Shuttle changes in place
The North route of the Osprey Connector shuttle will now only stop at parking lot 18, lot 14 and the library. It will not continue around the core of campus.
No changes will be made to the South route, Director of Auxiliary Services Vince Smyth said.
However, a new stop light will be added on the corner of Alumni Drive and Betty Holzendorf Drive that Auxiliary Services hopes will allow buses to make
smoother turns.
The changes came as a result of an on-site visit and report last semester from Skipper Consulting Inc., the company that helped implement the shuttle. The goals of the changes are to cut wait times and free up bus space, Smyth said.
"According to our consultant, headways [drive time] on the North route can be cut down to five minutes, beating our original goal of six minutes," Smyth said. "If we can make the ride five minutes, we will move approximately one-sixth more people in the same amount of time. So buses shouldn't
be as full."
Smyth hopes the new route will normalize wait time and provide better service for
the students.
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Track installation to complete Hodges Stadium
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The UNF athletic program has one New Year's resolution in mind: to complete Hodges Stadium, said Athletic Director Dr. Richard Gropper.
With 10 years invested in the project, the university plans to break ground the second week of February for the installation of the Olympic-quality track.
"This stadium is a long time in the
making," Gropper said.
In 2007, the university installed new field lights and an estimated 9,300 stadium seats to replace the original concrete seating at the complex.
The press box was also renovated.
The final step - the nine-lane competition track - will not only complete this phase, but catapult the stadium into the Division I competition level, Gropper said. This will make UNF one of five schools in the United States with an Olympic-quality track.
"It will be one [stadium] that the university and entire city is going to be proud of," Gropper said.
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Last week by the numbers
Each week the Spinnaker staff reports what's going on around campus: the good and the bad.
In this little space, we want to
summarize the life of the
Osprey during the past week.
2170 Students moved back into dorms after the winter break (estimate).
5 Men and women basketball games.
45 Students cited in UNF police reports.
35 Students laying on the Green.
0 Screaming preachers on the Green ... yet.