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Editorial: Our bathrooms need a bath
We are adults and adults clean up after themselves
While Pierce College is celebrating the opening of the new Center for the Sciences building, a brand new walkway as well as large advertising screens, much is left to be desired in the ways of sanitation.
Three weeks ago, it was reported that the newly renovated South Gym was infested with cockroaches. Some were even seen crawling around the case displaying memorabilia that belongs to our athletic department. Right next door in the North Gym, a large ceiling pipe compromised the walkway for students trying to walk through.
Within the same area, more problems with leakage in the Village’s restrooms have generated an extremely foul smell that nobody wants to deal with on the way to class.
Two weeks ago, most if not all bathrooms were out of order on Pierce’s campus. In place of sanitary bathroom facilities, students were made to use portable toilets in 95 plus degree weather.
Aside from the Center for the Sciences building and the Student Services building’s facilities, the bathrooms are usually far from clean in the first place. Come late afternoon, most stalls lack toilet paper which leaves students who take night classes at a great disadvantage.
On top of this dilemma, some bathrooms have stalls that remain out of order for weeks, such as the third stall from the left in the Great Hall women’s restroom, and there are even entire bathrooms that have been closed.
Why is it that the student’s facilities pale in comparison to the spotless restrooms teachers and faculty enjoy in the new Student Services building?
The real question is do we have enough janitors to cover the rest of the campus, or if it’s the students who are too careless to clean up after themselves?
Don’t get us wrong; the new buildings are beautiful and will provide students with great services and opportunities to excel their education, and the new signs help with advertising clubs and campus events.
Here’s a few ways we could attempt to fix our maintenance mess.
During the first week, on consecutive days, out of the 19 custodians assigned to the A shift less then half reported to work.
If students were to give an additional dollar each semester that would go towards not only maintenance supplies, incentives to increase our janitors’ attendance, our college could have about 25,000 dollars to aid in the cleaning effort.
If this does not affect their attendance, we should use our resources to find people who are willing to work for their pay. As students, we could do our part as well.
We all have to remember to flush, and though it seems some of us think the floor resembles a trash bin, we must keep in mind that there is an actual, physical trash can in each restroom.
