Morehead State University - Raconteur Yearbook (Morehead, KY)

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Features 68 Keep it clean Story By: Christie Sheppard 8: Teresa Johnson 0e Planck, director of the physical plant, said the plant,s purpose is to provide an atmosphere iiconducive to teach- ing and to learning? This entails custodial work, garbage collection, the purification of campus water, and the maintenance and production of the campusis utilities, except for electricity. All of these services must be provided on a yearly budget of approximately five million dollars. Though this may sound like a great deal of money, most of it is already allocated. Two million is spent on utilities and another two million provides the salaries for the employees. This only leaves one million for supplies, service contracts, etc. In addition this money is just for initial maintenance. There is no additional money for addi- tional costs such as vandalism or storm damage repair. The plants number one project for the next four years is the utility project. The utility tunnel is a two mile underground passageway con- taining the universityls cable tele- vision, phone, computer, electrical and steam lines. Due to the erosion of these lines, insulation by the leaking steam lines, a new tunnel is needed. Planck stated that it iicanit be put into words how bad it ithe tunnell is. As of now, $150,000 has been received from Frankfort in emer- gency maintenance money for em- ploying an engineering firm to de- sign the new tunnel. The new tunnel will contain the cable televi- sion, phone, computer and electri- cal lines, while the steam lines will remain in use in the old tunnel. The project has been divided into three phases. Phase I involves the instal- lation of the separate tunnel and the replacement of the PCB con- taminated electric transformers. Phase II is designed for asbestos re- moval, and Phase III encompasses the replacement of steam lines in the old tunnel. This project will cost approximately $7.5 million. It is hoped that it will cause only a minimum level of inconvenience to the MSU community. Most of the work will be done during the summer semesters, but there will be unavoidable periods of down time. The PCB treated transformer replacement has become a top priority because the Environmental Protection Agency iEPAl Unifbmis are needed on campus too. Rosina Sue Woodrow is a Udrapery specialistfrom Morehead, whoshas work here 11 years. has ordered their replacement by 1990. The need is due to the fact that if PCB leaks into food sources it is cancerous, and if PCB catches fire, it produces lethal fumes. Fortunately, the physical plant has taken preventative measures and MSU resi- dents are not in danger. A total of thirty PCB transformers are located throughout the campus. During the fiscal years of 1986-90 a $2 million roof repair project will be in progress. Lakewood Terrace, the older sec- tion of the library and Breckinridge Hall have already been re-roofed. Other buildings that are to have roof repairs are Alumni Tower, Regents, Wilson, Waterfield, and Normal Halls. $400,000 will be spent on air conditioning and heating repairs. The chiller in Baird Music Hall, which cools water for the air conditioning system, will be completely replaced. $200,000 will be used to up- date fire safety devices in the buildings. Combs, Lappin, Breckinridge and Baird Halls will receive new fire alarm sys- tems. Repairs will be made to the systems in other buildings. Projects to make the buildings on campus more accessible to handicapped students have al- ready cost $200,000. Elevators have been installed in Combs and Radar Hall and additional ramps and handicapped en- trances have been installed. Ac- cording to Planck, more funds have been requested to continue making the buildings accessible to the handicapped. He said that Breckinridge Hall is a problem, since it has no elevator, and more ' ramps need to be built on cam- pus. He also said that the re- stroom facilities need to be up- dated to accomodate the handicapped and hand door con- trols need to be installed. The replacement of boiler and water controls are also in pro- gress. These replacements are estimated to cost approximately $495,000. Other proposed projects are replacing the bridge at the golf course and replacing the lighting systems in Button Audito- rium, Duncan Recital Hall and, if enough money is left, Kibbey Theatre. Sandblasting and painting on Jayne Stadium has been started and renovations, to increase office space, are planned for Combs and Lappin Hall. . Photos By: Kevin L. Goldy 8r Tim Conn

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gram here and left it in great shape, said Hamilton. til just had to walk in and take over. He left good talent. Hamilton has led the Eagles through five division championships, two OVC titles, two NCAA appearances and has . been voted OVC league, Coach of the Year, four times. This year Hamilton took over the posi- tion of athletic director. He has many plans for the athletic department; most importantly, he plans to raise more prie vate money to support the teams. AC- Cording to Hamilton, last year $60,000 was raised by all the University sports. He hopes to elevate that figure to about $200,000 a year by selling advertise- ments, holding sports camps, and host- ing tournaments. Topping the list of HamiltOIfs priori- ties for the athletic department is the simple desire to turn out students that this school can be proud of. iiI will not feel like a success ifwe turn out graduates that are not good sports- men and citizens, he said. live done a lot of things and now I have no more burning goals. Ijust want to make each year a good one for MSU. . Four time OVC Coach of the Year, Steve Hamilton, has taken his winning past to the job of Athletic Director ofMSU. Steve Hamilton 67

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, ,3 w w5333;, 0vM w w. Nobody gives the lights a second thought, but Cray Stephenson of Rowan Co. High School does. Stephenson, the son ofLarry Stephenson, Director of Student Activities, works part-time for the physical plant. Upholstery is another consideration of the physical plant. Franklin Smith, a custodian from Morehead, works to keep the campus furniture upholstered. Lights also have to be clean. Clayton Goodman, a custodian from the physical PhYSiCaI Plant plant, washes the light covers to keep the ADUC lights bright. 69