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Art & Design, Music crowd CDFAC The music department and the art & design department work on co-habiting CDFAC despite space and technical problems is that they [in music] need conditioned space,” he said. “Basically, they need space that is temperature controlled. They need space that has a certain level of humidity in it that protects their wooden instruments, With 120 art & design majors and while we’re at the other end of the build100 music majors in a building that was ing, blowing every bit of air out of here made for 40 music majors and 40 art & that we can. So we have ceramic studios, design majors, the art & design depart- foundations studios, drawing and painting ment and the music department students studios, a woodshop—all of which need do the best with the space they have in constant air circulation to bring in fresh the Christel DeHaan Fine Arts Center air to get dust particles and such out. So building. However, according to Chair of while they’re trying to maintain that level Art & Design Jim Viewegh and Chair of of condition within the building, as far as Music Brenda Clark, while having art & air quality goes, we’re trying to just replace design and music together in one build- all the air. So that’s destroying the whole ing sounds like a good idea on paper, in idea of humidity control.” reality, it is not practical. According to Clark, the building’s “Christel DeHaan was built 22 years space is also too small to house both of ago for 40 art students and 40 music the growing majors. students,” Viewegh said. “And since then, “Neither department has enough both programs have become nationally space, and the types of spaces that we accredited, and they have maintained that. need are very unique to the art that we Both programs have essentially tripled in create,” Clark said. “Those needs are quite size, both in students and in faculty, and different. We need sound proof rooms, the potential for us to do more is there. rooms with high ceilings in some cases, It’s just we’re limited by space.” and they [art & design] don’t require that.” Clark said that the art & design departViewegh said that the art & design ment requires a setting and environment department needs a bigger space, but also different from the one that music requires. a more open environment as well. Junior “We shouldn’t inhabit the same space art education major Liv Reuter also thinks in the same building,” she said. “We have that art & design students need more different needs when it comes to the air space to work comfortably and efficiently. flow, temperature and humidity mainte“Our painting [and drawing] room … nance. So that in itself is a big challenge.” is super, super cramped,” she said. “When Viewegh said that the art & design we get all the easels up, we can hardly fit and music departments have very differ- everybody in there. It’s kind of a recipe ent air control needs for their art projects for disaster walking around the room. You and instruments. could knock over somebody’s canvas.” “The problem with us being together > See CDFAC on page 3
By Mercadees Hempel & Erik Cliburn MANAGING EDITOR & EDITORIAL ASSISTANT
Photo contributed by Jim Viewegh
Students, university handle mold in Crowe By Kylee Crane EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Photos contributed by Faith Schonauer
Schonauer found mildew and mold growing on her possessions in her dorm room in Crowe in September.
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SPORTS 4
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In late September, sophomore chemistry major Faith Schonauer began noticing the mildew and mold growth in her Crowe Hall dorm room. Schonauer had grabbed a basket full of lotions and facial supplies from the top of her armoire. After taking a makeup bag out of the basket, she noticed it had several spots on it. Although she thought it was weird, Schonauer assumed it was makeup residue. “I went downstairs and started talking to people about it, and my RA was like, ‘We need to go check this out now,’” she said. Schonauer’s resident assistant and Crowe’s residence director went to her room, and both inspected and agreed it was mold. Schonauer was then given a cleaning product to wipe it down, and her RA scheduled for physical plant personnel to come and clean the room. “The people from [the] physical plant surprisingly came really fast. They came that day to check it out and clean our room,” she said. According to Physical Plant Executive Director Pam Fox, mildew growth has been confirmed in Crowe Hall through testing by both the university and outside companies. “We do know that it is the same kind of mold spores that you find in an everyday environment,” Fox said.“The spores come inside through the air conditioning unit. If you have the right conditions in your room, they’ll settle on some materials and then start growing.” The type of spores that were found
are called aspergillus which is a common mold found indoors/outdoors and created from decaying leaves and vegetation, according to Fox. The university placed a brand new roof on Crowe before the fall semester began as one way to lessen the chance of any mildew or mold growth, Fox said. “We noticed some areas on the roof that we thought water could be getting in, so the executives here at the university decided—since we thought there might be a chance of water—to go ahead and replace it as a preventative measure,” she said. Fox said they also updated the work order system for cleaning any mildew growth students might find in their dorm rooms. “When an RD or RA calls us, they can put a ticket right in our system under Housekeeping for this specific cleaning,” Fox said. “The RD will report it, and we get to it that day. We have a product that cleans the type of mildew and mold we have specifically found is growing.” Schonauer said that after the first cleaning, her room was fine for a while. A few weeks passed, and she noticed growth on her bag again. Schonauer went through the same procedure again, contacting her RA and placing a physical plant work order. “One of our RAs showed us what the mold looked like and explained it to us more,” she said. “So after the physical plant came in to clean up the second time, I went around and looked around at our stuff. We ended up still finding spots left all over the room, and so I reported it again.” After reporting it, Schonauer said her RD came in and personally cleaned where there were spots left. The spots on
the furniture, Schonauer said, were green and “just really gross.” Physical plant personnel came in a total of three times to clean Schonauer’s room due to the mildew and mold growth, according to Schonauer. Fox said that there is not much more the university can do in regard to the mildew and mold removal. Educating students on how the spores settle and grow, she said, is the best way to prevent growth. “It’s not the kind of mold where you need to remove drywall, and it’s not coming in because of a major leak within the building. This is just mildew spores that are everywhere and are landing because of the environment,” she said. “I think the education is working because we just find those isolated cases where the student likes to keep their curtains shut and turn down the air conditioning real low. That’s when you find the ideal conditions.” The 2016 summer also was humid, Fox said, which also can have an impact on the mold spores’ growth. After weeks of dealing with the mold growth, Schonauer said she was ready to move out. Her mother visited campus to talk with Residence Life personnel because, according to Schonauer, she was tired of having the growth continue on her belongings and continuously having physical plant employees in and out of the room for cleaning purposes. Schonauer said besides her basket, the mold had grown over time on her trash can, jewelry box, a purse, multiple pairs of shoes, a mirror and parts of the dorm furniture. Schonauer said she was told she would be reimbursed for damages from the growth in the room.
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