Beautiful inside and out
Grounds personnel take care of more than upkeep
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by GERI LEMMONS feature reporter Grounds personnel help with all of the important upkeep that takes place around campus. They do a job that not only deals with keeping the campus clean but also they deal with the plants and the animals they come in contact with at Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi. The grounds personnel are a part of what keeps the school running. Grounds personnel’s jobs are to make surethecampusstayscleanbypickingup all of the trash that is left on campus and taking care of the lawn. However they also take care of the recycling program, the plants, the grass, road repair, sign repair,andareinchargeof moving allof the furnitureoncampus.Theytakecareof all of the little things that most would not
even think about from day to day. With a job that requires up-keep of the campus area, the ground personnel is there to get the job done quickly and easily. JohnSanchez,thegroundssupervisor atTexasA&MUniversity-CorpusChristi, said his job starts in the morning with first taking care and feeding the cats and then with helping all of the volunteers that lend their time in the morning. “After I am finished with taking care of all of the morning chores I do, I then start with the many things I have to do to makesurethatthecampushasitsregular up keep every day,” he said. When Sanchez first started working at the Island University there was an issue between the school and Sanchez and his team that resulted in them leaving the school to work for a company that was outside of the University. However after much negotia-
tion, Sanchez and his team came back to work for the school and has been a partnership that has worked together for a long time. He has now been helping out for more than eight years. Keeping the campus clean while also keeping it vermin free is the double job that the grounds personnel have to do on a daily basis. One of the good programs that the grounds personnel are responsible for is the recycling program. It is said to be very efficient and helpful. This program has been the thing that has kept the campus clean and eco-friendly. Another thing that the grounds personnel does is keep Texas A&MCorpus Christi vermin free. Any animal that would be considered an unwelcome guest are captured, see GROUNDS on page 3
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An African-American, a journalist, an activist, a suffragist by JAMIE FINK web editor
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n the past couple of weeks, months even, there has been a lot of talk about women in power and women who have changed the world. Women are finally getting the recognition for their advancements and courage. In just a few short years, we will
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see our first woman on the $10 bill. The beginning of women’s history month corresponds with our first woman of history segment. On her 153rd birthday, she was honored with her very own Google Doodle. She was described as an African-American, a journalist, an activist and a suffragist, just to name a few. Google CAMPUS 4
described her as “fearless and uncompromising,” this is referring to Ida B. Wells. Huffington Post described Wells as a “fearless journalist and all-round badass.” According to her Google Doodle, Wells was a voracious reader, a gifted writer and orator. see WELLS on page 3
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