University of Arizona - Desert Yearbook (Tucson, AZ)

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M 18 the only security of the weak- legged is the purchase of bigger and better locks and chains in attempts to discourage the big busi- ness bike burglars. The creation of a pedestrian mall in the Park Avenue, University Bou- levard area has brought reasonable objection by merchants who fear a decline in business will follow the exclusion of vehicular traffic. This seems rather narrow since ob- viously the students are the major- ity of the buying public. The mall, however, seems to be the only plausible way to lessen the hazard- ous walking conditions. The suc- cess of one pedestrian mall would most likely implement the institu- tion of others as the university expands into the surrounding neigh- borhoods. Schaefer is quite pleased with the present system of traffic regula- tions but then he rarely has an 8:40 in Bio West and a 9:40 in

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universi- quality that hours. However, this action has caused students to seek other means of making the lengthy ten minute treks across campus; their solution, the bicycle. Bikes have become so popular that new regulations di- recting their use must be sought to insure the safety of the fading pedestrian. There has been an alarming amount of bicycle rip-offs to which there seems no immediate stopping. At the present rate of growth and the distances between classroom buildings increasing, 17

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The campus has gotten too big to handle the amount of vehicular traffic during a day. - . Psychology, and he doesn ' t park his bike miles from his office. Dormitories are another area where an extreme revision in policy is needed. They have long been held as a positive aspect of a college education; as a place to learn about people. This, they surely are, but outmoded regulations have stifled the potential experience. Besides being archaic, rules against free visitation are also incongruous with the mature devel- opment of students. This involve- ment would facilitate more social and intellectual encounters between males and females and the sponta- neity would afford more casual re- lationships among them. Granted, open visitation would provide added opportunities for sexual encounters, but then it is time for the present policy of en loco parentis to be abolished. The rules prohibiting cooking equipment and such things as refrigerators are also high on the list of reasons for the migra- 19