Student Government members walked across campus Thursday evening to find areas of less than desirable lighting.
The Senate Committee on Campus Services and Development held a “light walk” to promote student outreach.
The walk was led by Sen. Marcus Alexander, College of Humanities and Social Sciences. Participants split into pairs, and each group covered a different section of campus.
Alexander will contact the Office of Facility Services and ask what steps can be taken to add more lighting or fix lighting fixtures that aren’t working.
Speaker Pro Tempore Aaron Caffarel and Sen. Meredith Westbrook, College of Music and Dramatic Arts, said they walked through dark areas between the Chancellor’s Office and Coates Hall, behind Dodson Auditorium, between Lockett Hall and Middleton Library and between Hodges and Hatcher Hall.
“In most of the places that were dark, there were lights, but they were out,” Westbrook said.
Caffarel suggested changing the type of lighting in the Quad so one light will cover more surface area.
Sen. Cody Wells, University Center for Advising and Counseling, said he’d like to see lighting all the way down North Stadium Drive to Mike the Tiger’s cage. He said the west side of Tiger Stadium was also poorly lit.
Sen. Johnae Jefcoat, UCAC, said the only light by Pleasant Hall comes from the businesses behind it, and the entrances to Pleasant Hall are dark. She also said the Hart lot, the path between Kirby-Smith Hall and The 5 and the area between Broussard Hall and the Pentagon are dark.
Jefcoat said the most well-lit area she saw was the athletic dorms.
Sen. Hilary Soileau, University Center for Freshman Year, said there are lamp posts across from Williams Hall, but the lights are burnt out. She said the corner of Nicholson Extension and Highland Road along with the path to the Patrick F. Taylor parking lot are dark.
Alexander said the area between Acadian Hall and the French House is poorly lit, along with the area between the University Student Recreation Complex and Sorority Row.
Alexander was happy with the results of the light walk and hopes to build on it in the future. He said SG may host another one later in the semester.
“I wish there was another way for us to document everything,” he said. “We’d like to have administrators come in the future, but the student input and participation was awesome.”
This was CSD’s first time sponsoring the light walk, which has been led by the SG executive branch in the past.
 
 
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