March 20, 2011 - 4:33pm
In Other Ivory Towers: Cornell University installs fences to prevent student deaths
BY NEETHI SRINIVASAN
Temporary fences are currently being installed along campus bridges at Cornell University in response to the suspected suicides of three Cornell students earlier this month, The Cornell Daily Sun reported on March 24.
In addition to the fences, the article reported that security guards will be stationed by the bridges until about April 2. Security is expected to increase when students return to campus from their spring break this week.
“(They'll only be) in place until a longer-term solution is ready to be implemented,” Cornell spokesperson Simeon Moss said in the article.
According to the article, the three students that died earlier this month are thought to have committed suicide in Fall Creek Gorge.
PROTESTERS CAUSE LECTURE CANCELATION
Numerous protests forced conservative activist Ann Coulter to leave her speaking engagement at the University of Ottawa, according to a March 24 article in the Fulcrum.
Several activist groups, including the Student Federation of the University of Ottawa, were responsible for the protest, according to the article. Shortly before Coulter was scheduled to speak, protestors pulled the venue’s fire alarm.
The event was canceled because it was deemed “physically dangerous,” according to the article.
“It is an embarrassing day for the University of Ottawa,” Canadian conservative activist Ezra Levant told the Fulcrum.
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MAY REMOVE GUEST HOURS
The Residence Hall Association at the University of Texas at Austin recently passed a resolution to allow guests to stay in student dormitories at all hours, according to a March 23 article in The Daily Texan.
Bobby Jenkins, RHA president at UT and sponsor of the legislation, said in the article that the current policy deters students from living in residence halls on campus.
According to the article, residents cannot have guests between midnight and 9 a.m. on weeknights and 2:30 a.m. and 9 a.m. during the weekend.
“We’re not able to compete with off-campus entities or attract returning students to the dorms because of this policy,” Jenkins said.
Some students said they weren’t pleased by the new resolution.
“People will be louder, people will stay longer … people may not report violations,” Minae Noh, the president of Kinsolving Residence Hall Council, said in the article.
The article reported that the RHA is currently trying to convince UT officials to adopt the new policy.
