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EDITORIAL: Safety overrides nature in construction of new entrance

Anthony Cave quoted an opponent of the second entrance, asking, “Why don’t you build it in your backyard?” The Beacon notes we are building it in our backyard. Another person, booing the proposal, asked, “What about our children?” Because the University, Alonzo and Tracy Mourning Senior High School and the David Lawrence K-8 Center all share only one entrance and one exit, the construction of a second pathway is not just more convenient, but does, indeed consider the safety of the children.


EDITORIAL: Safety overrides nature in construction of new entrance

Anthony Cave quoted an opponent of the second entrance, asking, “Why don’t you build it in your backyard?” The Beacon notes we are building it in our backyard. Another person, booing the proposal, asked, “What about our children?” Because the University, Alonzo and Tracy Mourning Senior High School and the David Lawrence K-8 Center all share only one entrance and one exit, the construction of a second pathway is not just more convenient, but does, indeed consider the safety of the children.


Nature preserve a security liability

A pretty brazen criminal can strike in any of these areas and disappear in the nature preserve, coming out on the other side.

Its proximity to high traffic areas would also test the response time of the University’s police. A criminal operating in this area could strike and get away very quickly.


Ozone depletion extends to the Arctic

Last winter, atmospheric scientists discovered what is now being described as the “first significant ozone hole ever recorded over the high northern regions” by the science journal, Nature.