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The Daily OrangeConnective Corridor | No concern about turnout for second 'Get on the Bus' event
By Julia Terruso
Posted: 2/29/08, 12:57 AM EST Section: News
Some students said they were aware of the program and would consider getting on board if they knew more about it.
"I saw the signs for 'Get on the Bus,' and I thought, well, where's it going?" said Becca Aydelotte, a freshman broadcast journalism major.
"I don't think people know what the signs mean," she said. "I definitely think people want to leave campus though, and a lot of times it's a matter of how to get out if you don't have a car."
While student response toward the event may be mixed, program director and class professor Jan Cohen-Cruz said the bus rides are not intended to bring in a mass number of students, but they are to attract a handful that has an interest in exploring the city.
"We're not set up to get a ton of people," she said. "If we got more than 40 people I don't know what we'd do with them."
Cohen-Cruz also addressed the student claim that the day of the event, Friday, interferes with socializing
"No one goes out at 5:15, so we were very careful to choose a time after classes were over, but before people have evening plans," she said.
Some future bus rides will take place Thursday nights to accommodate students who like keeping their Fridays free.
"It's very hard to get this into peoples' minds and get them to try it, but I think the more people that see it, they just might say, 'You know what, why don't I try it?'" Cohen-Cruz said.
"It's only an hour and a half, and it's actually really refreshing," said Ben Joiner, tonight's event planner. "If someone wants to get off the Hill before dinner or before they go out on a Friday, they'll certainly have something to talk about when they go out to the bars later that night."
jmterrus@syr.edu
"I saw the signs for 'Get on the Bus,' and I thought, well, where's it going?" said Becca Aydelotte, a freshman broadcast journalism major.
"I don't think people know what the signs mean," she said. "I definitely think people want to leave campus though, and a lot of times it's a matter of how to get out if you don't have a car."
While student response toward the event may be mixed, program director and class professor Jan Cohen-Cruz said the bus rides are not intended to bring in a mass number of students, but they are to attract a handful that has an interest in exploring the city.
"We're not set up to get a ton of people," she said. "If we got more than 40 people I don't know what we'd do with them."
Cohen-Cruz also addressed the student claim that the day of the event, Friday, interferes with socializing
"No one goes out at 5:15, so we were very careful to choose a time after classes were over, but before people have evening plans," she said.
Some future bus rides will take place Thursday nights to accommodate students who like keeping their Fridays free.
"It's very hard to get this into peoples' minds and get them to try it, but I think the more people that see it, they just might say, 'You know what, why don't I try it?'" Cohen-Cruz said.
"It's only an hour and a half, and it's actually really refreshing," said Ben Joiner, tonight's event planner. "If someone wants to get off the Hill before dinner or before they go out on a Friday, they'll certainly have something to talk about when they go out to the bars later that night."
jmterrus@syr.edu
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