Paige Wearmouth, campus visit assistant, was quoted in a Washington Post story on campus tours.
... Guides walk with families (and not backward) at George Washington University, an urban campus where facing the opposite direction could be a safety hazard. The Catholic University of America does not direct its tour guides either way, a school official said, but most do not walk backward.
“Just because we have a pretty hilly campus,” said Paige Wearmouth, a campus visit assistant at Catholic University. “You don’t want to find yourself walking down a hill backward.” ...
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