![]() ![]() Included in the public wall posts in the aforementioned FaceBook groups, several students expressed their concern with the erection of the fence including, longer walks as a result, the unnecessary use of tuition fees, and the result of Fanshawe resembling an unwelcoming prison due to the fence. "When you go to the group it has several hundred members so it just goes to show that it is obviously frustrating a large number of the student population on campus," Thomson said. ![]() The two groups created were called "PROJECT TAKE DOWN FANSHAWE FENCE!" and "Fuck That Fanshawe Fence!!!!" The latter having approximately 886 members in the group and the first with 225 members, mostly from the Fanshawe network on FaceBook. This concern led to the creation of two public groups on the popular networking website FaceBook (). The erection of the fence on campus caused an up-roar at the college amongst the student population. ![]() Thomson added that $10 of student's tuition fees per semester is put towards the Campus Improvement Fee, which was the main source of funding for the fence. "I mean the college is going to get the money from the same fee, so unfortunately I don't think that was the right way to go about your frustrations with the fence." "Obviously I understand the frustration with the fence up and I have been told by many students, but I don't think ripping it down is going to solve anything," Thomson said. President of the Fanshawe Student Union, Christine Thomson said that removing the section of the fence down was probably not the best method for handling the situation. Currently, portions of the fence are still missing. The installation of the fence had blocked-off a well-traveled pathway used by hundreds of Fanshawe students living in the surrounding off-campus area.Īn individual, or group of individuals, took matters in their own hands last week and removed a portion of the fence directly across from the crosswalk at Fleming Drive. Many students have expressed their concern with the new metal fence that has been installed around the Fanshawe College campus, especially the portion along Second St. A new fence, which is obstructing many walking paths to and from campus, is causing uproar amongst Fanshawe students. ![]()
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