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Thursday, November 14, 2009
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Hatters or Bears?
Which would be a better mascot?
The Bear Changed
Everything
by David Quinn
Hello. I am sure you have heard about the bear that
ravaged our campus at the end of October.
Because how could you not the bathroom without flushing
The Hatter
Name
American Black
Bear
126
Age
32 (average)
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Height '
.'-6-7'."
1851bs.
Weight
400-6001bs.
Hat Manufacturing,
Climbing,
Getting Mercury
Abilities
Swimming,
Poisoning
Mauling, Adorable
Circus tricks
Alice in
Major
Winnie the Pooh
Wonderland
Cultural
Reference
'■ Accredited
Status
ThreateneoJ
have heard? Because it was
everywhere, the bear was. He
was in a tree outside the CUB,
roaring and making obscene
gestures at passers-by. He ran
through the quad, shouting
hateful anti-Semitic slurs. He
was in the basement of the library, putting documents back
in the wrong order. He was
outside of Res Hall A, smoking
a cigarette less than fifty feet
away from a building. He was
in the Commons, patting bagels and fruit into his bag and
then not paying for them with
his meal. He was on the third
story of Flagler Hall, using
and. defacing fraternity-related
graffiti by adding "SUCKS"
after the Greek letters.
There was not a Stetsonian
who was not terrorized by the
hateful bear. Like so many
other earth-shaking historical
happenings (9/11, Michael
Jackson's death), each of us
has our own story of where
we were when we heard the
news.
My own is particularly harrowing: as 1 opened the blinds
of my single room in Stetson
Hall on that terrible morning
(NEVER FORGET), I saw
Fleas® See
jar," P.
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Page .8.
Fire Hazard?
by Kaitlye Schulz
As most students know from our previous coverage, on Monday, October 12th, a
kitchen fire occurred in the University Village Apartments. While one student sustained a minor burn from attempting to put
out the fire and a Public Safety officer was
taken to the hospital for smoke inhalation,
there were no major injuries sustained. The
damage of property was the only concern.
But what if the fire was more serious and
posed a major threat to the entire building?
If a serious emergency were to occur, what
would students do to protect themselves?
I chose to investigate these questions for
myself and am concerned by my findings.
"Each apartment has one main exterior
door and at least one window in each room
that be utilized as escape routes. Each apartment has its own fire extinguisher that is
located under the kitchen sink upon move
in," said Megan Young, Residential Life
Coordinator of the UVA and Hal! A. Young
also recommends that students familiarize
themselves with evacuation procedures in
order to stay safe in case of an. emergency.
As someone who has not often visited
the apartments, I was at first satisfied by
this answer. However, upon researching
Florida's standards on fire prevention in
different types of buildings, I found an immense amount of information on necessary
fire prevention and decided to take a trip
over to the UVA apartments and see what
I could find.
Wandering around the apartments, I observed multiple fire extinguishers as Young
described and spoke with some residents
who also confirmed that these extinguishers reside within the apartments as well.
However, when I asked these same students whether there were any fire escapes
other man the main stairs which lead up to
the other floors, every student gave me the
same answer: no. Following up with these
students' answers I searched the outside
of the UVA and sure enough, there is not
a single fire escape on any of the multi-
floored apartment buildings.
In response to Young's comment that
there is "at least one window in each room
that can be utilized as an escape route" tny
question is: what about students living in
the upper floors of the apartments? If & fire
were to occur that blocked ihc front door
leading to the only evacuation route (the
main concrete stairs) what would the students be expected to do?
"1 would be angry if my son or daughter lived in the university apartments and
I found out there are no fire escapes. Irs
not safe," commented a Stetson parent who
chose to remain anonymous.
The lack of concern, for student's safety in
UVA is disturbing and should not be taken
lightly. In the face of a serious incident,
students' lives could be at risk if proper fire
safety standards arc not adhered to. Thankfully the previous fire was on the first floor,
where students are indeed able to 'use their
windows as an escape.' Next time, we
might not be so lucky.
