Kearney/UNK Issues

These are a few ideas for my next editorial.

1) Here on campus, we have a luxury over many other schools in our athletic conference. The Health and Sports Center. This indoor facility makes it possible for athletes and students alike to train or exercise when the weather doesn't allow for outdoor activities. This has always helped baseball and softball players because the rainy and snowy weather during their seasons prevent them from practicing on their fields. This semester, though, there is a new rule that prohibits balls thrown in the Cushing Field House. The rule only allows balls being thrown, or kicked, during reserved time by teams (University or intramural.) This does not seem fair to the athletes who's sport is paying their college tuition. They are simply trying to better their skills, and they pay the fees to use the facility.

2) Speed limits need to be better enforced on and around campus. It is a game of "frogger" getting across 25th Street, and it is also very bad on 29th between the football field and the sorority/fraternity houses. Not only do some people speed, some people go well below the speed limit (looking for these mythical parking spaces some speak of), which can be just as dangerous.

3) April is Sexual Violence Prevention Month. An issue on this campus that could be resolved is lack of awareness. Many women do not realize the resources they have here on campus that could lower their risks of becoming a statistic. Here on UNK Campus, we have a SafeRide program with Kearney Cab that few people know about, and also a SafeWalk program that insures the safety of students leaving their night classes or late-night study sessions. Many women come to college feeling more independent than ever without realizing the risks of living as a single women on a college campus. Kearney and UNK are both very safe places, but bad things happen everywhere and prevention and knowledge are the only ways to protect oneself.