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On-campus
maintenance
becoming a
quality issue
Varied opinions fuel
debate over status of
older buildings
DANIEL GROSS
News Editor
Photo by Matthew Sprague/ The Towerlight
Photo illustration by Rachel Fauber I The Towerlight
Towson survived a dozen penalties over the course of Saturday's game, but pulled away with a 21-17 victory over Coastal Carolina.
KEVIN HESS
Associate Sports Editor
Tigers head coach Rob Ambrose walked
into his piost game press conference wearing
a blue wristband with a single word scrawled
across it: "Believe." It was that type of night
for Towson.
After months of putting his players through
a gauntlet of thorough practices, Ambrose and
his team came home to play in front of their
own fans for the first time this season with tre¬
mendous success, a momentous 21-17 victory
over Coastal Carolina in front of 7,628 fans at
Johnny Unitas Stadium Saturday night.
In a game that had ups and downs for both
teams, the Tigers showed their toughness and
withstood a late rally by the Chanticleers in an
exciting finish that culminated in a dropped
pass in the end-zone by Coastal Carolina’s
Akeem Wesley on a fourth down with 58 sec¬
onds remaining in the game. It was the first win
at home for the Tigers since October 11 of last
year, a 37-32 win over the Rhode Island Rams.
"For the first time in a long time, we
believed," Ambrose said. "I want to congrat¬
ulate the players, the staff, the town, the
University, the fans and all the businesses that
helped us out. I told the players there is a vibe
here. And they don’t quite know what it is, but
it had to do with every person in this stadium
tonight. Belief is stronger than fact. Everybody
believed and that’s why there is a 'W on the
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Despite new facilities and statewide budget
cuts, Towson maintenance remains in stable
condition with funding to update older areas
on campus. However, some students have
expressed their discontent with the system.
Harry Hughes, the director of facilities
management, said the statewide cuts have not
affected the department in regard to provid¬
ing the level of maintenance service that is
expected.
Facilities maintenance has been provided
with funding to upgrade older systems in cam¬
pus buildings in recent years. For example, the
Burdick pool HVAC system was a project com¬
pleted this past summer. Also, in that period
were system projects in Smith Hall, Cook
Library, Van Bokkelen Hall and others.
"We’ve made a great deal of headway
towards modernizing those systems. That pro¬
cess continues today and plans are ongoing for
future upgrades as well to a number of older
buildings,” Hughes said.
There are other issues on campus apart
from mechanical maintenance that affect the
quality of the campus environment. Aramark
residence hall cleaning is one factor that can
dampen the student experience if not main¬
tained.
Junior Jess Leo said her community bath¬
room was not cleaned for more than two weeks
when she first moved back into Scarborough
for her second year as a resident there.
"[Cleaning] definitely went downhill after
freshmen year because they brought in new
people. They wouldn’t clean the bathroom for
over two weeks," Leo said. “I had to put in
a maintenance request for them to clean the
bathroom."
The majority of maintenance calls comes
from the older side of campus, such as some of
the older residence halls and academic build¬
ings. As far as quantity of requests, Hughes
said they vary day-to-day, season-to-season
with the majority during the season transition
periods from warmer to cooler temperatures
and vice versa.
Sophomore Danielle Iozzia lives in Millenium
Hall now, which is considered off-campus stu¬
dent housing, but she spent her freshmen year
in Prettyman Hall. She said the maintenance
workers are always friendly and responsive to
requests.
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