Plus the speed limit on York Road increases from 40 to 55 mph near the Fairview intersection. The intersection is flooded during peak hours with traffic cutting over from Trindle Road, coming either from Carlisle or from the nearby Exit 16 ramp of Interstate 81. College to rally for librarian's freedom Dickinson College officials will hold a public rally Wednesday in support of college librarian Yongyi Song and his wife, Helen Yao, who are being detained in China. We wanted to show publicly our community is concerned about the safety of Yongyi and his wife. The rally is scheduled for 4 p.m. on the steps of Waidner-Spahr library on West High Street.
Song works as head of the library's technical services.
He and his wife were detained in Beijing Aug. 7 by Chinese authorities. The Carlisle couple was on a trip to visit relatives and do scholarly research. Song is known in the Chinese community for his research on his country's cultural revolution, a turbulent period of violence and social upheaval in the late 1960s and 1970s. During tomorrow's rally, Durden and Academic Dean Neil Weissman will address the community. Red and yellow ribbons will be tied to columns at the front of the library, reflecting the college's concern for anyone held against his will, and its support for intellectual freedom.