The 8 in the freaking morning blog

Personally, I feel that there was no negligence in the Steinbach article. Even though there was harm (and in some cases death) caused, an athlete assumes the risk of all sporth and activities that they participate in. The school or other entity didn’t cause the injury or death. These are just instances of freak accidents (again, just my opinion)

In order to prevent more of these from occuring there are a few things that could be done. First, more supervision could be provided to help warn participants when disks or javelins etc. are airborne. Secondly, there should be more protective materials around pole vaulting areas, and other places in which people could be airborne. Finally, and perhaps most important, the pedestrian patterns (in terms of whrere and when athletes go and retrieve their materials) should be re-examined. Threre is no reason why, a person should be in a position where they could be hit or impaled by a flying disk or javelin.

BGSU has done a great job coming into compliance to ADA standards. Here is a list of what BGSU has done well, and what they need to work on.

POSITIVES
-Every building has some type of handicapable entrance way (i.e. ramp)
-Newer buildings, such as the union, have wide hallways and doorways that can accomodate wheelcharis
-Push pads on doors
-Handicapable accessible restroom facilities
-Every academic building on campus has a working elevator
-Many restrooms and other doors have braille
-Eppler has alot of ramps in its hallways
-The computer labs on campus are easily accessible for people in wheelchairs

Negatives
-Anderson Arena has no elevator or handicap access to second level
-Disibility services is located on the 4th floor of South Hall
-Although there are wheelchair ramps on all buidings, places like the library and west hall have round-about ways to get inside
-The Ice Arena have no habdicap access to the pressbox
Many of the on campus busses have no handicap access
-There are only a few number of handicapable dorm rooms
-Although the elevators mentioned above are in working order, many are not big enough to handle a wheelchair and other people at the same time
-There is no visible handicap seating area at the football stadium
-Many of the older buildings have handicap entrances in the back of the building or in other inconvenient spots