“I was on the street saying ‘nothing to see here’,” he quipped.
Leary was among the last to arrive, taking an offered megaphone and joking that he had tried it out at home the night before. “So far so good,” one woman said as she strode up the steps before the crowd gathered for the ribbon cutting.īlaze the bipedal horse arrived a bit early and gave the steps two hooves up, then offered high-fives, fist bumps and at least one hug to the gathering crowd as people descended from the campus to the bottom step, where the ribbon cutting took place. “It’s just steps,” Alex Parry said, having no reference to what the old steps were like because he’s only been attending the college for two weeks. The old arrangement was usually a “love it or hate it” part of the campus, but rarely instilled a “meh” response.įor some on the campus for the first time this semester, the new arrangement - several sets of steps interrupted by longer concrete “landings” that didn’t disrupt the typical stride - evoked just such a response. The over-long steps seemed more suitable for a mule ride than a human gait: A bit too short to comfortably take two paces on each step, yet a bit too long for most to make broad single strides from step to step. Leary noted that for decades students, visitors and staff had to deal with the awkward steps from a main parking lot up to the campus near the Admissions Center building. And yes, one person who climbed the new campus steps after a ribbon-cutting Friday pulled a “Rocky” at the top. College mascot Blaze the horse hoof-bumped anyone who wanted to celebrate. LCCC cuts ribbon on new, less awkward ‘steps to your - Luzerne County Community College President Thomas Leary quipped about giving staff the day off, grappled with a cranky megaphone, and made earnest comments about the college being a place where students climb the steps to dreams.
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