STILL A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH

Last week, an unfortunate accident occurred in which a Wurzweiler student crossing Amsterdam Avenue was hit by a truck making a right turn onto what has become our university freeway. Following last years litany of serious accidents at the corner of 185th and Amsterdam, we must once again demand action in unequivocal terms. The most effective way to ensure student safety from vehicular aggression on campus is to close the stretch of Amsterdam Avenue that bisects Yeshiva College's quasi-campus. In the interest of student safety, reroute the city buses and keep the intoxicated demolition derby drivers off the cursed street!!

As has become conspicuously evident of late, the original intent for this extremely well-planned campus was to have the relevant block of Amsterdam closed not only to through traffic, but fully integrated as a vibrant campus center for student use.

We find it unacceptable that nothing substantial has been done to remedy this dangerous condition and that another Yeshiva University student had to suffer because of the University's capacious failure . Why does the University insist on waiting patiently for tragedy, G-d forbid, before making any effort to protect its charges?

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