Josh Imhof | features editor As I skidded across a basketball court in a golf cart sporting a pair of drunk goggles, Dan Gittins’ reassuring words ran through my head. “All [they do is] affect your peripheral vision and your depth perception the same way that alcohol would if you were driving,” he said. “[They don’t] affect your muscles and [they don’t] affect your judgment.” … Continue reading Alcohol awareness event teaches sobering lessons
By Shivani Gosai | Opinions Editor 10/5/2017 Many women around the globe celebrated the seemingly small but significant victory announced on Tuesday: women in Saudi Arabia have finally been allowed the right to drive. After a 30-year-long campaign, women in the predominately Islamic country will be allowed to drive cars starting next June. The exact rules and regulations have not been announced yet. Saudi Arabia … Continue reading Women of Saudi Arabia are driving towards equality
By Elsa Buehler | Staff Writer It’s about that time of year again. As winter approaches, you can almost hear the groans of 9,500 miserable students wondering why they chose to spend their college years on the literal cliff of a campus that is Duquesne University. No one — not walkers, bikers, drivers, residents, commuters or professors — is safe from the brutal, frigid winters … Continue reading Winter is coming: How to prepare for cold commutes
By Rebekah Devorak | Opinions Editor Remember being a little kid and loving the story of Cinderella? Even if you didn’t adore it, chances are you were mesmerized by how, at exactly midnight, her dreamy fairytale ended. And you could at least understand Cinderella’s pain at 16 years old, when you had to rush home in the family car before the clock struck 11:00, lest … Continue reading States urged to use junior license until 21
By Rebekah Devorak | Opinions Editor What seems more dangerous: tapping out a friend’s number on a physical phone while driving or asking your car’s voice-activated system to do it for you? According to a study released earlier this month by the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety, it’s not the obvious answer. Companies are producing cars today with some serious built-in technology, allowing drivers to … Continue reading Hands-free technology isn’t safer choice
By Raymond Arke and Carolyn Conte | The Duquesne Duke Drivers on campus, beware of one-ways. Duquesne’s Office of Parking and Traffic Management has clarified that Seitz Street by the Genesius theater is only for one-way use, according to Interim Parking Manager Jason Conlogue. Seitz Street borders the soccer field and St. Anne’s before it crosses Magee Street and ends at the intersection with Locust … Continue reading Seitz Street is solely a one-way, officials confirm
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