- Groundskeeper Jim Gillan cleans a campus mess (Russell Linquist photo)
GROSSMONT COLLEGE, Sept. 22-I came across some broken glass Wednesday morning.
Before I did anything, I kept watch for about 5 minutes, noting both students and faculty, alike, simply evading the mess while continuing on their way.
I called Grossmont’s operations department (619.644.7593) and told the operator that there was a mess, and that I was between the Music building and the Theater building. Within two minutes, affable groundskeeper Jim Gillan was there. He promptly cleaned the glass and the liquid, and then was on his way.
There are about 20,000 students and 1,000 faculty and staff, on
Grossmont’s campus. All it takes is for one of those 21,000 people to drop a bottle and wander off, and suddenly there is quite a mess. Nevertheless,
all it takes to fix such a mess is one helpful person taking a moment to call maintenance.
Perhaps nothing in the world is easier than avoiding responsibility for a
mess in a public place. Still, if you come across a mess here on campus,
then you do have responsibility: response-ability. So please take a moment to respond: clean that mess or call it in to maintenance.
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Lindquist is a student in Media Communications 132, the class that publishes the GC Summit
Eddie • Sep 22, 2010 at 4:20 pm
Do you need help getting off your high horse? This isn’t a “livejournal”, please don’t write self-glorifying articles about your “good deeds”. The only thing this did was come off as some pompous article you’d expect from some pre-teen that wants to stand out against the rest of his/her peers.
I understand that now that this is online and no longer requires massive funding to print that its easier to take advantage of your ability to post any little journalistic attempt that you conceive, but you’re simply making the “GCSummit” a mockery of news.
Then again, that’s just my opinion.