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UWSP to install moving walkways
The Pointless
Josephprestigiacomo@uwsp.edu
The University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point announced plans to break ground for an underground moving walkway system this past Friday. The estimated $50 million project is being hailed as one of the biggest victories for student rights.
“This is a win for students everywhere, not just UW-SP,” said Amie Gogalash, spokesperson for the student body.
The underground moving walkway system, was formulated by a group of students after the winter of 2007, in which a vicious snowstorm claimed the lives of six students who were attempting to make it to class.
“This project is representative of those students bravery to try and make it to class, even though they were probably the suck-ups who sat in the front row,” said UMWS founder, Steven Phillips.
The project will feature underground tunnels from all of the residence halls directed toward a large central tunnel with a moving walkway to and from the College of Professional Studies. From the CPS, there will be multiple moving walkways to various buildings including the CCC, NFAC, DUC and CAC. Students will be able to walk down to their dorm room basement and enter their classroom without donning any winter jackets or boots as all of the underground tunnels will be kept at 72 degrees Fahrenheit, heated exclusively by geothermal heat.
Student reactions across campus have all been positive.
“For UW-SP to do something like this for the students is absolutely astounding. I guess it shows that they actually care,” said UW-SP senior Kyle Haet. For some, the project represents a new age in the infrastructure advancement of UW-SP.
“This definitely puts us ahead of all other UW schools; it really shows how advanced we are,” said UWSP senior science major Quint Happerbeaner, who also commented on how he’d rather travel underground than above ground.
However, there haven’t been positive reactions from everywhere on campus. Questions have been raised from high-ranking university officials about where the funding will come from, how the UMWS will affect building stability and how long the project will take to complete.
“I hope UW-SP doesn’t try to stop this project with their bureaucratic mumbo-jumbo; this is an absolute necessity for us students,”said sixth year senior Marty Gumper.
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