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Page 2 NEWS WWW, guilfor dian. com Nov. .s, 2006 Missing handbook policy causes confiscation, confusion Public Safety cleans up bike racks, apologizes By Joe Battaglia | staff writer During fall break. Public Safety officers cut locks and confiscated more than 80 bi cycles on campus. Bikes that were either unregistered or locked to anything besides a rack were taken. There is currently no poli cy in the Guilford handbook that requires students to reg ister bikes. "After receiving many complaints of the excessive ness of bicycles that were parked on poles, rails and things other than bike racks, we wanted to clean up the campus," said Keifer Brad shaw, security coordinator. "Before the fall break we announced in The Buzz that if you have a bike please come down to the Public Safety office and register it, and if you have it tied to or connected to anything other than a bike rack please re move it, because during fall break we will being remov ing bikes from those areas." Bradshaw went on to say that last semester, a bike reg istration policy was struc tured and planned to be in cluded in the handbook. "Some students are saying that policy is not in the handbook, which is true," Brad shaw said. "We were under the assumption that the policy was in the handbook because it was brought to the table last semester to be put into ffie handbook, but it was not put into the handbook." Many students who had their bikes con fiscated have grown very angry about the situation. Since fall break, complaints and Photo by Charlie Clay After break, many previously crowded bike racks around opinions appeared repeatedly in The Buzz. Several students organized a public discus sion that took place in front of Founders hall on Nov. 1. "It is imperative that they abide by the handbook," said first-year Hannah John ston. "Public Safety should be held respon sible for any damage done." Initially, students whose bikes were taken were asked for a $20 storage fee and a $5 reg istration fee in order to recover the bicycle. ter talking to the Vice President of Adminis tration Jerry Boothby, it was agreed that we would go ahead and do it," Bradshaw said. "Bike locks will be dis tributed to those whose locks were cut, and we have record of it." When asked about his reaction to the protest and the ac tions of the students, Bradshaw said: ' I ni not surprised, and Irn not worried about it. ... The students can do pretty much what they want to do as far as ex pressing themselves. Xan Lovatt is a junior who had his bike taken from a rack outside the new apart ments. "Initially I was very, very annoyed, Lovett said. After speaking extensively with Bra^ shaw, he was impresse with how Public Safety was handling the situa tion. "I went in there ready for a fighL was pleased that he was agreeable and ac CAMPUS WERE EMPTY. "Those fees were waived, and if thpv came and got their bike on (Oct 28'i tho ( ^ 1'^^^ pleased that he was agreeable anu were waived after Monday/' Bradlt ,1'? >®owledging fault," Lovatt^ said. "He was "If anyone charged the fee to their account " or had to pay, they will be reimbursed the charge will be taken off." Studerrts are also angry, because thev were told that they would not be reim bursed for the locks that were cut off their bikes. "It was posted in The Buzz that we were not going to supply the locks, but af I do welcome all suggestions, concerns, and pretty much anything else as far as dropping suggestions and e-mails," Brad shaw said. Lovatt believes that the intentions of Pnb lie Safety were understandable. "The biggest problem was communica tion," he said. Our eggs come from caged hens Continued from page I faced with the inherent, in-your-face cruelty as you would be with battery cages." Cage-free hens are kept inside farms or warehouses, but do not necessarily have ac cess to the outdoors. They are able to engage in many of their natural behaviors such as walking, nesting and spreading their wings. However, debeaking and forced molting through starvation are permitted. Berry spoke to Mike Watts, dining ser vices manager, about switching to cage-free eggs in March 2006. "They said that Guilford would be cage- free by August," Berry said. "It is now No vember, and students are still eating eggs from battery-cage hens." Watts did not respond to e-mails or phone calls, and was unavailable for comment. Malcolm Kenton, junior and member of the HSUS, would also like to see the cafeteria go cage-free. "I've mentioned it to the food service committee, but I guess they didn't see much of a demand for it," Kenton said. Corporations such as Whole foods Market, Earth Fare, Jimbo's Naturally and Wild Oats Natural Marketplace implemented cage-free egg policies. AOL and Google are switching to cage-free eggs in their employee cafeterias. Approximately 90 universities and colleges have enacted policies to eliminate or reduce their use of cage-free eggs, including Dart mouth College, University of New Hamp shire, Georgetown University, Tufts Univer sity, and University of Wisconsin-Madison. Berry is concerned because Guilford wasn't one of the first to make its cafeteria cage-free. "Guilford is a Quaker institution and stands up for Quaker beliefs and values," Berry said. "It seems to me that cage-free eggs are consistent with those values." Kenton believes in the humane treatment of all animals. "The first step is to get people to realize that animals aren't production units," Kenton said. "They deserve respect." Jon Mangin, sophomore and health-con science student, supports the cafeteria going cage-free. "The treatment of hens in corporate cage farm systems is inconsistent with Guilford's core values," Mangin said. "I think Guilford students would especially be appalled at the treatment of battery cage hens." Looking for Write for The Guilfordian? Register for section 001 of The Guilfordian Practicum. No experience required. For more information, contact Jeff Jeske, Guilfordian Advisor at j jeske@guilford.edu
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