Ohio Northern University - Northern Yearbook (Ada, OH)

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MAiNrENANcEt They Keep the University Operating The Maintenance Department is com- prised ot people who provide some of the most basic comforts and necessities needed to make a student's lite easier. Yet students tend to take these people for granted. Most students don't realize how much work,vis needed to keep Ohio Northern in a re- spectable, and otten immaculate, condition. One man who does know the amount of work involved is Ted Zochariah, Superinten- dent of Buildings and Grounds. Zachariah is in charge of coordinating the functioning of the maintenance department. Under his di- rection are sixty-two full time employees and twenty-one students on work-study, in- cluding three high school students. Among them, they somehow manage to keep up with the work load provided by students and, at the same time, express satisfaction with their situation, iust this past year, they refused a bid to be represented in collective bargaining by the Teamsters Union Local 0- 1. W iA:'.f.i,' 14 V A .nu-Ii x s 908. ln an age when unionization is com- mon, this is an unusual phenomenon. Perhaps one reason which accounts tor the vote resulting in the maintenance personnel's re- iection of a union bid is due to a satisfaction with the current situation and a cordiality with the student body. There has been ex- pressed by different maintenance employ- ees on attitude of duty toward the students - a duty to provide clean classrooms, com- fortable study conditions, and livable dorms. Perhaps the best expression of this attitude is by Ted Zachariah who said, The reason we're here is to give the students an education. lt's very hard to take tor granted a group of people who profess a duty to serve the students of Ohio Northern University. Re- spect is thus a two way street between students and maintenance personnel and the appearance of this campus reflects that re- spect. fecal i tin, .941 'U 5.',4.f, K .,, 4 gas 1 , .. :1',,- -- 3 . , L.-H t-rl, . 53, , - N r ' -V 'tts-.91-71-.:'.r..,.: . Q H., ,Q M rv .4 is H+,-t u.i:t:wf4iriial's'A.:Lf- av.-ftwrigll iei'wf:v.2,tn: ' -'i'i.eL.f.'- iHg:1ta.l'.m:ff- ' as - -V 19

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SECURITY Men To Serve Ohio Northern, Not Control it The Security Department at Ohio North- ern is often viewed as an isolated office solely concerned with traffic control. A talk with the Chief of Security, Gerald Dearth, opens up a whole new image of this de- partment. The men in Security seem warm and friendly and work to maintain good relations with the students and adminis- tration. ln fact, the men work closely with the Personnel Deans for improving and in- suring the protection of the residence halls. The Security Department comes under the administration of Dr. George Hassell, the vice-president for financial affairs. Along with Officer Dearth, there are three other full time security officers on campus. They are Gene Shuttleworth, Don Rankin, and James Weber. There are also three students employed through the work-study programx who usually cover evening and weekend duties. Any event concerning campus secu- rity can be reported 24 hours a day to their office. Not only does this department cover traffic control, but it is also responsible for fire protection, security alarm systems, and property protection. The fire in Lima Hall two years ago was the last recent episode with fire protection. The result was to make resident students more aware of the impor- tance of complete evacuation each time the alarms sound. A topic that is currently the center of controversy is the installation of the new alarm systems in Lima-Brookhart Halls, The whole idea on the part of the adminis- tration, who undertook the responsibility for installing them, was to increase the security for the women against intruders at night. The Security Department is attempting to integrate all these efforts for the betterment of security on campus. One of the main problems faced each year by the department is destruction of property. They emphasize the fact that this destruction results in increased expenses for the school and can only be covered by higher tuition rates. Broken windows, broken walkway lights, and torn up signs are basi- cally the events reported. Departmental re- lations with the students remain good, though once in a while a group of partiers will get out of hand. Minor hell-raising is not considered a federal offense here. These men are very good-natured and their responsibility is an asset to our university. Erin Scally I8

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WORKING STUDENTS Financial Burdens Motivate Some Students Being financially dependent upon one's self is not an easy burden to carry for a college student, but each year more and more Ohio Northern University students are finding it necessary to get a part-time iob to help pay for their college expenses: room and board, tuition, and books. More and more students are finding the financial bur- dens of being a student difficult to handle. The financial aid office does not help to alleviate the monetary problems that many students are facing. Students can be found working around the university, in Ada, Lima, Findlay, hometowns, and almost anywhere a iob is available. One professor commented, l can't even go grocery shopping without getting a crazy feeling that I'm back in the classroom. I went to Lima for groceries and, within about twenty minutes, I had stumbled into Greg Hart, Brad Roush, and Ed Oley working at Pangle's new Eastgate store. I then went down the road to the Sohio Station and ended up having Sandy Brown pump gas into my car lt's nice to know that some students are so motivated that when they can't get a hand-out from the financial aid office, they'll break their backs to stay in school. Ed Oley is, however, one of O.N.U.'s more uniaue working students. Ed works at two iobs - one at Pangle's Master Markets and the other at Lima Me- morial Hospital. For many working students, quick naps become classified as a night's sleep, a few crackers and some cheese are called meals, and running from classes to work and back again is the only recreation a working stu- dent may get in months, but as one student put it, when I graduate, I'm gonna take a little bit of time to pat myself on the back. l'm proud of myself, what I'm doing, and the way I'm doing it! Many non-working stu- dents are grateful that they do not have to keep up with the pace of a student who has to earn the money he is spending in col- lege, but it seems that at least one working student is satisfied with what she is doing - I wouldn't give this up for the world. Sure, it's been a trying experience, but life is full of trying experiences, and I'm going to live every minute of it, declared a spring grad- uate of this year's senior class. At least, I can hold my head up high, declare my independence, and say, l did it by myself! Greg I-lart 20