College plans to shield bikes from snow
Winter bike storage shed will aid students
John Krudy
Issue date: 10/30/08 Section: News
Hillsdale College administrators, reacting to this year's abundance of bikes on campus, said they plan to facilitate storage for students' wheels on college property before winter hits.
"I assume students won't use them throughout the winter because of weather," said Vice President of Administration Rich Péwé. "And once we stored them, we wouldn't be getting them in and out until spring."
Péwé also said he has been speaking with Physical Plant Director Todd Clow about where to store the bikes, possibly in a shed the college owns on Barber Drive. The service would be free, he said.
"If we hang them, we can put a lot in there," Péwé said.
"We're e-mailing each other - we're not sure exactly where to store them yet," said Dean of Student Affairs Diane Philipp. "It's coming."
Philipp was also unsure of the reason for the increase in bicycles. She postulated high gas prices and the college's recent advertisement to students of the path between Jonesville and Hillsdale (which starts by the creek near Subway). But she knows students need bike storage outside of dorms.
"It doesn't make sense to store them in the residence halls," she said. "It about fire safety, and it's an inconvenience."
Sophomore Sam Neidow was planning to store his bike in the Simpson stairwell this winter, as he and others have in the past. He is unsure if he will put it on college storage.
"I would, I guess," he said. "But my bike's kind of expensive, so I'm not sure."
Péwé said the college would organize a sort of registration system to keep track of stored bikes.
When freshman brought a surprisingly number of bikes in August, he said, the college purchased new racks to keep the cycles from piling up outside Lane and Kendall Halls.
"We've been trying to encourage bikes for several years," he said. "I love seeing bikes on campus."
"I assume students won't use them throughout the winter because of weather," said Vice President of Administration Rich Péwé. "And once we stored them, we wouldn't be getting them in and out until spring."
Péwé also said he has been speaking with Physical Plant Director Todd Clow about where to store the bikes, possibly in a shed the college owns on Barber Drive. The service would be free, he said.
"If we hang them, we can put a lot in there," Péwé said.
"We're e-mailing each other - we're not sure exactly where to store them yet," said Dean of Student Affairs Diane Philipp. "It's coming."
Philipp was also unsure of the reason for the increase in bicycles. She postulated high gas prices and the college's recent advertisement to students of the path between Jonesville and Hillsdale (which starts by the creek near Subway). But she knows students need bike storage outside of dorms.
"It doesn't make sense to store them in the residence halls," she said. "It about fire safety, and it's an inconvenience."
Sophomore Sam Neidow was planning to store his bike in the Simpson stairwell this winter, as he and others have in the past. He is unsure if he will put it on college storage.
"I would, I guess," he said. "But my bike's kind of expensive, so I'm not sure."
Péwé said the college would organize a sort of registration system to keep track of stored bikes.
When freshman brought a surprisingly number of bikes in August, he said, the college purchased new racks to keep the cycles from piling up outside Lane and Kendall Halls.
"We've been trying to encourage bikes for several years," he said. "I love seeing bikes on campus."
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