Dangerous crosswalks more important than new recreation center

The crosswalks on campus have to be the most dangerous thing the students at UTM need to be worrying about besides having to wait for a treadmill in the fitness center.

Why can’t the campus construct some safer alternatives to the present situation? How many of us have nearly been hit by a car or completely ignored by other drivers while were trying to get to and from class?

There are three main crosswalks on University Street alone that are only monitored by the campus police at 8:00 am and 5:00 pm. So that leaves 9 hours everyday for some sort of accident to happen, and believe me, it will happen sooner or later if we don’t do something about these unsafe crosswalks.

Please urge your SGA senators to act on this request immediately before the campus decides to spend another few million dollars to appease the participants and organizers of Rope Pull to build their own facility because their space at Pacer Pond has been taken over for the construction of the new Student Recreation Facility.

Courtney Sowell Communications Martin

Oregon takes liberal step

In response to the article about Oregon removing restrictions on “live sex shows” and the like, I would like to point out that this is hardly the end of society as a whole. Surely the author realizes that there are still going to be restrictions upon such establishments.

I am sure that the establishments cannot be within a certain distance from churches, schools, and the like. That not just “anyone can obtain a license, open a business, and hire people to have sex on stage.” It is a bit closed-minded and more than a little ridiculous to assume that now these restrictions have been removed, people will wander down the street engaging in sexual acts.

Oregon’s Supreme Court has hardly lost their minds so much as taken a liberal step, whether that is for better or for worse. Not only that, but because Oregon does it, does not mean that every state will soon participate.

Oregon is also considering allowing assisted suicide, and I don’t see Tennessee jumping on that bandwagon any time soon. I think it is safe to assume that, like with Las Vegas, what happens in Oregon, stays in Oregon.

Kim Gibson English Fayetteville