Skateboarders jeopardize safety of UNM pedestrians

Editor,

This past Friday, I was walking past the Duck Pond on the way to teach in Dane Smith Hall when a student on a skateboard ran into me. He continued down the sidewalk. I called out, "Hey, what do you think you're doing?" He responded, "(Expletive) you," and then he flipped me off.

I once considered students on skateboards as an amusing, albeit destructive, part of campus life, but no more. They should be totally banned. They destroy property on campus. They are dangerous, and those who ride them are offensively rude. Other campuses have banned them. Why not UNM?

James Burbank

UNM faculty