McNeese State University - Log Yearbook (Lake Charles, LA)

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With 24 hour a day service to the university, the Campus Police offer McNeese Continuous Dedication “There they go again with the parking tickets!”’ This phrase seems to cross the minds of students who return to their cars from class to find a parking ticket on their wind- shields. However, the McNeese campus police not only enforce traffic regulations, but they also escort students, assist in trou- ble situations, and maintain safety on the campus. ‘‘We want to convey to the students that we are here:to help them get through school without harm,”’ says David Tate, assistant director of the McNeese Univer- sity Police. As the number of students has in- creased, the number and types of crimes also has increased. ‘The duties are diverse, said Tate. But the McNeese police staff is qualified to handle different situations, since each staff member has attended the Police Academy, and all are state and deputy sheriff-commissioned. The McNeese campus security is an independent state university police de- partment. However, they are also affili- ated with the Louisiana University Police Association. This means the campus po- lice are in total control of everything that happens on campus. Although Campus Police can not change the parking rules, Tate said, “Campus Police is willing to listen to tick- et disagreement, and they do understand emergencies.’ 234 Seniors Graduates In regard to the escort service, campus security can provide this since they are open 24 hours each day, seven days a week. If any students feel they need pro- tection to walk to their cars or dorms, all they have to do is call anytime. “Although the job can be hard, we ap- preciate and love our work and have a special dedication to the students, facul- ty, and staff,’’ Tate says. The responsibilities of the Campus Police include reprimanding parking violators, which is per- formed by officer James Grubbs. (Photo by G. Edwards)

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Spending over $1 million dollars on ; a heating and cooling system will lower costs, but it will also help in Keeping Education Comfortable Work began during the fall semester on a new, centralized heating and cooling system for the McNeese campus. The $5.4 million, state-of-the-art system took 18 months to complete. McNeese had a $1.1 million electric bill the year before construction began. Ac- cording to Paul Ritter, director of facilities and Planning, ‘‘somewhere around 70 percent of that was for cooling.’ In meetings with Gulf States Utilities, it was revealed that rates would increase four times by 1992, Ritter explained. ‘‘No- body can afford a $4.4 million electric bill,’’ Ritter said. This fact was the justifi- cation for the new system. The new system will eliminate the old, expensive, unreliable heating cooling systems around campus. There are at least 39 separate systems. Maintenance on them is approximately $100,000. Ritter compared the old systems to a car. He said that the compressors are reg- ular V-6 and V-8 engines, the same as in any automobile. “If you drove your car at 50 m.p.h. for the number of hours they (the air condi- tioners) run, it would average close to 250,000 miles-per-year,’’ he said. Ritter says the new system will be much more dependable. In 1982, McNeese lost nearly $100,000 due to compressor fail- ures. Bel Hall was without air for two months, and the repair was $12,000. The system in Bel is over 23 years old. The depend- ability of a compressor and a turbine is like a jet engine, Ritter said. The project will construct a central air and heating plant with computer-man- aged control for the main campus. An un- derground, four-pipe chilled hot water system will serve all the buildings on cam- pus. By 1986 the system will have complete- ly paid for itself, he expects. The system has a 1,000-ton backup, and all the pipe is pre-insulated, rein- forced, non-corrosive fiberglass, which should last indefinitely. The new system is run by computers. “We'll pay so much a month for ap- proximately 60 months, then own it,”’ Rit- ter said. ‘We're not paying much more on the lease-purchase agreement than on the rest.” Seniors Graduates 233

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