At night

"At night, the streets between the blocks in the UFC are almost deserted, because of the small stream of people passing through them, because there are few courses running at night. Despite the good lighting, this does not prevent the action of robbers, since for an assault, don't matter if the place is lit or not. Thus, policing must be constant, in order to avoid people who are there to study to be killed and lose a great future ahead."

        

Post Author: Amanda Bastos 

Trash on the ground, Consciousness in the garbage.

A big problem in our campus is the quantity of garbage on the ground. But is not that what I’m going to talk about. I’ll talk about the lack of awareness of some people who don’t care about our public space; to the place where we study and spend part of our time.

Besides visual pollution, the garbage’s accumulation attracts insects and rats, which are noxious to us; can hurt the animals we have in campus, like cats, that can eat something toxic or which the expiration date has over.

We have to be conscious and learn not even to throw the trahs in the can, but also know how to select items to recycling.

 Post Author: Dion Sales

Garbage in the Campus

Garbage is common at the UFC campus, even though it is a university and ,as such, people who attend it should be more educated, you still can see garbage throughout the campus, from plastic bags, cups and bottles to paper, generally fliers with event ads from the students themselves. Most of the time there is a garbage can right next to it.

I believe that’s a cultural problem, people are used to do it, they grew up believing there is no problem since there are garbage collectors to pick their mess, which is completely wrong.

To solve the issue I propose awareness campaigns in the campus, it sounds pathetic having to treat grown people like little children by teaching them to be more conscious about such a simple issue but I honestly can’t see any other solution.

Post Author: Arquimedes Gadelha

Trash all Around

There’s a lot of trash around UFC, specially close to the gate that leads to UFC from the parking lot – the gate that is close to the famous ‘’cantinho academico’’ – that is visited by many students and even teachers.

I was told by one of the security guards that people don’t bother cleaning the place because it’s not inside the UFC but it doesn’t make sense because even though the problem is ‘’outside’’ the campus, the trash is right in front of the gate that gives access to the college and that’s not good for the status of the university.

At the same place there’s another problem as well: people smoking weed! That’s right fellas, I said: PEOPLE SMOKING WEED RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE COLLEGE. As all you guys must know I’m really against any kind of drug and I had to point out that HUGE problem. By the way, everyday when I pass there in my way home those potheads offer marijuana to me and, obviously, I always denied it.

Post Author: Rafael Santos Silva

‘’talk to somebody else’’

We could say, though eventually, the difficulties inherent in implementing a higher education, especially for the student. It’s not so much misinformation, but insecure information or suggestions as the famous ‘’talk to somebody else’’ or the famous evasive and vague: ‘’it is not me’’

Conversely, the nature of the position, found in most of the creatures and people requested assistance concise, but satisfactory even by also visible, attendant interaction with the applicant. It’s rewarding.

Post Author: Luiz Ferreira

Lack of accessibility

Sociology’s course second floor
  

One of the environmental problems that we can notice around Benfica’s Campus (UFC) is the lack of accessibility of wheelchair users into some buildings, mostly at “Centro de Humanidades” area 3 (where Sociology and Philosophy courses happen). Just at the entrance of Sociology and Philosophy courses we can see that they don’t have any elevator or ramps, turning the access to the classes and the “Luiz de Gonzaga” auditorium a hard work. Paradoxically, we can see on the photos of “Luiz de Gonzaga” auditorium entrance that it has a wheelchair access, what is much strange, because if wheelchair users don’t have an easy way access to the second level of the building where the auditorium is located why they put a ramp there and not also in the entrances? Another problem that we can perceive is the corridors’ width inside the Sociology’s course building. They are so thin that if a wheelchair user is transiting along them there shouldn’t have enough space to other people walk along. The coordination and the departments of these courses have to find a solution to these problems because they cause a series of troubles to UFC’s students, professors and so on.

Sociology’s course entrance

Sociology’s course second floor 

Philosophy’s course entrance

Wheelchair ramp to the auditorium 

Post Author: Rodrigo Viana

Drugs

It´s also a problem surrounding Centro de Humanidades. There´s a lot of dark places and it´s common to see people smoking marijuana. We all know that Universidade Federal do Ceará is a respectful place and as a student it´s not a good thing to take drugs in front of others like nothing is happening.

We all know that security in the campus is weak. The guards don´t do much thing to stop people with bad behavior and it´s not okay when you´re walking and you smell the drugs in the air.

The majority of occasional users come to no long-term harm. They are also unlikely to harm others. Inevitably, some will run into problems, and, more seriously, some risk death as a direct result of their drug use.

No one is here to judge anyone, but we have to respect everyone around us. The sense of community should be taken to the higher level. This is also about education and how do you want to be seen as a person by others. Especially when you´re studying to become a teacher.

We must share all the possibilities that our university is giving us.  

Post Author: Antonio LaCarne