Cadets believe downtown Colorado Springs off limits

[unhappycamper]

Banned after dark
Students told there will be consequences


Cadets believe downtown Colorado Springs off limits
By Michael Hoffman and Patrick Winn - Staff writers
Posted : Wednesday Feb 6, 2008 18:51:16 EST

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – A widely circulated Air Force Academy notice appears to ban cadets from entering downtown Colorado Springs. But the academy says that’s not the case.

Visiting the downtown area, classified as an “area of concern” by Commandant of Cadets Brig. Gen. Susan Desjardins, will now carry consequences, according to a notice circulated to cadets via e-mail.

But the notice touched on the broader consequences of hanging out at trouble spots and wasn’t meant to threaten automatic punishment for cadets entering the downtown area, according to the academy’s public affairs office.

Desjardins also held a large beginning-of-semester assembly in early January, where she used a map to brief cadets on violent incidents that occurred downtown. The briefing cited specific nightclubs associated with crime.

This map, displaying a red octagon stretching over most of downtown Colorado Springs, was also attached to the mass e-mail.


Rest of article at: http://www.airforcetimes.com/news/2008/02/airforce_academy_ban_080206/

[mihalevich]

1. And Colorado Springs

Could have be such a cool town if they did go right wing religious.

[Radical Activist]

2. Probably at the request of downtown Colorado Springs.

Odd story.