Comments on: Getting from dorm to Mordor http://www.studlife.com/forum/2009/09/25/getting-from-dorm-to-mordor/ The independent newspaper of Washington University in St. Louis Sun, 12 Feb 2012 19:42:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jerome Bauer http://www.studlife.com/forum/2009/09/25/getting-from-dorm-to-mordor/#comment-795 Jerome Bauer Sat, 26 Sep 2009 22:35:21 +0000 http://www.studlife.com/?p=4596#comment-795 PS. to the above: Let's have more public transportation, for abled and differently abled alike, on the WashU campus and everywhere. Let's bring back trolleys, not just for tourists but for everybody. I lived in Philadelphia, a city blessed with an extensive and practical trolley system, and an extensive network of bicycle paths. This made it very easy to get around without a car. I lived in Santa Barbara, with a county-wide network of dedicated bike paths, and extensive bicycle parking lots. Let's try this here. PS. to the above:

Let’s have more public transportation, for abled and differently abled alike, on the WashU campus and everywhere. Let’s bring back trolleys, not just for tourists but for everybody. I lived in Philadelphia, a city blessed with an extensive and practical trolley system, and an extensive network of bicycle paths. This made it very easy to get around without a car. I lived in Santa Barbara, with a county-wide network of dedicated bike paths, and extensive bicycle parking lots. Let’s try this here.

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]]> By: Jerome Bauer http://www.studlife.com/forum/2009/09/25/getting-from-dorm-to-mordor/#comment-781 Jerome Bauer Fri, 25 Sep 2009 15:15:39 +0000 http://www.studlife.com/?p=4596#comment-781 The comparison of WashU to Mordor is intriguing, as is the anecdote about the circulator driver's insensitivity to a student on crutches. I too have found Washington University to be very handicapped unfriendly, even hostile. My handicapped students tell similar stories. It's time for a change. Lecturer Dr. Jerome Bauer legally blind in one eye and variably low-visioned, but very capable and well prepared.... The comparison of WashU to Mordor is intriguing, as is the anecdote about the circulator driver’s insensitivity to a student on crutches. I too have found Washington University to be very handicapped unfriendly, even hostile. My handicapped students tell similar stories. It’s time for a change.

Lecturer Dr. Jerome Bauer
legally blind in one eye and variably low-visioned, but very capable and well prepared….

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