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Amy McKee fixes a sign in front of Johnson Hall where protesters In
gorilla suits will sit caged for 100 hours.
Experiments: University
feels testing is just
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Research Steadman Upham said.
“But the University sides with the
protesters. .. ultimately animals
should not be used, but right now,
this is the only true method avail
able.”
Computer modeling, cell cul
tures and other alternatives are
being explored and can be used in
lieu of animal testing, Lincoln
said.
Animal testing at the Universi
ty is focused on basic biomedical
research, which is largely based
on the brain and nervous system.
Researchers hope to learn how
the body works, which is the first
step in alleviating human illness
and suffering, Upham said.
University testing is subject to
review and approval by groups
including the National Institute of
Health and the University Institu
tional Animal Care and Use Com
mittee, who review all animal re
search projects in advance. The
committee is composed of various
scientists, a community member,
a graduate student, an OPS mem
ber, veterinarians and a research
and development administrator.
The group discusses protocols
and government mandates relat
ing to animal testing.
“The committee is extremely
scrupulous about any procedure
that may cause stress on animals,”
said William Davie, committee
chair and associate philosophy
professor.
All protocols must address al
ternatives to animal testing, Davie
said. “The state of knowledge
simply isn’t there yet concerning
computer models and the like.”
University officials said 98 per
cent of animals used in research
here are fish, frogs and newts. Lin
coln said regardless of the animal
— she named two rabbits and one
owl killed since last February —
they shouldn’t be treated as mate
rial objects. The vigil is to address
and symbolize that humans can't
make judgments that cause ani
mals pain, Lincoln said.
Currently the University and
SETA agree on one thing — that
eventual elimination of animal
testing is a goal.
“I share the goal of eventually
reducing and phasing out animal
research,” Davie said. “But it’s not
entirely possible at this point in
time. It’s like saying ‘let’s elimi
nate taxes altogether.’ Of course
it’s a nice idea, but the means are
unachievable.”
Riders: Bus use increases
near Duck’s Village
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Hand held scanners, similar to
magnetic scanners used in gro
cery stores, will be used during
the spot checks to read the mag
netic strips on the back of the new
ID cards.
No definite plans have been
made to fit the buses with scan
ning devices.
“Most of the students are going
to a central location so we may
find spot checks are effective
enough,” Vorbora said. “We are
going to wait and see what hap
pens in the next few months.”
The number of students using
buses as transportation to and
from the University has increased
dramatically this year, forcing
LTD to add more bus services to
areas with a high percentage of
student riders.
“Because of an increase in rid
ership in certain areas, some bus
es were becoming overloaded,”
Vorbora said. “The buses were so
full, people always had to stand.
At a few stops the bus was so full
we had to leave people standing
there at the stop and that is some
thing we never want to do.”
LTD began adding trips to the
bus schedules in October and will
continue to add trips based on the
number of riders in the area.
Bus route #79, which runs from
the University to the Gateway
Mall, has added 11 new trips to
the schedule to accommodate the
increase in riders.
The increase in student riders
is most evident near the Chase
Apartments and the new Duck’s
Village apartments, said Vorbora.
“Even after adding the extra
services we are still experiencing
overload on some of the buses,”
he said. “We may have to look at
adding even more trips to that
area.”
In order to add new routes
some routes with fewer riders
may have to be eliminated. Bus
routes to Fairmont are one area of
ficials may be discontinuing ser
vice, Vorbora said.
“Last year the ASUO lobbied
for us to keep the route, and we
kept it,” Vorbora said. “But the
ridership on that [route] is low. It
will be up for consideration again
when we look at changing the ser
vice to low [ridership] areas.”
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