It is time to move on from the election and start thinking about problems that still exist on our campus.
The art lockers located on upper campus have been closed for most of the semester. Due to vandalism and safety hazards, the closure has forced many art students to lug around their projects all day long.
There were talks of changing the art lockers into more class space, but many, including us, want to see the art lockers reopened and restored to its former glory.
The Associated Students Inc. and the College of the Arts Student Council think so too, so they are teaming up for a solution.
We want to see the art lockers reopened. It was sad to know that this beloved section of our campus has been off-limits for practically the whole semester.
We understand why they were closed. As great as it was to allow the art students to decorate the lockers, the lack of security opened up the door for outsiders to tag and vandalize.
Traces of lead paint, destruction of art projects with spray paint leaking through locker slats, gang symbols and offensive language all lead to the art lockers closure this semester.
Nothing is more frustrating than when a few bad eggs, such as the idiots that destroyed the lockers, ruin it for everyone else.
But just because these people did this does not mean that the students who really need the lockers should suffer.
A resolution to reopen the art lockers, while still keeping them safe, needs to happen sooner rather than later. There are security measures that can be put in place to help out with the potential problems.
ASI is throwing around the idea of a key-card system. This would be similar to the system that KBeach Radio uses with its volunteers.
Each locker holder could have their own key-card that would grant them access to the lockers, which would be locked up behind a fence.
This sounds like a simple solution that could be set up fairly quickly if there is money laying around to fund it.
Of course a fence would deter students from expressing themselves by decorating the lockers, but at the same time that was never the purpose of the lockers in the first place. Unfortunately, those art lockers will remain just a memory for now.
Whatever the solution may be, the art lockers need to be reopened for art students’ backs sake.
