The next thing we need to ban on campus is bikes on the sidewalks. People like Renee who don't feel they need to use a street, where bikes belong, and just barge through crowded sidewalks expecting people to get out of the way. Nothing like a tire to the back of your calf to wake you up in the morning. Every building on campus can be accessed from the street, were bikes belong. Bikers cruising through campus on the sidewalks create a dangerous situation, and its time to put an end to it.
linkGood luck with that. Although I agree with you completely that some people who ride on campus are idiots, there are many who are not and who want nothing more than to get to class quickly. Regulating them to the streets is antithetical to bicycling culture--the point is that a bicycle is an infinitely more economic mode of transportation than driving or walking, and should be able to go wherever it can.
I for one disagree with people riding on the sidewalks in other areas of town, but the fact remains that if you are an inexperienced rider (read: most of Grand Forks and the student body) who refuses to ride a helmet (read: most of Grand Forks and the student body), you're safer on the sidewalk. It shouldn't be that way, but until people stop being assholes on the road (both as inexperienced idiots on bicycles and as drivers), GF and UND will not be a safe place to ride in the street.