Unseen Work Leaves B&G Underappreciated

Blk Cyan Magenta Yellow The Oldest Continuously Published Student Newspaper in the Nation Thursday, April 24, 2008 Volume 146, No. 23 Unseen work leaves B&G underappreciated By Greg Stull prise the practically enumerable Physical Plant and Buildings ing taken care of by B&G, the don’t think about that we deal needed repairs on the electrical Managing Editor responsibilities of Buildings and and Grounds. “Rarely if ever do superficial aspects—such as the with on a day-to-day basis,” systems, the mechanical sys- Grounds, which tends to these we get the phone call--'the snow paint, tile, carpet, furniture and Setzer said. tems, the building structures, Ohio Wesleyan’s campus, buildings, trees, sidewalks, was cleared' (or) 'the light in my exterior finishes—amount to B&G spends about 12 per- and after responding to emer- spanning 95 acres, is the larg- stairs, parking lots, fields and office worked.'" only 20 percent of the buildings’ cent of each year working on gency call-ins, that B&G can est plot of land in the city of landscape beds, as well as many “But that’s what we’re here cost of operation. The compo- preventative maintenance—for deal with work orders from stu- Delaware—larger than Mingo other stuctures integral to the for: to fix things that are broken nents accounting for the remain- instance, to make sure that the dents, faculty, or staff. Park’s 50 acres to the north and functioning of the university. and to make sure things don’t ing 80 percent are hidden from 57 boilers on campus remain But despite the many priori- Oak Grove Cemetery’s 80 acres B&G goes through around break.” view: the roofs, the boilers, the functional, they replace two per ties that come before attending to the south. 7,600 light bulbs every year to The staff of Buildings and switch gear, the plumbing, the year, given that the boilers have to work orders, Philip Rade- These 95 acres—encom- keep the campus lights work- Grounds (B&G) consists of 77 heating system, the electrical a 30 year life-span. In addition, meyer, moderator of the Mod- passing 61 buildings, more than ing. But it’s only when a light full time workers: 4 carpenters, distribution, etc. each year they process over ern Foreign Language House, 1000 trees, numerous sidewalks, doesn’t flick on that Buildings 1 locksmith, 3 electricians, 4 Setzer said because so much 14,000 work orders, 700 event said this year B&G has been stairs, parking lots, fields and and Grounds gets any recogni- grounds keepers, 8 in mechani- of what B&G takes care of is set-up requests, 250 emergency highly receptive to his house’s landscape beds—comprise the tion. cal trades, 51 in building ser- invisible to the campus, it is call-ins and 1,150 priority-one problems. physical plant, the entirety of “The only time people call vices and 6 office and clerical largely underappreciated for the requests, which include the campus and its operations. is when something is wrong,” workers. many services it provides. It is only after finishing the See B&G, page 3 These 95 acres also com- said Chris Setzer, director of In each campus build- “There are things people preventative maintenance or Public safety Four-year short-staffed roommates compared to graduate other GLCA colleges academic around Ohio superstars By Mary Beth Scherer Transcript Reporter Not many people can say they maintained a 4.00 GPA for all four years at Ohio Wesleyan. Seniors Megan Dillhoff and Katie Ayers By Shade Fakunle not only have a 4.00 but have also been roommates throughout Transcript Correspondent there entire time here. Dillhoff, from Lima, Ohio, For its 1,850 students, Ohio and Ayers, from Columbus, Wesleyan employs six full-time Ohio, were assigned to be room- Public Safely (PS) officers. mates in Welch Hall their fresh- These officers constitute the man year. They spent three years smallest campus safety depart- living in Welch and currently live ment among GLCA schools of in Austin Manor. similar size. Photo by Myra Blackburn Both Ayers and Dillhoff said Robert Wood, director of PS, Indie/hip hop fusion band Gym Class Heroes filled Gordon Field House with their unique sound Friday night. they didn’t expect they would doesn't expect to see the depart- spend all four years living to- ment grow any time soon. gether. “We are in a low-risk envi- "It’s a residential life success ronment,” Wood said. Gym Class Heroes rock SpringFest story," Ayers said. "At first we He said he has made the argu- By Myra Blackburn it," McGinley said. "We basi- He said their band needed a over the music. This set us apart had skewed impressions of one ment to hire more officers, as he Transcript Reporter cally moved to New York City singer, and McCoy’s rap lyrics from other bands.” another, but mid-way through recognizes that the department is to do it. This was the first time and style earned him a leading The band gained notoriety by the first year it became clear we below average in terms of staff- Screams echoed through we recorded at a high-end stu- spot in the group. Plus, his tal- performing at different venues, would live together," ing, but he noted that money is Gordon Field House as Gym dio that ended up producing a ent and charisma collaborated such as birthday parties, festi- Ayers said she came here limiting factor. Class Heroes performed the title big budget album." well with the band. vals and clubs. Eventually, they because she thought she would A starting officer costs the track on their gold album, "As McGinley said he met "We got really lucky," traveled throughout the North- receive more personal attention. university about $36,000 per Cruel As School Children," on McCoy in a mathematics class McGinley said. "We are all very east performing on Warp Tour. She said she also liked the atmo- year with salary and benefits. Friday night. during their freshman year in interested in music; we wanted The three groups that toured sphere. “That money could be used The Gym Class Heroes con- high school when they were to be a band and it just came with Gym Class Heroes were: I “It felt like it was a place I towards something more ben- sist of MC Travis “Schlepok” members in two separate bands. together with Travis rapping am Avalanche, Kidz in the Hall would grow both socially and eficial to the university--like McCoy, drummer Matt McGin- and Tyga, who opened Gym academically,” Ayers said. dorms,” Wood said. ley, guitarist Disashi Lumumba- Class Heroes. Dillhoff said she came here Compared to the colleges of Kasongo and bassist Eric Rob- "I’m a big fan of Gym Class for similar reasons, and because Kalamazoo, Albion, Kenyon, erts. Heroes," freshman Parone Mul- she was interested in a liberal and Wooster, Ohio Wesleyan has "The album went gold a rain said. “It was nice to see arts education and community the second largest enrollment, half a year ago," McGinley a lot of other bands trying to service opportunities. following Albion. However, the said. "There were approxi- establish a fan base.” Ayers is a zoology major and size of PS here does not reflect mately 650,000 copies sold and Mulrain said his favorite a chemistry minor while Dillhoff this. the song on our album “Cupid song on their latest album is is an international studies and Kenyon has 259 fewer stu- Chokehold” actually went plati- “My Own Time.” He said their religion major with a minor in dents than Ohio Wesleyan, yet num after it sold a million cop- live performance sounded better history. Both also participate in it employs 14 officers. This is ies. So that was pretty impres- to him than listening to them on a number of activities. more than double the number sive since that was a song we his computer. Dillhoff is a member of Pitch of officers employed by Ohio were playing around with.” McGainley said the group Black and on the student boards Wesleyan. "As Cruel as School Chil- had the opportunity to tour for both of her majors. Ayers was Bob Hooper, director of Cam- dren," the latest album, was overseas. formally the president of Pre- pus Safety at Kenyon, said there released by Decaydance “We have traveled across Med Club and has been on the are 10 full-time parole officers Records. "Cupid’s Chokehold" the world to places like Japan, Honors Student Board for four and 4 part-time officers. This reached number four on the Germany, New Zealand, Aus- years. does not include student work- Billboard Hot 100 and “Clothes tralia, Sweden and the United In addition to their individual ers. Off!” reached number five on Kingdom. At first, the record activities, Dillhoff and Ayers are Ohio Wesleyan hires about the United Kingdom singles labels were very reluctant to co-presidents of the Newman chart. Photo by Myra Blackburn See PS, page 3 "We worked really hard on A student snags a photo of MC Travis "Schlepok" McCoy. See SpringFest, page 3 See 4.0, page 3 Nalgene bottles Golf team quietly Insert: Junior will soon be a rises to number Schroeder soars thing of the past nine in the country as avian researcher --Page 4 --Page 12 Name Page # Date Blk Cyan Magenta Yellow Blk Cyan Magenta Yellow Page 2 The Transcript April 24, 2008 Campus News Bird of the Week: Coopers Hawk Scholar notes differences in Christian, Islamic values By Ryan Armstrong “The Tower of Babel: Language “Some values converged Transcript Reporter and Governance in the African indisputably, such as women’s Experience.

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