NDNU students take on noise complaints with silent protest
By Corazon Riley
Issue date: 9/27/07 Section: News
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"Two and three and four hours on a Saturday afternoon. Practices during the week, lots of yelling, cheering, grunts, the whole thing," said Evelyn Seely, a neighbor, in describing the neighbors' opposition to the field in an ABC 7 news report.
At the Sept. 25 Belmont City Council, community and representatives from NDNU gathered at the city hall to seek support for the university. Members of ASNDNU, CSL, programming board, staff, sport's including softball, lacrosse, soccer and students from the Sept. 22 protest.
The student speakers were senior Mallory Barr, AS president,and Caroline Archibald, chairman of programming board.
When each speaker was finished, Mayor Coralin Feierbach said that she understood the student concerns.
She said she supported the idea of erecting sound reflectors throughout the school which would redirect noise away from neighboring residences.
"NDNU will have to be patient," she said.
The field's fate will be decided at the Nov. 20 meeting of the city's Planning Commission when the Temporary Use Permit issued for the new field will be discussed. The university has hired an attorney to represent its interests at the hearing.
At the Sept. 25 Belmont City Council, community and representatives from NDNU gathered at the city hall to seek support for the university. Members of ASNDNU, CSL, programming board, staff, sport's including softball, lacrosse, soccer and students from the Sept. 22 protest.
The student speakers were senior Mallory Barr, AS president,and Caroline Archibald, chairman of programming board.
When each speaker was finished, Mayor Coralin Feierbach said that she understood the student concerns.
She said she supported the idea of erecting sound reflectors throughout the school which would redirect noise away from neighboring residences.
"NDNU will have to be patient," she said.
The field's fate will be decided at the Nov. 20 meeting of the city's Planning Commission when the Temporary Use Permit issued for the new field will be discussed. The university has hired an attorney to represent its interests at the hearing.
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