalom b.u k .mil hmh on
In hue skating. enough, hasn't matei i.tli/rd .u Humboldt set
irails ' Hughes sa\s "II things i h.uigi and in-line skateis Ix-gm lo pie will a
ptoblem. then ssr hasr thr i ighi lo Itxtk ai rspanding the poli« s to iiu hide
them asssrll bin light iioss in-line skating is a non issue
I so] in-line skaleis I loin Slate l ol Nest York. \ Ilians Mai k t eia/m and
Dan 1i.it khniisr. sas students sslio ss.tni lo skalr on tdiupus should be
|x'lmilled lo do vi as long as (lies sign irlr.iv- forms tfrring llieu v luxtls
IromIiahihls il dies air injured
Km issii as 'hold hat in less" agreements dies are siniitai to tin iv- tome ski
mountain ojK ialois ret|une skieis in sign
hut just hrtause someone signs one of these forms doesn't mean a
lllllsrisits is prolet led s.iss Main f liftman asvx late t ounsri ssilh Nl N\
mural.
" I hrsr hold harmless' agiremenls m assumption ol nsk agreements. as
dies air alvi knossn, have limits to dim lltipai t." she viss
"fin one thing, these agreements don't nisei die slate it u is found us
negligent e led to an iiipns \nd for another, I hrsr agreements mils tosri
the skater Hut ssls.it happens il die skaler runs into someone' I he t ampin
isn't toseied hs dial riihn " • Iom Muiii.un 4/Anrrs Stuiimt/Vest. Stale l
ol Ness Volk. Mbaiis
► Oh Clarence, now
look what you’ve done
\n iiu tease in avs.ueness of sexual harassment nationwide has .diet ted
mlleges and unisetsities. where stalisin s shots reports ol liaiassmeiii base
nit teased bs mote than all pen ent suit e I'll I
I he national kqual K.mplosmenl Opportunity (aimmission reports that
1211 vxual li.iiassinent t harges sseie liked in thr l niteti States lot the first
ipiartet of I‘W i ompatrst to T'.'S in the first quarter ol 1 *»** 1
I lie iiu ir.iM- in < iiMipl.iinl' i' .1 rrsull nl I lie public IH Mil uni inline l hr
( l.urn< r I hum.IS \niw Hill li.illie laM < h ioIkt. viw Ijsa Brodkn, dun lor
..I ib. Vmi.iI H.ii.ivsmriu hdui .mihi I'uigi.mi .u the 1 <>l ( jlilornia. Davis
" 1 hr* helped people in hr mg ibis out in the
nprtl
Xiong with iiu leased tcpoi is nl harassment, a
stud* indie .iu s prrr harassment in an emerging
issue
\i < Hiding in a ( enter I«>r Women s Polics
Studies Mines. To m 90 percent nl under graduate
women have expeiienccd some form of peer
harassment bv male* or group* of male*
ftrncike* agu es peer hara**ment rapidh is
gaining more attention and sa\s n t an take mam
form*
"Peer harassment ranges limn sexual advances
t*> whistles anti < ate alls." she va\s "And il s subjet l
in anyone from amour
Peer haiassmenr Ix iame an issue Iasi spring at
l ( Davis, when the marching hand was imrstigatec
after allegations surfaced about sexism and ha/mj
within ihr group
"Women and men were Healed the* same hut sonu
prat rues, especially the language, were sexist," sa\
hem Smith student at mines advise r
What a trendsetter A
zoo ot a confirmation
hearing leads to record
harassment reports for
undergrads.
\Hri ihirc i<>i in< i oanci mrmocrs maar allegations 01 srxism ann
ha/tng \i\ othris utnc hnvs.ud to (onf tr m thru chaiges I hr alleged
itu idriits irMiltrd in thr removal of thr group s student direr lot
I hr complaints of srxism were mdu ativr of im teased srnsilivits ol
hatassmrnt. Smith vass "In ihrsr |h>m \nita Hill times. people air going to
Ik inoir an air ol h hat i\ appiopnatr • Inn HI*rrtson. Ihtlhtih (hang?
Sm m um- l
► They just couldn’t leave
well enough alone
Students at Monmouth (-ollrge in \rw Jersey sa\ ihr\ have il ,» little eas\
loo eas\ . ill t.it I
List vemrstei the- student gosemmrnt at thr private college in I teuton
p.»Nvc*ti .»resolution asking mstructuis to stop reiving so heavih on multiple
t hou r exams as the sole means of student evaluation
I he Monmouth students s%a11( term papers and essav exams instead of
standard till in-the hubhle testing methods
“It s prohahh the first lime students have e\ei retjnested toughri exams
hut I don’t think it sjKaks badh foi the facults here," savs Ken Campbell
head of Monmouth s histotx department
Mthough the (evolution had no legislative jn»wei foil ing instructors to
t omplv. mam fat ultv meml>ets have endorsed the projiosai, noting student
interest in their own edutation is a jx»siti\e sign
( arnplH'll and Paul Shelton, site president and dean of campus life. sa\
the student government trpi eventing the Monmouth students simph
ssanted a testing option for evaluation
Monmouth, whuh ofTets a core c urric ulutn me hiding four semester! of
anting c ourses. lecjtures siudents to take a writing piofic ient\ exam before
gt aduation
foils five percent of the students fail that exam with 70 jm*m c ut of those
tailing thru tilst retake •( hi ts Km kle, ISirdue t xptmmt. Purdue l