Spring Break
Bike program proposed
by Miranda Neubauer
Senior Writer
News | 11/18/08
Posted online at 3:04 AM EST on 11/18/08
Students may be able to rent one of 10 used bicycles for free at the library circulation desk this March under a pilot plan called the DeisBikes rental program, which was proposed by the Union Senate's special bicycle task force, should the program's proposal pass.
The task force was created last semester, and it is composed of senators and environmental studies students.
On Nov. 16, members of the task force presented their plan to the Senate and requested $1,305 from the Senate discretionary to cover the cost of the bicycles, their initial tune-up, tools, helmets, bicycle pumplocks and decals. The Senate will vote on the Senate Money Resolution for the bike program on Nov. 23. The task force will also present the proposal at the Campus Life Committee's next meeting tomorrow.
The task force plans to purchase the used bikes from Spoke 'N Wheel, a Waltham bike store, the task force's members said.
Senators established the task force to pick up the project, which was first proposed by immediate past Union Vice President Michael Kerns '09. The members of the task force are Senator for the Class of 2010 Paul Balik, Senator for Charles River Quad Chenchao Lu '09, Ziv Quad Senator Andrew Brooks '09 and Castle Quad Senator Nathan Robinson '11. Five students, Lisa Frank '09, Caroline Cappello '11, Susan Paykin '11, Lea Giddins '11 and Kevin Lowenberg '11, from Prof. Laura Goldin's (AMST) class, "Greening Campus and Community: Improving Environmental Sustainability at Brandeis and Beyond," are also part of the task force. For these students, the project has been their long-term sustainability project for the class.
Goldin said she had heard interest in bikes for years from students, but there were concerns with challenges such as the hilly campus, the weather and lack of student interest. Today, she said, students are coming to campus much more environmentally conscious than before. Goldin said that she helped bring the two groups together when she became aware of the union's project through Lu.
The task force was created last semester, and it is composed of senators and environmental studies students.
On Nov. 16, members of the task force presented their plan to the Senate and requested $1,305 from the Senate discretionary to cover the cost of the bicycles, their initial tune-up, tools, helmets, bicycle pumplocks and decals. The Senate will vote on the Senate Money Resolution for the bike program on Nov. 23. The task force will also present the proposal at the Campus Life Committee's next meeting tomorrow.
The task force plans to purchase the used bikes from Spoke 'N Wheel, a Waltham bike store, the task force's members said.
Senators established the task force to pick up the project, which was first proposed by immediate past Union Vice President Michael Kerns '09. The members of the task force are Senator for the Class of 2010 Paul Balik, Senator for Charles River Quad Chenchao Lu '09, Ziv Quad Senator Andrew Brooks '09 and Castle Quad Senator Nathan Robinson '11. Five students, Lisa Frank '09, Caroline Cappello '11, Susan Paykin '11, Lea Giddins '11 and Kevin Lowenberg '11, from Prof. Laura Goldin's (AMST) class, "Greening Campus and Community: Improving Environmental Sustainability at Brandeis and Beyond," are also part of the task force. For these students, the project has been their long-term sustainability project for the class.
Goldin said she had heard interest in bikes for years from students, but there were concerns with challenges such as the hilly campus, the weather and lack of student interest. Today, she said, students are coming to campus much more environmentally conscious than before. Goldin said that she helped bring the two groups together when she became aware of the union's project through Lu.
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