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Thursday • June 23,
Physical Plant rarely recognized
Stew Milne/Thf Battaiiw
A&M’s Physical Plant oversees the workings of the above power plant, located beside the Northside
parking garage. Power generators produce much needed electricity throughout campus.
Facility offers
students a wide
variety of services
By Tracy Smith
The Battalion
The Texas A&M Physical
Plant may be the least known
organization on campus, despite
employing over 1,100 people.
L. R. Johnson, associate direc
tor of Physical Plant administra
tions, said being recognized by
the University is not essential to
the work it does.
“We know that a good job may
not mean a lot of recognition be
cause we are the behind-the-
scenes people for the Universi
ty,” he said. “In many cases we
judge how well we do our job,
not by how many people re
spond, but by how many people
don’t.”
But the Physical Plant, whose
work is visible anywhere on the
campus, plays an important role
to the survival of Texas A&M.
The plant is responsible for
any landscaping seen on cam
pus, most of the cleaning that
needs to be done and all utilities
such as air-conditioning, water
and phone services.
It also handles any renova
tions needed around campus and
is involved in numerous projects
designed to improve A&M.
“Many people take for grant
ed that the campus will always
be clean and fully-functional for
both the students and faculty,”
Johnson said. “The Physical
Plant works hard each day to
make this possible.”
Ginger Melton, special events
and moving coordinator, said
she considers the Physical Plant
to be a vital part of the campus,
whether people realize it or not.
“My job involves any setting
up done for special events on
campus,” she said. “Whenever
you go to Aggie Muster or gradu
ation, it’s my job to make it look
representative of the occasion.
“People may not think about
what goes into the physical set
up of such an event,” she said.
“Organization and teamwork is
important in a job like this when
we have to take something apart
as quickly as we put it together
because many events coincide.
“In G. Rollie White Coliseum,
we may have a basketball game
right after a formal ceremony, so
it is important that we get
things cleaned up as quickly as
possible,” she said.
Many duties of the Physical
Plant are utilized by students on
a daily basis.
Organized by the Physical
Plant, the student locator and
directory assistance services are
available 24-hours. Operated by
a staff of 14, the two receive over
4000 calls a day.
Janice Atherton, a staff assis
tant in the works control depart
ment of the Physical Plant, said
students need to become more
aware of what the Physical
Plant does for the students.
“Most of the campus has ac
cess to phone services, and yet
not everyone knows that the
Physical Plant is responsible,”
Atherton said.
The custodial services, con
sisting of 460 people, also play
an important role on the cam
pus, but many times are invisi
ble to students.
Johnson said they are respon
sible for cleaning 11,000,000
square feet of A&M, including the
Texas A&M Riverside campus.
Fred Harrison, a Physical
Plant employee for 15 years
and custodial supervisor, said
he feels many might not notice
the results from the custodial
work, but the staff is always
there to help.
“It is hard to show what we
do every day because we dose
much,” he said. “It’s funny to
think how quickly people would
notice if we stopped cleaning
though.”
Johnson said he feels the
Physical Plant plays a critical
part at Texas A&M and hopes
the organization can continue to
improve services.
“Like an organization, we
have our problems,” he said.
“But by working as a team, with
our main goal to better Texas
A&M, anything is possible.”
New Northside food court to open in fall
Chick-Fil-A, Whataburger to be included in A&M's dining center
By Sara Israwi
The Battalion
The Underground Food Court on Northside,
scheduled to open this fall, may not be com
pletely finished. Food Service officials said.
Alonti Deli, Chick-Fil-A, Taco Bueno and
Whataburger will be the food vendors in the
new facility. Colombo Yogurt, which is already
on campus, will also be included.
Ronald Beard, dining center manager, said
the students are the foremost concern of the
food court administration.
“Overall, my opinion of the food court is it is
motivated toward the students needs,” he said.
“I feel very strongly about it, naturally, and I
am anxious to get it constructed and open.”
He said the food court is scheduled to open
in the fall, but may not be complete.
Richard Floyd, associate vice president for
"We ought to keep in focus that
this was a project that was
brought to us by our students."
— Richard Floyd, associate vice pres
ident for finance & administration
finance and administration, said the court is
something students wanted.
“We ought to keep in focus that this was a
project that was brought to us by our stu
dents,” he said. “Brand-name foods are on ma
jor campuses like the University of Texas and
Texas Tech. Our students wanted it, and we
wanted to meet their needs.”
He said the food court construction is fund
ed entirely by the Department of Food Ser i
vices.
Beard anticipates the food court will bt
profitable for A&M, but is not sure how it
would affect the business on Northgate.
Danny Dodd was the owner of Spanky’s, a
Northgate restaurant, for nearly three years ;
before it closed in the spring.
Dodd said in a recent letter to The Battalion
that he would be closing the restaurant’s doors
because of the franchises that are opening on
campus.
“I do not feel that I can survive as a small
businessman against big companies that can i
undercut me and out-coupon me,” he said.
He said in the letter that it is hard to tell ;
what kind of impact the new food court will
have on privately-owned businesses on
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