Longwood Skate Krew Rolls onto Campus
Club gives students a safe and respectful way to have fun and skateboard
Issue date: 10/28/09 Section: News
By Joe Brown
Rotunda Reporter
The sounds are heard daily. The noise of wheels rolling down the sidewalk in front of Hiner and the screeches of power slides of the skateboards in front of the Ruffner Fountain are heard across campus. These students responsible for these echoes aren't just skaters anymore; they might be the future members of the newest club on campus.
Longwood's Student Government Association (SGA) recently approved the new "Skate Krew" on campus for students who have interests in skateboarding. The club allows fellow skateboarders to meet up and go skating together to find common interests in the sport.
"Some friends and I wanted to get together a skate club to form a unity with the skaters on campus," said sophomore founder Bryan West. "First, we had to write up a constitution in order to see the SGA. Then we partnered with Officer [Jim] Thorpe to see if we could be approved as a club while complying with university and authority rules," West said.
After a constitution was written, West went in front of the SGA to propose the new club to the school.
"I told them that the general view of skateboarders on campus isn't the best, but this club will help students know where to skate and how to do it in a safe, respectable manner," West said. "Members will take a pledge to skate on designated areas, be aware and respective of others and skate safely. All of this is simple and quite possible," West said.
Sophomore Eric Seum, a friend of West's and also a fellow founder, agrees. "The stereotype of skateboarders tends to be a bad one but hopefully this club will change that perspective," Seum said.
The club's first meetings will focus on proper locations of skateboarding on and around campus. Then they will move into focusing on proper safety education and proposing dates for full-club skateboard clinics.
The "Skate Krew" plans to skateboard at the public skate park located at Wilck's Lake Park on Third Street, just past the hospital on the left hand side over the bridge. This is Farmville's only skate park and is open from dawn to dusk. The park has numerous skateboarding obstacles including quarter pipes, grinding rails and ramps.
Rotunda Reporter
The sounds are heard daily. The noise of wheels rolling down the sidewalk in front of Hiner and the screeches of power slides of the skateboards in front of the Ruffner Fountain are heard across campus. These students responsible for these echoes aren't just skaters anymore; they might be the future members of the newest club on campus.
Longwood's Student Government Association (SGA) recently approved the new "Skate Krew" on campus for students who have interests in skateboarding. The club allows fellow skateboarders to meet up and go skating together to find common interests in the sport.
"Some friends and I wanted to get together a skate club to form a unity with the skaters on campus," said sophomore founder Bryan West. "First, we had to write up a constitution in order to see the SGA. Then we partnered with Officer [Jim] Thorpe to see if we could be approved as a club while complying with university and authority rules," West said.
After a constitution was written, West went in front of the SGA to propose the new club to the school.
"I told them that the general view of skateboarders on campus isn't the best, but this club will help students know where to skate and how to do it in a safe, respectable manner," West said. "Members will take a pledge to skate on designated areas, be aware and respective of others and skate safely. All of this is simple and quite possible," West said.
Sophomore Eric Seum, a friend of West's and also a fellow founder, agrees. "The stereotype of skateboarders tends to be a bad one but hopefully this club will change that perspective," Seum said.
The club's first meetings will focus on proper locations of skateboarding on and around campus. Then they will move into focusing on proper safety education and proposing dates for full-club skateboard clinics.
The "Skate Krew" plans to skateboard at the public skate park located at Wilck's Lake Park on Third Street, just past the hospital on the left hand side over the bridge. This is Farmville's only skate park and is open from dawn to dusk. The park has numerous skateboarding obstacles including quarter pipes, grinding rails and ramps.
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