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The Whitewater Common Council postponed taking additional safety measures at the Whiton and Main intersection.
The council has taken up the issue three times since former student, Mike Chaloupka, was seriously injured when struck by a car crossing the Whiton Street crosswalk. He died several days after.
The Whitewater Common Council took action Tuesday to pursue a traffic analysis along Main Street to help find an effective solution for pedestrian safety. "One of my overwhelming feelings is we have not gone about this whole process in a proper fashion," Councilmember Lynn Binnie said.
Although much of the construction on the UW-Whitewater campus is on schedule, other smaller repairs sit in stagnation.
The middle door to the entrance of Heide Hall had been roped off in caution tape since last semester and the stairs between McGraw Hall and the Andersen Library is in such disrepair that it too has been roped off for quite a while.
As a facet to the already-debated issue of Main Street safety near campus, the Whitewater Common Council will discuss a proposal on Oct. 21 of making a city ordinance forbidding jaywalking, allowing violators to be ticketed.
Students and university staff can get a flu shot at one of the vaccination clinics provided by the University Health & Counseling Services [UHCS] toward the end of October to help protect them during flu season.
Several student organizations on campus have been actively involved with the presidential campaign of both parties.
The two candidates seeking the 43rd state Assembly District seat met Saturday in a debate at City Hall.