| | | | | | | . | 2/18/2008 11:25:00 | Dean W. Armstrong | dean@uchicago.edu | dean | staff | | . | 2/18/2008 18:33:00 | Kiersten Kummerow Brown | kierstenkb@uchicago.edu | kierstenkb | student | | . | 2/18/2008 18:33:00 | Race Wright | rwright@uchicago.edu | rwright | student | | . | 2/18/2008 18:38:00 | Phoebe Heyman | phoebeheyman@uchicago.edu | phoebeheyman | Student | I fully support the RAS's petition. | . | 2/18/2008 18:59:00 | Erin Matson | ematson@uchicago.edu | ematson | student | | . | 2/18/2008 19:04:00 | Ryan Julian | mrjulian@uchicago.edu | mrjulian | student | | . | 2/18/2008 19:06:00 | Melinda Z. Morang | morangm@uchicago.edu | morangm | student | | . | 2/18/2008 19:08:00 | Irina Kogel | ikogel@uchicago.edu | ikogel | student | | . | 2/18/2008 19:09:00 | David | velascod@uchicago.edu | 364750 | student | | . | 2/18/2008 19:12:00 | Nicholas Laszlo Frazer | nlf@uchicago.edu | nlf | student | | . | 2/18/2008 19:12:00 | Ruoxuan Zhu | rzhu2k9@uchicago.edu | rzhu2k9 | student | | . | 2/18/2008 19:16:00 | Joseph Bognanni | joebonni@uchicago.edu | joebonni | student | This sounds too reasonable - I'm sure the administration will fight it! Sigh. | . | 2/18/2008 19:17:00 | Steven Lucy | slucy@uchicago.edu | slucy | alumni | | . | 2/18/2008 19:18:00 | cicy chan | cicychan@uchicago.edu | cicychan | student | | . | 2/18/2008 19:19:00 | Ryan Durkin | durks59@uchicago.edu | durks59 | student | | . | 2/18/2008 19:21:00 | Eva Wuyts | evawuyts@uchicago.edu | 384141 | student | | . | 2/18/2008 19:24:00 | umnouy ponsukcharoen | umnouyp@uchicago.edu | 381936 | student | Causing light pollution have no good at all. It disturbs astronomical observation and wastes energy. There should be a new lighting strategy. | . | 2/18/2008 19:25:00 | Maria Patterson | mtpatter@uchicago.edu | mtpatter | alumni | | . | 2/18/2008 19:25:00 | Mary Maloney | maloney@uchicago.edu | maloney | student | | . | 2/18/2008 19:27:00 | Brian Hinkle | bghinkle@gmail.com | bhinkle | alumni | If the University is really interested in addressing the issue of lighting and its role in personal safety, they ought to put down the checkbook for new accent lighting and work with Hyde Park aldermen to change streetlight bulbs across the neighborhood. I've lost count of the times I've walked to or from campus at night and the street is completely dark aside from moonlight - if the mugger comes from the S. University Ave side when the bulbs are burn out, it doesn't matter how well the quad buildings are lit! |
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| | | | | | | . | 2/18/2008 19:28:00 | Ilya Grigoriev | ilyag@uchicago.edu | ilyag | student | | . | 2/18/2008 19:33:00 | Sam Leitner | sleitner@uchicago.edu | sleitner | student | | . | 2/18/2008 19:33:00 | Chelsea Bingiel | clb@uchicago.edu | clb | student | | . | 2/18/2008 19:33:00 | Kelly Kennedy | kkennedy@uchicago.edu | kkennedy | student | If the U of C administration actually cares about student safety, they'll implement the changes requested in this petition. | . | 2/18/2008 19:34:00 | Nicole Ridgwell | fossiln@uchicago.edu | fossiln | student | | . | 2/18/2008 19:34:00 | Fabian Schmidt | fabians@uchicago.edu | fabians | student | | . | 2/18/2008 19:36:00 | Robert Citron | ricitron@uchicago.edu | ricitron | student | | . | 2/18/2008 19:42:00 | Kimberly Beiting | kimberlybeiting@uchicago.edu | kimberlybeiting | student | | . | 2/18/2008 19:43:00 | Alexander Carter | alexcarter@uchicago.edu | alexcarter | student | | . | 2/18/2008 19:47:00 | Andrew Cone | acone@uchicago.edu | acone | alumni | The new lighting system was clearly not designed by a competent professional. It creates a glare that makes it difficult to see much of anything at night.
What is needed is a system of mellow, near-ground lights, not glowing orbs so powerful that pedestrians can't see each other and astronomers can't see the stars. The thoughtlessness of the current arrangement surrenders science, sustainability, and safety to an oppressively generalized fear.
Our government already encourages such cowardice. I don't want my alma mater to follow suit. | . | 2/18/2008 19:49:00 | Siena Easley | seasley@uchicago.edu | seasley | student | | . | 2/18/2008 19:54:00 | Maxwell Working | working@uchicago.edu | working | student | | . | 2/18/2008 19:56:00 | Sameer DCosta | sameer@uchicago.edu | sameer | alumni | | . | 2/18/2008 19:56:00 | Stuart A. Kurtz | stuart@cs.uchicago.edu | saks | faculty | | . | 2/18/2008 19:58:00 | Sara | arsinoe@uchicago.edu | arsinoe | student | I agree with some of the statements listed. Safety is a huge concern at our school, and given V-Tech and NIU, any and all safety precautions should be looked into, INCLUDING light safety.
Thanks | . | 2/18/2008 20:00:00 | Charles Shapiro | chaz@uchicago.edu | chaz | student | Besides this petition, I hope you have some lighting solutions that you can suggest to the University. | . | 2/18/2008 20:04:00 | Jean-Rene Gauthier | gauthier@uchicago.edu | gauthier | student | Such a waste of electricity and money ! | . | 2/18/2008 20:07:00 | Robby Findler | robby@cs.uchicago.edu | robby | faculty | | . | 2/18/2008 20:07:00 | Gina-Anne Levow | levow@cs.uchicago.edu | levow | faculty | | . | 2/18/2008 20:09:00 | Anne Rogers | amr@cs.uchicago.edu | ar0r@uchicago.edu | faculty | |
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| | | | | | | . | 2/18/2008 20:12:00 | Michael Florian | mflorian@uchicago.edu | mflorian | student | | . | 2/18/2008 20:13:00 | Joe Cottral | jcottral@uchicago.edu | jcottral | student | | . | 2/18/2008 20:13:00 | Sasha Geffen | sgeffen@uchicago.edu | sgeffen | student | | . | 2/18/2008 20:13:00 | Isaac Ottoni Wilhelm | spaceka13@uchicago.edu | 381820 | student | Light Pollution sucks | . | 2/18/2008 20:20:00 | Nicholas Nardini | nardini@uchicago.edu | nardini | student | Bathing the campus in unseemly light is a showy but ultimately ineffective method for deterring crime. Beyond the astronomy club's concerns, gratuitous lighting is unsophisticated and a drain on natural resources. | . | 2/18/2008 20:20:00 | Weiyi Ng | wyng@uchicago.edu | 360438 | student | Light polution is a huge waste of energy and impedes research! And impeding research + waste of energy = bad :( | . | 2/18/2008 20:23:00 | Bobby Zacharias | robertz@uchicago.edu | robertz | student | | . | 2/18/2008 20:29:00 | Adrienne Yuen | ayuen@uchicago.edu | ayuen | student | | . | 2/18/2008 20:45:00 | Seth Swingle | sswingle@uchicago.edu | sswingle | student | | . | 2/18/2008 20:48:00 | Laszlo Babai | laci@cs.uchicago.edu | laci | faculty | | . | 2/18/2008 20:51:00 | Anya | anyuta@uchicago.edu | anyuta | student | | . | 2/18/2008 20:51:00 | Meara Charnetzki | meara@uchicago.edu | 382636 | student | | . | 2/18/2008 20:58:00 | Alex Niemczewski | acn@uchicago.edu | acn | student | | . | 2/18/2008 21:11:00 | Caroline Gelber | cgelber@uchicago.edu | 382864 | student | | . | 2/18/2008 21:12:00 | Sean Johnson | seanjohnson@uchicago.edu | seanjohnson | student | | . | 2/18/2008 21:14:00 | Casey Lange | clange@uchicago.edu | clange | student | An aesthetically pleasing campus is certainly to be desired, but it can be done without irrational waste that is academically, socially, and environmentally harmful.
I am also curious what research has been and could be put into designing practical lighting solutions, on the part of those organizations and individuals concerned about the issue. The University Administration has an obligation to assist in this.
I whole-heartedly support this petition. | . | 2/18/2008 21:20:00 | Benjamin Saliwanchik | elendil@uchicago.edu | 362244 | student | | . | 2/18/2008 21:20:00 | Ariadne Sandbeck | asandbeck@uchicago.edu | asandbeck | student | | . | 2/18/2008 21:21:00 | Janos Simon | janos.simon@gmail.com | js77 | student | | . | 2/18/2008 21:26:00 | Allison Young | allisony@uchicago.edu | allisony | student | |
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| | | | | | | . | 2/18/2008 21:27:00 | Benjamin Recchie | bcrecchi@alumni.uchicago.edu | bcrecchi | staff | | . | 2/18/2008 21:29:00 | bo peng | bpeng@uchicago.edu | bpeng | student | | . | 2/18/2008 21:30:00 | Apratim Sahay | apratim@uchicago.edu | apratim | student | Too much light makes the baby go blind | . | 2/18/2008 21:31:00 | Morgan Wirthlin | halcyon@uchicago.edu | halcyon | student | | . | 2/18/2008 21:34:00 | Karl Norby | knorby@uchicago.edu | knorby | student | | . | 2/18/2008 21:45:00 | Subir Trivedi | satrived@uchicago.edu | satrived | alumni | | . | 2/18/2008 21:47:00 | Zaid Alawi | zalawi@uchicago.edu | 363104 | student | | . | 2/18/2008 21:49:00 | Justin Walker | justinw@uchicago.edu | justinw | student | Light pollution plagues the entire modern world, and also points out the best targets for alien WMDs. | . | 2/18/2008 21:52:00 | Natalie Doss | ndoss@uchicago.edu | ndoss | student | | . | 2/18/2008 22:07:00 | Margaret Schiller | mschiller@uchicago.edu | mschiller | student | | . | 2/18/2008 22:08:00 | Alyssa Mathias | alymaria@uchicago.edu | 370154 | student | | . | 2/18/2008 22:09:00 | Elizabeth Hicks | ehicks@uchicago.edu | ehicks | student | | . | 2/18/2008 22:12:00 | Matthew Szydagis | q007@uchicago.edu | q007 | student | The increase in campus lighting turns the battle of the bulbs for dorms into a joke. It completely cancels it out. | . | 2/18/2008 22:14:00 | Stuart Klein | stuartklein@uchicago.edu | stuartklein | student | | . | 2/18/2008 22:15:00 | Jie Ji | jieji@uchicago.edu | jieji | student | | . | 2/18/2008 22:16:00 | Luitien Pan | luitien@uchicago.edu | luitien | student | | . | 2/18/2008 22:17:00 | Alexander Ruff | alexander@uchicago.edu | alexander | student | TOO MUCH LIGHT! DO.NOT.WANT. | . | 2/18/2008 22:20:00 | Nathan Riley | njriley@uchicago.edu | njriley | student | | . | 2/18/2008 22:22:00 | Wilson Yu | wilsonyu32@uchicago.edu | wilsonyu32 | student | I don't want Orion to be the only constellation I see when I look up in the sky. Thank you. | . | 2/18/2008 22:24:00 | Walter Adams | wia@uchicago.edu | wia | student | This is an excellent petition and quite well documented. The Univesity is definitely concerned about our safety, but it looks like they could have done a better job on this aspect. |
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| | | | | | | . | 2/18/2008 22:25:00 | Alex Korbonits | alexkorbonits@uchicago.edu | alexkorbonits | student | I think that the information page says everything for me already... I live on campus, and traveling at night is cumbersome because the light hurts my eyes, and I like be able to look at least parallel and forwards, because that a) makes sense and b) is safer, and c) more enjoyable than cranking my neck more than this school already makes me (through homework). Thank you. | . | 2/18/2008 22:29:00 | Brandon Cline | bdcline@uchicago.edu | bdcline | student | | . | 2/18/2008 22:31:00 | Kenneth Rudinger | rudinger@uchicago.edu | rudinger | student | | . | 2/18/2008 22:31:00 | Stephen Kowalsky | sjkowals@uchicago.edu | sjkowals | student | | . | 2/18/2008 22:31:00 | George Lederer | glederer@uchicago.edu | glederer | student | | . | 2/18/2008 22:33:00 | Steven LaRue | stevenlarue@uchicago.edu | stevenlarue | student | The effect this has had on the club has not been recognized by many, but those who have taken note could tell you a few things. As a contributor to the petition, I know intimately some of the details of our complaints, and feel that if they are not heeded, then the University is making a very poor decision, not only concerning the safety of the students, but also by wasting enormous amounts of electricity, enormous amounts of electricity, and detracting from the true beauty (even at night!) of our gothic campus. | . | 2/18/2008 22:35:00 | Gerardo Ramirez | ramirezg@uchicago.edu | na | student | | . | 2/18/2008 22:41:00 | emily bargar | ebargar@uchicago.edu | 369575 | student | | . | 2/18/2008 22:42:00 | Katayun Kamdin | kkamdin@uchicago.edu | 375759 | student | | . | 2/18/2008 22:45:00 | Ivan Beschastnikh | ivan@cs.washington.edu | ivan | alumni | | . | 2/18/2008 22:53:00 | Helen-Mary Sheridan | sheridankm@uchicago.edu | sheridankm | student | | . | 2/18/2008 22:56:00 | David Snell | dsnell@uchicago.edu | dsnell | student | | . | 2/18/2008 22:59:00 | Thomas Graham | tgraham@uchicago.edu | tgraham | student | | . | 2/18/2008 22:59:00 | Michelle Huang | michellexh@uchicago.edu | michellexh | student | | . | 2/18/2008 23:00:00 | Thomas Cook | thomasbc@uchicago.edu | thomasbc | student | | . | 2/18/2008 23:36:00 | Priya Dugad | asterisk@uchicago.edu | asterisk | student | Not only is the current system causing light pollution, it's also environmentally unsound. Help the University and local communities and scrap the current plan! | . | 2/18/2008 23:39:00 | Jonathon Van Schelt | vanschel@uchicago.edu | vanschel | student | | . | 2/18/2008 23:42:00 | Charles Guo | guoc@uchicago.edu | guoc | student | | . | 2/18/2008 23:45:00 | Matt Kennedy | mkennedy@uchicago.edu | mkennedy | student | | . | 2/18/2008 23:46:00 | Molly Zimmerman-Feeley | mollyzf@gmail.com | mollyzf | student | |
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| | | | | | | . | 2/18/2008 23:46:00 | Heather Lewis | lewish@uchicago.edu | lewish | student | | . | 2/18/2008 23:49:00 | Thomas Sloan | onethomas@uchicago.edu | 376332 | student | In addition to other problems listed, there is a huge glare of light right outside my window. I live in Max and this is a poor design as the blinds are not equipped to handle the unnecessary light pollution. | . | 2/19/2008 | Igor Serebryany | igor47@moomers.org | igor47 | alumni | Please, this is common sense! Light pollution is wasteful, unattractive and, in the case of the new quad lighting, kind of painful. Even worse is the way the concerns of the astronomy groups were completely ignored when installing the new lights. Will there ever come a time when the University listens to concerns from student groups? I keep holding out hope... | . | 2/19/2008 | kanika jhunjhnuwala | kanika@uchicago.edu | kanika | student | | . | 2/19/2008 0:07:00 | Tian Tian Cai | tcai@uchicago.edu | tcai | student | | . | 2/19/2008 0:16:00 | Hana Yoo | htyoo@uchicago.edu | htyoo | alumni | I have often been saddened and disappointed by the amount of light pollution in Chicago. I remember in my first quarter of college. when I was briefly in an astro phy sci class, we had a lab that involved looking at the sky for specific stars. My lab group could hardly see them. I wish that the stars were not obscured in this way. The University of Chicago should be at the forefront of preventing light pollution and having better lighting strategies! | . | 2/19/2008 0:19:00 | Emilia Mickevicius | emiliam@uchicago.edu | emiliam | student | | . | 2/19/2008 0:25:00 | emily howe | ehowe@uchicago.edu | ehowe | student | | . | 2/19/2008 0:41:00 | lauren sailor | elsailor@gmail.com | sailor | student | | . | 2/19/2008 1:54:00 | Inn Kyung Cho | chojennyik@uchicago.edu | chojennyik | student | | . | 2/19/2008 2:05:00 | Dan Gardner | dangardner@uchicago.edu | 376079 | student | | . | 2/19/2008 3:51:00 | Bill Volk | bvolk@uchicago.edu | bvolk | student | | . | 2/19/2008 4:02:00 | Maxwell Shron | mshron@uchicago.edu | mshron | student | All of the points made on the RAS website are damning. It was a poor design choice, and like any responsible organization whose reputation and operation can be harmed by poor design choices it needs to be fixed, immediately. | . | 2/19/2008 4:36:00 | Sallie King | smking@uchicago.edu | smking | student | | . | 2/19/2008 6:36:00 | Nita Yack | n-yack@uchicago.edu | nitayack | staff | | . | 2/19/2008 8:35:00 | Jenny Kim | jennykim@uchicago.edu | jennykim | staff | | . | 2/19/2008 8:46:00 | Luis C Reyes | lcreyes@uchicago.edu | lcreyes | faculty | | . | 2/19/2008 8:55:00 | Gretchen Neidhardt | wyse@uchicago.edu | wyse | student | | . | 2/19/2008 9:31:00 | Kathleen Bailey | kbailey1@uchicago.edu | kbailey1 | student | | . | 2/19/2008 9:33:00 | John A. Lucy | jlucy@uchicago.edu | johnlucy | faculty | Wall washer lights are wasteful of energy, inconsiderate of student concerns about night visibility, and not really designed to help pedestrians since they light walls not walkways. They're not even attractive. So why not install something efficient, considerate, and effective? |
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| | | | | | | . | 2/19/2008 9:37:00 | Katie DeBoer | ktdeboer@uchicago.edu | ktdeboer | alumni | | . | 2/19/2008 9:40:00 | Van Bistrow | vanb@uchicago.edu | vanb | staff | | . | 2/19/2008 9:42:00 | J. Pilcher | j-pilcher@uchicago.edu | jpil | faculty | | . | 2/19/2008 10:10:00 | Nick Gnedin | gnedin@uchicago.edu | gnedin | faculty | | . | 2/19/2008 10:39:00 | Aaron Ewall-Wice | olivercromwell@uchicago.edu | olivercromwell | student | The lack of adequate shielding, and excessive usage is both wasteful in the Universities Resources and damaging to the its very goals of facilitating the dissemination of knowledge, namely our visually demonstratable knowledge of the cosmos's availability to the urban dwelling public. | . | 2/19/2008 10:41:00 | Lane McIntosh | lmcintosh@uchicago.edu | lmcintosh | student | | . | 2/19/2008 10:56:00 | Richard Brown | rabrown@uchicago.edu | rabrown | student | | . | 2/19/2008 10:57:00 | Sandy Heinz | heinz@oddjob.uchicago.edu | ccsheinz | staff | | . | 2/19/2008 11:05:00 | Cissy Huang | cchuang@uchicago.edu | 381689 | student | | . | 2/19/2008 11:30:00 | Michael Kramer | mjkramer@uchicago.edu | mjkramer | student | | . | 2/19/2008 11:31:00 | Ian Foster | foster@cs.uchicago.edu | foster | faculty | | . | 2/19/2008 11:47:00 | Daniel Heidenreich | baka@uchicago.edu | baka | student | | . | 2/19/2008 12:23:00 | Simon Nascimento | simonn@uchicago.edu | simonn | student | | . | 2/19/2008 12:31:00 | Emily Graber | emilygraber@uchicago.edu | emilygraber | student | | . | 2/19/2008 12:35:00 | Yoonah Kim | younah@uchicago.edu | younah | student | | . | 2/19/2008 12:51:00 | Alexander K. Naylor | aknaylor@uchicago.edu | aknaylor | student | | . | 2/19/2008 12:52:00 | Jonathan Williams | jonathan@uchicago.edu | 355075 | student | I do not feel one whit safer for all the new lights on the quads, but as an astronomy enthusiast I do feel saddened to lose so many wonderful sights.
Also, as someone who occasionally sneaks around campus with somewhat illicit objectives, I have not been hampered by the new lighting. The increased UCPD patrols have proven a far greater deterrent. Zounds! | . | 2/19/2008 13:00:00 | Mark Peoples | mpeoples@uchicago.edu | mpeoples | staff | | . | 2/19/2008 14:35:00 | Craig Johnson | craigjohnson@uchicago.edu | craigjohnson | student | | . | 2/19/2008 15:50:00 | Andrew Wells-Qu | andrewtherenaldo@gmail.com | awellsqu | student | |
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| | | | | | | . | 2/19/2008 16:40:00 | Eric Swenson | Easwenson@uchicago.edu | Easwenson | student | | . | 2/19/2008 16:40:00 | Richard Ruiz | rruiz@uchicago.edu | rruiz | student | Proper lighting: to ensure safety and promote the waste of electricity. | . | 2/19/2008 19:07:00 | Emily King | eking@uchicago.edu | eking | student | | . | 2/19/2008 20:32:00 | Wa Yan Irene Kwok | ikwok@uchicago.edu | ikwok | student | | . | 2/19/2008 20:46:00 | Margaret Viola | mviola@uchicago.edu | mviola | student | | . | 2/19/2008 20:54:00 | Shawn Allison | brogan@uchicago.edu | brogan | student | | . | 2/19/2008 20:57:00 | John Boller | boller@math.uchicago.edu | boller | staff | | . | 2/19/2008 22:33:00 | En Lim | limen2000@hotmail.com | 383077 | student | | . | 2/20/2008 1:08:00 | Lee Walsh | leewalsh@uchicago.edu | leewalsh | student | | . | 2/20/2008 2:10:00 | Paul Brown | pabrown@uchicago.edu | pabrown | student | I do not find the brighter lighting more pleasant, and I am appalled by the downsides. All other things being equal, the level of lighting must be diminished. | . | 2/20/2008 9:40:00 | Mallory | mhee@uchicago.edu | mhee | student | | . | 2/20/2008 9:43:00 | Colleen Christensen | colleent@uchicago.edu | colleent | student | | . | 2/20/2008 9:46:00 | Klara Scharnagl | treehugger@uchicago.edu | 375564 | student | I would love to have the University reduce or modify its exterior lighting. I miss being able to see the stars, even with the naked eye. In addition, too bright of exterior lights at night interfere with migratory patterns of birds, so we could be helping two things at once in this movement! | . | 2/20/2008 9:51:00 | Samantha Hunt | samanthaflynn@uchicago.edu | samanthaflynn | student | | . | 2/20/2008 9:53:00 | Cameron Jay Erens | cameron@uchicago.edu | cameron | student | There are many solutions available to still allow sufficient lighting for the campus while reducing the waste that reflects up into space unnecessarily. It may be a matter of implementing certain reflectors to avoid the current extent of this problem. | . | 2/20/2008 9:59:00 | Claire Sweigart | cgsweigart@uchicago.edu | cgsweigart | student | | . | 2/20/2008 10:01:00 | Samuel Bowman | sbowman@uchicago.edu | sbowman | student | | . | 2/20/2008 10:31:00 | Elizabeth Selbst | esselbst@uchicago.edu | esselbst | student | | . | 2/20/2008 10:47:00 | Chris Peverada | peverada@uchicago.edu | peverada | student | | . | 2/20/2008 10:48:00 | Dennis Fiser | dennis_fiser@yahoo.com | 355155 | alumni | |
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| | | | | | | . | 2/20/2008 10:54:00 | Kathleen Kuo | kkuo@uchicago.edu | 381077 | student | | . | 2/20/2008 11:05:00 | Lily Baker | libaker@uchicago.edu | libaker | student | This is an extremely significant issue for many reasons. Please consider revising your lighting strategy to take into account all of these concerns.
| . | 2/20/2008 11:06:00 | Tonia Venters | moira@uchicago.edu | moira | student | The wall washer lights are without a doubt the worst lighting system I've ever seen. They basically serve no purpose other than to make the buildings look pretty at night. They don't light up the sidewalks or anything, and you can't see until you are well away from them. The lights around the library are awful, too. Sure, you can see when you're standing right next to the night bus, but what about all of the dark spots near the walkway to the library? | . | 2/20/2008 11:28:00 | Zhao Tang | yaya@uchicago.edu | 362766 | student | | . | 2/20/2008 11:31:00 | Emily L. Lines | emilylines@uchicago.edu | emilylines | student | | . | 2/20/2008 11:56:00 | Rich Northrop | northrop@ucec.uchicago.edu | rnorthro | staff | Lights aimed up at a venerable much used optical telescope can not be based on our President's directive. I have been on the roof and maybe Mr. Zimmer has 30 minutes to see the results of the vertical Ryerson lights ?
| . | 2/20/2008 12:02:00 | Michael Felix Quiroz | mquiroz@uchicago.edu | mquiroz | student | | . | 2/20/2008 12:07:00 | Jessica MIllar | jmillar@uchicago.edu | jmillar | student | | . | 2/20/2008 13:28:00 | Maritza Mallek | maritzam@uchicago.edu | maritzam | student | I have read the full petition and am so glad that the astro club was able to take the time and effort to put it together. I am a fourth-year and I have been frustrated with the wastefulness of the lighting scheme on campus since I arrived in 2004. I sincerely hope the University recognizes this petition and resolves to make significant changes regarding lighting and electricity use in the future. | . | 2/20/2008 13:43:00 | Patrick Palmer | ppalmer@oskar.uchicago.edu | arxt | faculty | It sad to both waste power and to hide the sky from our students. It is difficult enough to teach about the sky here. | . | 2/20/2008 13:54:00 | April Morton | amorton@uchicago.edu | amorton | student | | . | 2/20/2008 14:07:00 | Kyle Gracey | gracey@uchicago.edu | gracey | student | This was a large issue at my undergraduate institution. Their Lighting Research Center has some good additional information on well-designed lighting for safety and light pollution control. | . | 2/20/2008 14:08:00 | Stephanie Cord Melton | scmelton@uchicago.edu | scmelton | student | | . | 2/20/2008 14:38:00 | Talia Hurwich | hurwich@uchicago.edu | 370646 | student | | . | 2/20/2008 15:03:00 | Athena Frost | anfrost@uchicago.edu | anfrost | student | | . | 2/20/2008 15:03:00 | Marguerite Brown | mlbrown0@uchicago.edu | mlbrown0 | student | | . | 2/20/2008 15:18:00 | Alex Liu | | | student | | . | 2/20/2008 16:10:00 | Radhika | rkhosla@uchicago.edu | rkhosla | student | | . | 2/20/2008 16:21:00 | Rachel | rlv@uchicago.edu | rlv | student | | . | 2/20/2008 16:45:00 | Sara ElShafie | selshafie@uchicago.edu | selshafie | student | |
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| | | | | | | . | 2/20/2008 16:45:00 | Sebastien Davis-VanGelder | zaodavis@gmail.com | 381098 | student | | . | 2/20/2008 16:58:00 | David Reese | reesed@uchicago.edu | reesed | student | | . | 2/20/2008 16:58:00 | Julia Moriarty | moriarty@uchicago.edu | moriarty | student | | . | 2/20/2008 18:33:00 | Dr. Andrew Puckett | puck2017@gmail.com | puck | alumni | I'm a recent alum of the Astronomy Department, and a former user of the Ryerson Observatory. While I haven't seen the new "well-washer" lights myself, the issues of glare, over-lighting, and uplighting were certainly a problem while I was around. In 2002, I made a survey of campus lighting to highlight the potential financial savings (http://astro.uchicago.edu/~puck/lights/survey.html). Unfortunately, my PhD research took up too much of my time to pursue the issue further. I'm glad that the RAS has picked up the gauntlet again! Every corrected fixture helps reduce Chicago's pink skyglow. The University can be an example to the community of safe, aesthetically pleasing, and environmentally-friendly lighting practices, while saving tens of thousands of dollars to boot.
| . | 2/20/2008 18:33:00 | Erik Lokensgard | ehlokens@uchicago.edu | ehlokens | student | I agree that a reasonable, energy efficient, system is needed which reduces glare. Light can be just as blinding if not distributed correctly, thus reduction in lighting does not imply reduction in safety. Contrarily, it may mean increased safety, as noted in the petition. Furthermore, I would like to be able to use the Ryerson facilities more often and more effectively. | . | 2/20/2008 18:58:00 | Charlotte Soesanto | cysis@uchicago.edu | cysis | student | | . | 2/20/2008 19:00:00 | Emma Gleason | egleason@uchicago.edu | egleason | student | | . | 2/20/2008 19:05:00 | Delphine d'Amora | isabella@uchicago.edu | isabella | student | | . | 2/20/2008 19:10:00 | Russell Ruch | rruch09@uchicago.edu | rruch09 | student | | . | 2/20/2008 19:34:00 | Casae Hobbs | cehobbs@uchicago.edu | cehobbs | staff | Philosophy Department | . | 2/20/2008 19:48:00 | Megan Jungwiwattanaporn | mvjungwi@uchicago.edu | 363683 | student | | . | 2/20/2008 19:52:00 | Ross Weijer | rweijer@uchicago.edu | rweijer | student | | . | 2/20/2008 20:06:00 | Anne Fell | afell@uchicago.edu | afell | student | | . | 2/20/2008 20:08:00 | Nikhil Raghuram | nraghura@uchicago.edu | nraghura | student | | . | 2/20/2008 20:09:00 | Keith Blincoe | kblincoe@uchicago.edu | kblincoe | student | | . | 2/20/2008 20:09:00 | Lucas Culler | luccul@uchicago.edu | luccul | student | | . | 2/20/2008 20:21:00 | ridgway scott | ridg@uchicago.edu | lscott | faculty | | . | 2/20/2008 20:22:00 | Anna Scott | aascott@uchicago.edu | aascott | student | | . | 2/20/2008 20:28:00 | David MacDonald | dmac@uchicago.edu | dmac | student | Just the amount of energy (and money) that could be saved by installing efficient lighting fixtures is astounding and compelling! The university must take action. | . | 2/20/2008 20:33:00 | Jonathan Sellon | jsellon@uchicago.edu | jsellon | student | Save the stars!! |
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| | | | | | | . | 2/20/2008 20:41:00 | Rory L. Neuner | rory@uchicago.edu | rory | student | Read the New Yorker article from this past fall on the International Dark Sky Association! It's illuminating. Sorry bad pun.
Seriously though, I know that this University is particularly concerned with crime, but we're all smart people, and should know better to think that it's as simple as more / brighter lighting = less crime. | . | 2/20/2008 20:45:00 | Emily Berkman | emily6@uchicago.edu | emily6 | student | How else will we see stars? | . | 2/20/2008 20:48:00 | Daniel R. Whitman | dwhitman@uchicago.edu | dwhitman | student | light is evil. | . | 2/20/2008 20:51:00 | GUIU | ADRIANG@UCHICAGO.EDU | ADRIANG | student | PLEASE SAVE ENERGY. | . | 2/20/2008 20:53:00 | Adam Perkins | aperkins@uchicago.edu | aperkins | student | | . | 2/20/2008 21:03:00 | Rebecca Ackerman | rcackerman@uchicago.edu | rcackerman | student | | . | 2/20/2008 21:04:00 | John Whitaker | jswhitaker@uchicago.edu | jswhitaker | student | | . | 2/20/2008 21:08:00 | Masoud Kamgarpour | mkamgarp | mkamgarp | student | | . | 2/20/2008 21:10:00 | Elisabeth Long | elong@uchicago.edu | elong | staff | | . | 2/20/2008 21:11:00 | Keith Waclena | keith+ras@lib.uchicago.edu | kdw1 | staff | | . | 2/20/2008 21:11:00 | Nathan Chan | nchan@uchicago.edu | nchan | student | | . | 2/20/2008 21:12:00 | Parker Guthrie | psguthrie@uchicago.edu | psguthrie | student | | . | 2/20/2008 21:12:00 | Sara Liss | sliss@uchicago.edu | sliss | student | | . | 2/20/2008 21:13:00 | zach schwab | zach@uchicago.edu | zach | student | | . | 2/20/2008 21:13:00 | Anna Snoeyenbos | asnoeyen@gmail.com | asnoeyen | student | | . | 2/20/2008 21:15:00 | sophia kortchmar | skortchmar@uchicago.edu | skortchmar | student | | . | 2/20/2008 21:17:00 | Jay Sangani | jsangani@uchicago.edu | 382289 | student | | . | 2/20/2008 21:18:00 | Alice Mark | amar@uchicago.edu | amark | student | | . | 2/20/2008 21:18:00 | Allison Gardner | agardner@uchicago.edu | agardner | student | | . | 2/20/2008 21:19:00 | Zaharias Fountas | spartan5@uchicago.edu | spartan5 | student | |
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| | | | | | | . | 2/20/2008 21:22:00 | Emily Lewis | erlewis@uchicago.edu | erlewis | student | | . | 2/20/2008 21:27:00 | Michelle Hogue | mhogue@uchicago.edu | mhogue | student | | . | 2/20/2008 21:28:00 | Paula Janik | angel_dudette_7@yahoo.com | N/A | student | | . | 2/20/2008 21:28:00 | Melissa Tan | melt@uchicago.edu | 381818 | student | | . | 2/20/2008 21:29:00 | Kristen Uyemura | uyemura@uchicago.edu | 376613 | student | | . | 2/20/2008 21:30:00 | Jacqueline McCleary | jemccleary@uchicago.edu | jemccleary | student | Don't do it! | . | 2/20/2008 21:31:00 | Erin Molloy | ekmolloy@uchicago.edu | ekmolloy | student | | . | 2/20/2008 21:31:00 | Ezra Deutsch-Feldman | ezradf@uchicago.edu | ezradf | student | woo-hoo astronomy! | . | 2/20/2008 21:32:00 | Scott Devoid | sdevoid@uchicago.edu | sdevoid | student | | . | 2/20/2008 21:33:00 | Susan Lopez | zepol617@uchicago.edu | zepol617 | student | | . | 2/20/2008 21:33:00 | Paola Hernandez | phernandez@uchicago.edu | phernandez | student | | . | 2/20/2008 21:34:00 | Dave Hollander | daveh@uchicago.edu | daveh | student | | . | 2/20/2008 21:34:00 | James Stand | jstand@uchicago.edu | jstand | student | | . | 2/20/2008 21:37:00 | Tammy Bretscher | trbretscher@yahoo.com | N/A | other | | . | 2/20/2008 21:38:00 | Michael Hendrix | mchendrix22@yahoo.com | mhendrix | student | | . | 2/20/2008 21:38:00 | Matthew Joannou | mvj28@uchicago.edu | mvj28 | student | | . | 2/20/2008 21:39:00 | Matthew Joannou | mvj28@uchicago.edu | mvj28 | student | | . | 2/20/2008 21:39:00 | Jia Hong Ray Ng | raynjh@uchicago.edu | raynjh | student | | . | 2/20/2008 21:40:00 | brad sugarman | bvs@uchicago.edu | bvs | student | | . | 2/20/2008 21:42:00 | Jennifer M Davis | jmdavis1@gmail.com | jmdavis1 | staff | |
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| | | | | | | . | 2/20/2008 22:01:00 | Chad Glendenin | chad@uchicago.edu | chad | student | | . | 2/20/2008 22:02:00 | Rebecca Aguilar | rdaguilar@uchicago.edu | rdaguialr | student | | . | 2/20/2008 22:06:00 | martin santamaria | msantama@uchicago.edu | msantama | student | Yeah!! | . | 2/20/2008 22:08:00 | G. Bike Yazicioglu | gbikeyaz@uchicago.edu | gbikeyaz | student | christmas was 2 and ahalf months ago. the trees are still glittering.
I wonder who is paying for the electricity bill in this university | . | 2/20/2008 22:09:00 | Willis Niederfrank | wan@uchicago.edu | wan | student | | . | 2/20/2008 22:09:00 | Hannah Coolidge | hcoolidge@uchicago.edu | 369881 | student | | . | 2/20/2008 22:10:00 | Jenya Sapir | jmsapir@uchicago.edu | 363056 | student | | . | 2/20/2008 22:11:00 | Lila | umhau@uchicago.edu | umhau | student | | . | 2/20/2008 22:21:00 | Lizette Durand | lodurand@uchicao.edu | lodurand | alumni | | . | 2/20/2008 22:25:00 | luis Brennan | luisZbr@gmail.com | LuisBr | student | don't be irrational about safety. | . | 2/20/2008 22:29:00 | Shahzad Ahsan | shahzad@uchicago.edu | 377762 | student | | . | 2/20/2008 22:31:00 | Nathan Czuba | czuba@uchicago.edu | czuba | alumni | | . | 2/20/2008 22:33:00 | Mike Stanek | mstanek@uchicago.edu | mstanek | student | | . | 2/20/2008 22:37:00 | Jenna Harper | jcharper@uchicago.edu | jcharper | student | | . | 2/20/2008 22:47:00 | jon kurinsky | jkurinsky@gmail.com | jkurin | student | | . | 2/20/2008 22:52:00 | Rachel Freeman | rfreeman@uchicago.edu | rfreeman | student | | . | 2/20/2008 23:18:00 | Oliver Gentile | oliver.oconnell@gmail.com | olivero | student | | . | 2/20/2008 23:35:00 | Katie Parsons | katherine.e.parsons@gmail.com | kep | alumni | | . | 2/21/2008 0:59:00 | Mark Rodgers | rodgersm@uchicago.edu | rodgersm | student | | . | 2/21/2008 8:18:00 | Venkat Kumar | venkatk@uchicago.edu | venkatk | staff | |
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| | | | | | | . | 2/21/2008 8:50:00 | Zed Adams | zed@uchicago.edu | zedadams | student | | . | 2/21/2008 8:59:00 | Julio R. Tuma | jrtuma@uchicago.edu | jrtuma | student | | . | 2/21/2008 9:01:00 | Daniel R Rodriguez Navas | danielrn@uchicago.edu | 375082 | student | | . | 2/21/2008 9:19:00 | Aaron Turkewitz | apturkew@uchicago.edu | apturkew | faculty | | . | 2/21/2008 9:47:00 | Erica Holberg | ericah@uchicago.edu | ericah | student | | . | 2/21/2008 9:52:00 | Dasha Polzik | polzik@uchicago.edu | 363021 | student | | . | 2/21/2008 10:25:00 | ANNALISA PAESE | annalisapaese@uchicago.edu | annalisapaese | other | Addressing the issue of pollution also as far as recycle is concerned would be very important and urgent. As an international student I'm totally disappointend about the inefficency of recycling system in the campus!
Annalisa | . | 2/21/2008 10:31:00 | Mark Chantell | mc2@uchicago.edu | mchantel | staff | | . | 2/21/2008 10:43:51 | Dawn Chow | desch@uchicago.edu | 370747 | student | | . | 2/21/2008 12:28:08 | Sara Protasi | sprotasi@uchicago.edu | sprotasi | other | Visiting scholar. | . | 2/21/2008 14:04:25 | Lea Redd | learedd@uchicago.edu | learedd | student | | . | 2/21/2008 14:25:37 | David Miller | damiller@uchicago | damiller | student | Good job on the counter-intuitive security claim. | . | 2/21/2008 15:21:50 | Nathan Bauer | njbauer@uchicago.edu | njbauer | student | | . | 2/21/2008 15:26:23 | Cabell King | cabell@uchicago.edu | cabell | student | | . | 2/21/2008 18:33:09 | Natalee Kei Goto | natalee@uchicago.edu | natalee | student | | . | 2/22/2008 20:31:47 | Prerna Kumar | prerna@uchicago.edu | prerna | student | | . | 2/24/2008 3:55:40 | Robin Peterson | robinlynne11@gmail.com | rpeterson11 | student | | . | 2/24/2008 12:00:21 | Henry Frisch | frisch@hep.uchicago.edu | hfrisch | faculty | There are 2 issues here: 1. accomodating the Astronomy Club as best one can 2. not wasting energy. It's issue 1 that I'm signing on to- issue 2 is complex in detail, and I don't know the details. Henry | . | 2/25/2008 9:34:03 | Dr. Lynn Reid | lynnreid@uchicago.edu | lynnreid | staff | | . | 2/25/2008 9:49:26 | Christopher Thom | cthom@uchicago.edu | cthom | faculty | |
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| | | | | | | . | 2/25/2008 10:03:03 | Nathan Hearn | nhearn@uchicago.edu | nhearn | staff | Research Associate, ASC Flash Center | . | 2/25/2008 10:18:48 | Lauren Grodnicki | grodnick@oddjob.uchicago.edu | lrgrodni | student | If the lights were at street light level and pointed down, it would reduce the amount of light going up, and hence reduce the amount of money the University spends on electricity. | . | 2/25/2008 10:29:25 | Kenneth Aird | kenaird@uchicago.edu | kenaird | staff | I live on campus, and have to walk across campus to reach my home from my office, so safe lighting is of immediate concern to me. I also support anything the University can do to use energy more efficiently. | . | 2/25/2008 10:35:42 | Stacy | cummings@oddjob.uchicago.edu | slcummin | staff | | . | 2/25/2008 10:44:35 | Hiroaki Oyaizu | oyachai@uchicago.edu | oyachai | student | | . | 2/25/2008 11:16:19 | Justin Johnsen | jjohnsen@uchicago.edu | jjohnsen | student | Please reduce light pollution! | . | 2/25/2008 13:36:45 | Reid Sherman | ras@uchicago.edu | ras | student | Addressing this issue is a good thing on all fronts, as it would be beneficial to campus safety, would save the University a lot of money in the long run with decreased energy costs, and would give better conditions for intellectually curious stargazers. | . | 2/25/2008 18:43:34 | Alison Sider | asider@uchicago.edu | 362250 | student | | . | 2/26/2008 17:12:27 | Greg Vesper | gvesper@uchicago.edu | gvesper | student | | . | 2/26/2008 17:38:14 | Seth Maxon | smaxon@uchicago.edu | smaxon | student | | . | 2/26/2008 22:23:57 | Kathryne Benesh | kbenesh@uchicago.edu | kbenesh | student | YES!!!!!! | . | 2/27/2008 17:35:47 | Stephen Flood | sflood@uchicago.edu | sflood | alumni | I have had trouble taking anything the university administration says seriously ever since the "turn off dormitory lights" campaign was immediately followed by the installation of powerful and unnecessary lights which are left on all night long. If the university were to admit that they had made a poor decision, and redo the campus lighting, that greatly improve my respect for the university, and make me much more comfortable about making donations to the university. As things stand, the administration often appears to say one thing, then do another.
| . | 2/27/2008 17:56:28 | Peggy Wilkins | enlil65@gmail.com | mozart | staff | | . | 2/27/2008 20:52:50 | Andrea Reimer | and@uchicago.edu | and | student | | . | 2/27/2008 20:59:26 | Benna Kessler | bennak@uchicago.edu | bennak | student | | . | 2/27/2008 21:08:59 | Muhammad Waliji | mhwaliji@gmail.com | mhwaliji | student | | . | 2/27/2008 21:13:48 | Kathryn Larson | larsonk@uchicago.edu | larsonk | student | | . | 2/27/2008 21:15:43 | Gerald Goh | geraldgoh@uchicago.edu | geraldgoh | student | | . | 2/27/2008 21:18:12 | Charlie Wysong | cwysong@uchicago.edu | cwysong | student | | . | 2/27/2008 21:19:31 | Jonathan Sparling | sparling@math.uchicago.edu | sparling | student | |
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| | | | | | | . | 2/27/2008 21:28:29 | Shanthanu Bhardwaj | shanth@uchicago.edu | shanth | student | | . | 2/27/2008 21:29:20 | Radhika Khosla | rkhosla@uchicago.edu | rkhosla | student | | . | 2/27/2008 21:30:24 | Charles Hopkins | hopkinsc@uchicago.edu | hopkinsc | student | | . | 2/27/2008 21:37:20 | Jennifer Fehrenbacher | jsf1@uchicago.edu | jsf1 | student | | . | 2/27/2008 21:46:02 | Avery Bell | averybell@uchicago.edu | averybell | student | | . | 2/27/2008 21:57:30 | Stephanie Dering | stephanied@uchicago.edu | stephanied | student | | . | 2/27/2008 22:13:39 | Timothy Hobbs | thobbs@uchicago.edu | 369891 | student | | . | 2/27/2008 22:44:46 | Molly Peverada | mpeverada@uchicago.edu | mpeverada | student | | . | 2/27/2008 22:57:34 | George Savvas | gsavvas@uchicago.edu | gsavvas | student | | . | 2/27/2008 23:09:05 | Edward Wallace | ewallace@uchicago.edu | ewallace | student | | . | 2/27/2008 23:09:13 | Ren | renbelcher@uchicago.edu | renbelcher | student | Please consider all your options, administration. :) | . | 2/27/2008 23:32:59 | Joshua Miller | millerjh@uchicago.edu | millerjh@uchicago.edu | student | | . | 2/27/2008 23:37:41 | shoshana O'Brien | sobrien@uchicago.edu | sobrien | student | | . | 2/27/2008 23:47:23 | Michael Carbone | mcarbone@uchicago.edu | 369515 | student | | . | 2/27/2008 23:49:48 | William Sweeney | wsweeney@uchicago.edu | wsweeney | student | | . | 2/27/2008 23:58:00 | Megan Rawson | mrawson@uchicago.edu | mrawson | student | | . | 2/28/2008 0:01:01 | Jeremy Kane | jskane@uchicago.edu | jskane | student | | . | 2/28/2008 0:08:01 | Brent Werness | bwerness@uchicago.edu | bwerness | student | | . | 2/28/2008 0:11:22 | Brent Graner | bgraner@uchicago.edu | bgraner | student | | . | 2/28/2008 0:27:25 | Ryan Bax | rbax@uchicago.edu | rbax | student | |
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| | | | | | | . | 2/28/2008 0:30:50 | Joseph Paulsen | paulsenj@uchicago.edu | paulsenj | student | | . | 2/28/2008 0:32:25 | Christopher Sheehy | csheehy@uchicago.edu | csheehy | student | | . | 2/28/2008 0:51:40 | Joshua Grochow | joshuag@cs.uchicago.edu | joshuag | student | | . | 2/28/2008 0:58:50 | Don York | don@oddjob.uchicago.edu | dyork | faculty | All professional observatories have lighting ordinance activities to keep light levels down, of the basic configuration type described in the petition. Engaging new students in astronomy is greatly enhanced if the student observatory can also take advantage of darker skies. | . | 2/28/2008 1:16:36 | John Lind | lind@math.uchicago.edu | lind | student | | . | 2/28/2008 1:50:20 | Ian Shipman | ics@uchicago.edu | ics | student | | . | 2/28/2008 7:39:06 | Aryeh Warmflash | aryeh@uchicago.edu | aryeh | student | | . | 2/28/2008 7:44:48 | Dan Kapner | kapner@kicp.uchicago.edu | djkapner | other | | . | 2/28/2008 7:46:29 | Katherine Lammers | klammers@uchicago.edu | klammers | alumni | | . | 2/28/2008 8:03:10 | Darongsae Kwon | dkwon@uchicago.edu | dkwon | student | | . | 2/28/2008 8:13:23 | Rachel Epstein | epstein@uchicago.edu | epstein | student | | . | 2/28/2008 8:41:40 | Edo Choi | edo@uchicago.edu | edo | student | | . | 2/28/2008 9:47:46 | Stephen Patrias | cupioarcanamundi@uchicago.edu | cupioarcanamundi | student | | . | 2/28/2008 10:06:12 | Thomas Brian Humensky | humensky@uchicago.edu | humensky | staff | | . | 2/28/2008 10:42:47 | Melanie Simet | msimet@uchicago.edu | msimet | student | | . | 2/28/2008 10:47:34 | Kyle Cudworth | kmc@yerkes.uchicago.edu | kcudwort | faculty | | . | 2/28/2008 10:58:19 | Matthew Browning | mbrowning@uchicago.edu | mbrowning | staff | | . | 2/28/2008 11:00:48 | Tom Church | tchurch@uchicago.edu | tchurch | student | I urge the administration to focus on installing lighting that focuses its output down towards the ground. | . | 2/28/2008 11:03:43 | Evalyn Gates | gates@kicp.uchicago.edu | egates | faculty | | . | 2/28/2008 12:45:22 | Simon Swordy | swordy@uchicago.edu | sps3 | faculty | It doesn't make much sense to have new,intense, lighting aimed at the student observatory. Most likely this was not known to the installers - anyhow in the light of this (sic) the placing of these light sources should be reviewed |
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| | | | | | | . | 2/28/2008 13:08:31 | Patrick Greene | patrickg@uchicago.edu | 384184 | student | | . | 2/28/2008 13:36:13 | Adrian Culver | adrianculver@uchicago.edu | adrianculver | student | | . | 2/28/2008 13:54:58 | Kathryn Huff | khuff@uchicago.edu | khuff | student | I think it would be very easy to put little hats, for example, on the lights in the quads, blocking upward light. I'm fairly certain, too, that I would continue to feel safe, and am absolutely convinced that stars have a positive influence on the human condition. | . | 2/28/2008 15:30:43 | A. L. Spehr | zahl@transbay.net | aspehr? | alumni | I'd rather money go towards more useful things. I wear glasses, so I'm more easily affected by glare, and am always annoyed by it. | . | 2/28/2008 23:53:21 | Ari Epstein | AEpstein11@uchicago.edu | AEpstein11 | student | | . | 2/29/2008 13:53:44 | Jonathan Cheng | jscheng@uchicago.edu | jscheng | student | | . | 3/1/2008 1:19:54 | Savdeep Sethi | sethi@uchicago.edu | sethi | faculty | | . | 3/1/2008 2:28:07 | Mike Czaplicki | czap@uchicago.edu | czap | student | | . | 3/2/2008 23:59:37 | Dylan Walsh | woolves@gmail.com | N/A | alumni | | . | 3/3/2008 0:00:31 | Mary McGrath | mcmcgrath@gmail.com | N/A | alumni | | . | 3/5/2008 17:08:54 | Robert Friedman | rfriedman@uchicago.edu | rbf | student | An absolutely negligent move on the part of the University administration. The UofC is supposed to be a global leader in academics, intellectualism and innovation yet adopts an outdated and degenerate lighting strategy? From an institution that supposedly champions "the life of the mind", a truly brainless move. Bravo RAS for picking up the slack!
| . | 3/5/2008 18:38:28 | Bethany Jorgensen | bethanyj@uchicago.edu | bethanyj | student | | . | 3/5/2008 21:01:21 | Caitlin Wylie | cwylie@uchicago.edu | cwylie | student | | . | 3/6/2008 10:17:54 | Megan Roscioli | roscioli@oddjob.uchicago.edu | roscioli | student | | . | 3/6/2008 12:11:20 | Seth Teitler | setht@uchicago.edu | setht | student | | . | 3/6/2008 12:12:57 | Zarah Carranco | zarahk@uchicago.edu | zarahk | student | | . | 3/6/2008 12:32:17 | Anibal Medina | amedina@uchicago.edu | amedina | student | Good job doing the necessary research! | . | 3/6/2008 14:02:21 | Matthew Bayliss | mbayliss@uchicago.edu | mbayliss | student | | . | 3/6/2008 15:17:20 | Aglaia Venters | aglaia.venters@gmail.com | N/A | other | | . | 3/6/2008 15:56:45 | Erindira Tejada | etejada@uchicago.edu | 362792 | student | |
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| | | | | | | . | 3/6/2008 21:02:07 | Charmaine Venters | crlv53@hotmail.com | N/A | other | | . | 3/7/2008 6:54:54 | Maria Cecire | maria.cecire@keble.ox.ac.uk | N/A | alumni | | . | 3/7/2008 8:06:49 | Ivo Seitenzahl | irs@uchicago.edu | irs | student | I used to run a telescope on the University of Arizona campus, so I know your pain. | . | 3/7/2008 23:50:16 | Alex Munk | amunk@uchicago.edu | amunk | student | | . | 3/8/2008 14:23:14 | Cynthia Warner | cynthiasw@gmail.com | cynthiaw | alumni | | . | 3/10/2008 9:25:29 | Tote Hughes | tote@uchicago.edu | tote | student | Fix the problem. I hate not being able to see stars. | . | 3/11/2008 16:00:05 | James W. Cronin | jwc@hep.uchicago.edu | jcronin | faculty | | . | 3/30/2008 17:04:27 | Orion Montoya | orion@mdcclv.com | N/A | alumni | | . | 4/9/2008 13:14:38 | Alissa Bans | abans@uchicago.edu | abans | student | | . | 4/12/2008 12:46:57 | Joshua Scodel | jscodel@uchicago.edu | jscodel | faculty | | . | 4/30/2008 13:06:57 | Sara Antunovich | sara@hell.com | n/a | alumni | | . | 6/2/2008 10:35:22 | David Fischer | dfischer@ball.com | N/A | alumni | | . | 6/4/2008 13:28:41 | Sean McClellan | mcclellan@uchicago.edu | mcclellan | student | | . | 6/28/2008 13:05:21 | Sebastian Villarreal | svilla@uchicago.edu | svilla | student | Go Darkness | . | 7/18/2008 4:14:10 | Naila Hunter | lilnini1607@uchicago.edu | lilnini1607 | student | | . | 7/18/2008 4:14:50 | Kendra Colbert | kendrajc@uchicago.edu | kendrajc | student | | . | 8/13/2008 9:07:47 | Elspeth McGarvey | emcgarvey@uchicago.edu | emcgarvey | student | Great idea! | . | 8/24/2008 2:56:20 | Lewie Zeng | lewie@uchicago.edu | lewie | student | | . | 9/9/2008 16:40:50 | Linda Markese | lmarkese@comcast.net | N/A | other | | . | 9/12/2008 14:53:38 | Matt Tierney | mtierney@uchicago.edu | mtierney | staff | |
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| | | | | | | . | 9/14/2008 20:25:19 | Will Vaughan | wvaughan@uchicago.edu | wvaughan | student | | . | 10/26/2008 22:07:25 | Nicole Neubarth | nneubarth@uchicago.edu | nneubarth | student | | . | 10/30/2008 17:30:50 | Penelope Rtofhield | penelope@uchicago.edu | penelope | other | | . | 11/27/2008 16:09:44 | Chi-Hyun Kim | chihyunkim@uchicago.edu | chihyunkim | student | | . | 12/3/2008 17:09:33 | Salman Merhi | merhi@uchicago.edu | merhi@uchicago.edu | student | for a couple days a week would not hurt and it is def. worth it. | . | 12/14/2008 21:51:34 | Lisa Pawlowicz | lpawlowicz@uchicago.edu | lpawlowicz | student | | . | 1/20/2009 13:31:46 | Penelope Rtofhield | penelope@uchicago.edu | penelope | other | | . | 2/18/2009 12:58:13 | Ashlande Luther | aluther24@yahoo.com | N/A | other | This should be helped! | . | 3/25/2009 0:25:03 | | | | | | . | 4/1/2009 0:30:59 | | | | | | . | 4/8/2009 2:12:25 | | | | | | . | 4/15/2009 4:42:12 | | | | | | . | 4/16/2009 10:22:27 | Aaron Andrews | Linda-Aaron38@comcast.net | N/A | other | I just want to say that the actions of the University of Chicago impact more than just their campus. I live 30 miles away in suburban Palatine and the skyglow from Chicago completely washes out any stars in the southwestern sky. Please do all you can to reduce light pollution. It saves money and is green at the same time. Everyone wins. | . | 4/22/2009 19:47:05 | Ksenia Konkina | kkonkina@uchicago.edu | kkonkina | student | | . | 5/3/2009 18:35:50 | michael robbins | mrobbins@uchicago.edu | mrobbins | student | | . | 5/13/2009 15:43:48 | | | | | | . | 5/20/2009 12:31:37 | | | | | | . | 5/23/2009 8:33:17 | | | | | | . | 6/2/2009 22:47:52 | | | | | | . | 6/5/2009 22:49:35 | Bridgette Cottral | capemamula@aol.com | N/A | other | Mother of Joe Cottral |
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| | | | | | | . | 6/10/2009 20:37:02 | | | | | | . | 6/21/2009 2:40:54 | | | | | | . | 7/2/2009 11:44:36 | | | | | | . | 7/2/2009 13:56:34 | | | | | | . | 7/22/2009 4:20:14 | | | | | | . | 7/31/2009 6:26:37 | | | | | | . | 8/12/2009 20:20:39 | | | | | | . | 9/23/2009 17:01:31 | Andrew J Lovdahl | ajl@uchicago.edu | ajl | student | There aren't that many environmental-minded reforms that require no lifestyle sacrifices whatsoever, that are unpalatable only because of apathy or perceived expense. This is a perfect example and I'd love to see it realized. | . | 9/24/2009 16:07:22 | Tad Komacek | tkomacek@uchicago.edu | tkomacek | student | | . | 10/2/2009 18:38:52 | | | | | | . | 10/5/2009 22:33:56 | Tyler Pazera | tpazera@uchicago.edu | tpazera | student | | . | 10/6/2009 0:16:03 | Quincy John | qjohn@uchicago.edu | qjohn | student | | . | 10/8/2009 1:45:04 | Alice Griffeth | alicegriffeth@uchicago.edu | alicegriffeth | student | | . | 10/11/2009 9:27:25 | | | | | | . | 10/16/2009 13:03:24 | Elizabeth Perkins | emperkins@uchicago.edu | emperkins | student | When humans cannot see the stars, let alone the rest of the amazing things that can be seen in the night sky, we forget about the incredible universe we are apart of. We are suspended in some seemingly random corner of the universe, on this beautiful planet, and we're rotating; as we rotate, we see the rest of the universe around us, as best as our human eyes will let us. It's awe-inspiring. Humans are so involved with their own personal lives, that they forget to take a moment to look up and appreciate this incredible 'thing' we are a part of. When you throw light pollution into the picture, humans absolutely become disconnected from this reality, and an institution like the University of Chicago should be acknowledging this! | . | 10/22/2009 19:54:23 | Moira Cassidy | mcassidy@uchicago.edu | mcassidy | student | This is not only a logically sound campaign, but one that appeals to some of the most important values of the University: the search for knowledge and reverence for the natural world! | . | 10/22/2009 22:44:12 | | | | | | . | 10/25/2009 13:13:12 | Sara Wichner | sarawichner@uchicago.edu | sarawichner | student | | . | 10/26/2009 4:42:08 | | | | | | . | 10/29/2009 18:58:07 | | | | | |
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