TRAVIS WALTERS Editor in Chief
editor@scaddistrict.com

A few weeks ago the Savannah City Council asked City Manager Michael Brown and City Attorney Jimmy Blackburn to come up with a better way to handle jaywalking within 30 days. The request came after repeated complaints to council members over the steep fines levied against offenders. Tickets range from $145 to $208. The ticketing campaign started in response to the number of pedestrian fatalities this year, but will it work?

Little research exists that links ticketing pedestrians to reduced pedestrian fatalities. Michael Orta, director of community education at PEDS, an Atlanta based nonprofit pedestrian advocacy organization said “pedestrian safety enforcement is an important and necessary activity. In most cases, the police should target the drivers, however, not the pedestrians.” Read more »

TANDY VERSYP Staff Writer
tversy20@student.scad.edu

Last week the Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police department held a Crosswalk Awareness and Enforcement campaign. According to Gene Harley, the SCMPD Public Information Officer, it is an ongoing push.

“We will be aggressively enforce crosswalk laws,” Harley said.

“I guess it’s a good thing,” said Marissa Mare, a fourth-year graphic design major. “I just don’t think they’ll be able to enforce it.” Read more »

UPDATED: Video and photo recaps are now available.

UPDATED: Recap of the 8 p.m. show with the winner of the André Leon Talley Lifetime Achievement Award.

UPDATED: Recap of the 4 p.m. show with the winner of the Golden Scissor Award.

District will be providing complete coverage of the 2009 SCAD Fashion Show. We’ll have interviews with the invited guests, and reports from the 4 p.m. show when the Golden Scissors Awards are presented, the 8 p.m. show when the André Leon Talley Lifetime Achievement Award is presented, and the after party at 9 p.m. Our coverage will be compiled here, check back often.