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  • April 27, 2012 WESTERN CAROLINIAN Page 2 NEWS Tragic accident brings safety improvement to Cullowhee Tyler Auffhammer, Staff Writer After an accident on March 25 took the life of Western Carolina University student Stephanie Deese, a public outcry began over the safety of Speedwell Road, and a_ petition was sent around for a guardrail to be put in place to prevent future fatalities. J. Woodward, district en- gineer for the Jackson Coun- ty department of transporta- tion, said that a guardrail has been recommended for the stretch of Speedwell Road where the accident occurred, and that the DOT is currently seeking a contract to erect the guardrail. Any time there is a fatal accident, the Traffic Engi- neering Branch does a inves- '. tigation of the accident site. - They see what can be done to prevent this from happening again, said Woodward. While that particular stretch of Speedwell Road may be safer with a guardrail . on the way, the fatal accident brings to light the concerns of many with the overall safety of Cullowhee roads. On whether or not the DOT considers the roads in Cullowhee safe, ~Wood- ward said, Its a hard ques- tion to answer. We try to maintain the roads and limit the mistakes. Theres never going to be any road that is completely accident proof. As with the Speedwell Road accident site investiga- tion, safety improvement af the roads in the area is an on- going focus for the DOT. Our employees, both en- gineers and supervisors, are always looking for roadway deficiencies. As far as guard- rails are concerned, there are specific criteria when a guardrail is warranted. For western North Carolina, there are thousands of miles of roadways, particularly secondary roadways, that need guardrails, said Wood- ward. Like many agencies, the DOT feels the brunt of bud- get cuts. There is not funding available to put guardrails up on every road, said Wood- ward. When a road has doc- umented accident history or a fatal accident has occurred, we have special state funding to address those roads. _ PHOTO BY CEILLIE SEMKISS A guardrail has been recommended for the stretch of Speedwell Road where an accident led to the death of a WCU student. Western Carolinas Cat-Tran staff reiterates rules and purchases new signs Lex Menz, Co-Editor-in-Chief Also, drivers will only drop ' students off at official Cat- Cat-Tran drivers started passing by students because of a reiteration of the rules recently. These regulations, found in: University and_ state policies, are in place for the purposes of safety and timeliness, according to Don Taylor, administrative support associate. Cat-Tran drivers will no-longer stop to pick up students who are not standing at a Cat-Tran stop. Tran stops. The primary purpose of this is safety, Taylor said. This has always been poli- cy. While individual drivers attempting to be polite or accommodating may . have stopped whenever or wher- ever a student hailed them, this constituted as a. safety issue. Management has re- minded its employees. of their obligations to follow safety policies regarding this. Roads running through our campus, Taylor contin- ued, are not private roads. They are state roads as well, and we have an obligation to follow basic rules of the road that affect all drivers as well as those charged with the safety of 15-22 passengers at atime. Taylor also spoke about the issue of timeliness. He said that unexpected delays to pick up students not at of- | ficial stops caused problems CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 Page also wants to re- structure SGA. She stated that as of right now the Ju- dicial Branch of SGA only serves as a traffic court for students, so the SGA senate goes relatively unchecked. Her plan is to restructure the SGA branches to allow better checks and balances between the branches. She also is advocating for more senate positions. Currently, there are 13 members in the senate, and she said that most UNC System uni- versities have senates that represent .05 percent of the student body. If Western Carolina Universitys stu- dent body was to be repre- sented with that percentage, the senate would need 50 members. Page summarized her platform as wanting to give back to the students of WCU by making sure their education is affordable and making sure WCUs SGA is working at its most ef- fective level. Page recent- ly gave up her Teaching Fellows scholarship and switched her major in order to ensure she would have the time to work at WCUs SGA President. Ryan Hermance was the winner of the SGA Vice President elections. T feel honored that the students would elect me to be representing them as their vice president next year, said Hermance. I STUDENT GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION WESTERN CAROLINA UNIVERSITY plan on serving to the best of my capabilities and en- sure that SGA next year represents the students as well as being the voice of the student body. Hermance ran unop- posed and is currently the Senator for Service Learn- ing on WCUs SGA Senate. This past year Hermance helped create a course, ASI 293, to teach WCU students about global poverty, and he created the Service Corps, a student organization un- der SGA that allows WCU students the chance to give back to Westerns commu- nity through service. Hermances echoes Pages platform to increase the senates numbers to en- ~ sure WCU students are be- ing fairly represented. He also said that his big con- cern is to make sure WCUs SGA is working as effec- tively as possible to hear the concerns of WCUs stu- dents and working towards solutions that address those concerns. Current SGA President T.J. Eaves has worked this year to make WCUs SGA more visible to the student body. Many students at WCU have come to recog- nize SGAs function and desire to hearing concerns of the student body here at WCU through measures like WheeListen.word- press.com, a site created where students could go to voice their questions, com- ments or concerns about WCU. Eaves also worked hard to hear students con- cerns about tuition and fees increases. Eaves held fo- rums where students could address increase proposals, and he took that feedback to upper administration at WCU. Currently, not all WCU SGA Senate positions have been filled, and students can inquire about these po- sitions by emailing sgas- enate@email.weu.edu. ADVERTISE WITH US... Call 828-227-2694 or e-mail ads@westerncarolinian.com meeting the every 15 min- utes promise by the Cat- Tran service. When we unnecessarily deviate from this, our com- munity is inconvenienced and not receiving the service they expect, Taylor contin- ued. - Campus is currently lack- ing efficient signs that ad- vertise where Cat-Tran stops exist. However, Taylor said that will soon change. - Cat-Tran is in the pro- cess of purchasing new sig- nage to make stops more vis- ible to the community, and we expect the project to be completed by the fall semes- ter, said Taylor. Students should be aware of the following regulations and policies, as described by Taylor, before their next Cat- Tran ride: : 1. Riders should place themselves at the shuttle stop when choosing to ride. Driy- ers will not stop between designated shuttle stops. 2. For safety purposes drivers will load and unload only at approved stops. 3. Special transportation accommodations are re- served for those registered as such with the Office of Disabilities. 4. As drivers of vehicles, please be aware that you may not block or impede traffic or shuttle flow into shuttle pick-up points. This particularly applies at the Natural Science curb area and University Center load- ing zones. Thursday, May 3, 12:30-2 pm Forsyth Parking Lot, adjacent to the student center Students can tour the Bus to learn about C-SPAN's Campaign 2012 resources and programming through interactive, multimedia equipment. Visit www.c-span.org/bus for more details. _ Stop by and tell us, via Tout: What's the most important issue to you this presidential election? Tout allows users to capture short, 15-second video status updates that can be shared instantly through Twitter & Facebook. See your responses at www.tout.com/cspanbus. TOUT C-SPAN Created by Cable. Offered as a Public Service. c-span.org
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