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THE BATTALION TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, I960 Page 7 Local Taking shortcuts through the grass d a headache for maintenance workers Bv lOHN BRASHER _ , . +******************** + MANOR EAST 3 MANOR BAST MALL 823-B300<4 ^ WELCOME BACK AGGIES. THIS YEAR FOR THE THIRDJ - 1C STRAIGHT YEAR. THE MANOR EAST 3 WILL GIVE YOU A] , r DOLLAR OFF THE REGULAR ADMISSION PRICE WITH PRE-H ^SENTATION OF CURRENT TAMU STUDENT I D. WE HOPEJ *■ 1C YOU WILL TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS DISCOUNT TO VISIT ] « * THE ONLY THEATRE IN BRYAN-COLLEGE STATION WITH! * DOLBY STEREO. GOOD THRU SEPT. 30. 1980 J veil now being J . Florida, a on. ?9 out of lb By JOHN BRASHER Battalion Reporter With over 30 acres ot sidewalks that bw students access from one build- ig to another, some students make their own pathways through the ■ass, creating problems for grounds 'iinaintenance workers. K“I really don’t understand it. For 'years I’ve pondered the question why students don’t use the side- 1 n . lt ' M n' : ®Jks ) and I can’t come up with an 1 11 ' pnswer,’’ said Eugene Ray, director oiipaltasti® the department of grounds omii: 1 hnaintenance at Texas A&M. ottnedisplay sajj that over a one-year period, he has noticed new paths rejects ait n^B un d the library, Harrington, be en! befoiei Igen the Rudder Fountain and the rojedsui Memorial Student Center, and 1 high watt pound the Academic Building, m said An feOne reason for the new paths, Ray to cited said, is the enormous amount of con- ig site toil Inruction on the campus, plus the iterial oh large increase in student population. rearenopitM"We have a problem where we anoldlmJhave more and more people and less e have sand less space because the new ate the site. ;h, have tk buildings are taking away space,” Ray said. Ray said he feels that the students are pressed for time and in a hurry to get to class and don’t care whether or not they cut across the flower beds and ivy grass areas. Ray said the paths cause a a bad attitude problem with the mainte nance crews. “Our work crews have a lot of pride in their work and they get the attitude of ‘why should we make the landscape look nice if someone is going to come along and tear it up. ”’ The major problem created by the paths is the cost it takes to repair these areas. According to Ray, the maintenance department spends be tween $900,000 and $1 million a year on ground maintenance. He said much of that money is used to repair paths. Plus, the workers could be spend ing that time doing other things be sides re-seeding and repairing the paths. The department has come up with various possible solutions for the problem, Ray said, but whether they work or not is another question. “A lot of people, ” he said, “tell us to pave the paths. We don’t want to do this because the campus will be nothing but concrete. Texas A&M is one of the few campuses in the Un ited States that still has a lot of grassy areas and we want to preserve this.” Ray said he also feels that peer pressure might help correct the problem. “It all evolves around the student. If students will ask people who cut across the flower and ivy beds to use the sidewalks, then maybe it will catch on and spread across the cam pus,” he said. Ray also suggested an educational program to make the people aware of the problem. “We could orientate new students that we take pride in our campus and that as Aggies, we don’t cut corners and walk through the ivy and flower beds.” Ray said, however, that he’s not saying the turf can’t be used, but rather a person can use it without abusing it. Other solutions, he said, that might possibly be used is placing square stepping stones around the ivy beds between Rudder Fountain and the MSG to keep students from cutting corners. He also said the maintenance de partment might experiment with a grass paver across the lawn areas. This is a perforated plastic block which allows pedestrian traffic to walk on it and at the same time, grass grows through it. The campus has also suffered irri gation damage. “We probably spend around $15,000-$18,000 a year on irrigation repairs,” Ray said. “A lot of the dam age is caused from wear and tear, but the bulk of the repairs is due to phy sical damage caused by various types of vehicles running over the sprink lers.” Texas A&M has around 130 acres of irrigation and between 17,000 and 18,000 sprinkler heads. It costs the University from $3-$150 to replace one of these sprinkler heads when it gets damaged. One way the maintenance depart ment has found to cut the cost of irrigation repairs is to replace the old rigid riser type, which stand up from the ground and are easy to break off, with the new high pops which stay flush with the ground until the water pressure is turned on. Once the wa ter is on, the high pops rise 12 inches above the ground. The sprinkler head goes back down when the water pressure is turned off. “The high pops are a more expen sive type of sprinkler, but when you don’t have to continuously repair them, you come out better in the long run,” Ray said. >000000' CAMPUS THEATRE 210 Un. 846-6512 Now Showing: John Travolta in URBAN COWBOY 300000000000000€ft Good news for all A&M Faculty and Staff How would you like an ORP-TDA that lets you shift past and future contribu tions free of charge among nine investment options? Now there's a way ASK DON REISER Financial Disciplines, Inc. 111 University Center 846-4352 JTe "HATE o Prescriptions Filled Glasses Repaired 216 N. 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