Since September of 1977, 
     
     Commissionaires have been 
     
     cut back at Blanchard Hall. 
     
     A Commissionaire used to 
     
     be on duty from 5:00 P.M. 
     
     to 8:00 A.M. every day. 
     
     Now, Ccmmissionaires are 
     
     only on duty from 10:00. 
     
     P.M. to 6:00 A.M. 
     
    
   
   
    
     'Ihis cut—back was made 
     
     because of cuts in the 
     
     residence budget. Cuts 
     
     were made in every area 
     
     possible according to 
     
     Administration personnel. 
     
     Unfortunately cuts had 
     
     to be made and security 
     
     was the area they felt 
     
     could be cut. 
     
    
   
   
    
     The loss in Commission— - 
     
     aire hours means many 
     
     things. On the top of 
     
     the list of the people 
     
     who are concerned is. the 
     
     fact that for two hours 
     
     everyday, no one is awake 
     
     to be responsible for»the 
     
     building. This leaves the 
     
     building open to possible 
     
     trouble, especially fires. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Norm Larter, one of the 
     
     two commissionaires that 
     
     patrol Blanchard, is very 
     
     concerned over this. He 
     
     spotted three fires him-r 
     
     self last year. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Jim Griffith, Director 
     
     of Student Services, 
     
     disagrees with this 
     
     since the building, being 
     
     made of cement blocks, 
     
     is Virtually fire—proof. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Mr. Iarter, however, 
     
     says that the problem is 
     
     not the fire but the 
     
     smoke. He recounted one 
     
     story where a girl would 
     
     have been asphyxiated. 
     
     The fire was caused by a 
     
     faulty toaster. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Mr. Iarter went on to 
     
     tell a story of some 
     
     students who spilled over 
     
     a fat fryer which caught 
     
     fire. The students came 
     
     dam and asked permission 
     
     to use the fire exting- 
     
     uisher to put the fire 
     
     out. This would have 
     
     caused a larger fire since 
     
     the building is equipped 
     
     with water filled fire 
     
     extinguishers. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Threat of fire is not 
     
     the only problem. The 
     
     commissionaire is also 
     
     supposed to make sure 
     
     that non—residents are 
     
     not allowed entrance to 
     
     the building after hours, 
     
     without the permission of 
     
     one of the residents. 
     
    

    
     He stated that last 'Ihurs— 
     
    
   
   
    
     ?CUTBAcKs IN SECURITY . n 
     
     ' BLANCHARD EXPOSED T0 
     
    
   
   
    
     day alone, be evicted 
     
     thirteen students who had 
     
     entered the building with— 
     
    
   
   
    
     ‘ out permission. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Jim Griffith and many 
     
     student res1dents this 
     
     reporter has talked to 
     
     feel that the Onus is on 
     
     the residents in cases 
     
     like these. They felt 
     
    
   
   
    
     that if the students 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     cared as much as they 
     
     should for the residence 
     
     then they (the residents) ' 
     
     would be, more descrimina- 
     
     tory when allowing people 
     
     into the building. 
     
    
   
   
    
     People were also con- 
     
     cerned over damage that 
     
     would be done to the 
     
     residence. 'Jhe hours 
     
     that the commissionaires 
     
     are working are the hours 
     
     that most of the damage 
     
     would be done. Mr. Larber 
     
     says that a large per— 
     
     centage of the damage 
     
     this year took place when 
     
     cammissionaires were»not 
     
     on duty. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Many people feel that 
     
     if the commissionaires 
     
     are not put back on to 
     
     their old hours, Blan- 
     
     chard will turn into what 
     
     Memorial was known, as- 
     
     the Zoo. 
     
    
   
   
    
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     (hoe again Mr. Griffith 
     
     disagrees with this.  
     
     feels that the residents 
     
     are completely capable 
     
     of looking after them- 
     
     selves. If the students 
     
     want a good residence 
     
     they should be able to do 
     
     it without strict super- 
     
     vision. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Marion Hall, the men's 
     
    
   
   
    
     residence, was cited as an 
     
     example of this. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Cormfissionaires are not 
     
     stationed there but it ' 
     
     is one of the best 
     
     residences the university 
     
     has had. 'Ihe reason for 
     
     this is said that the/ 
     
     students living there 
     
     really care for the res- 
     
     idence. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Mr. Griffith believes 
     
     that many of the problems 
     
     result from the large 
     
     number of residents in. 
     
     Blanchard this year. 'Ihis 
     
     is the first year the ‘ 
     
     residence was completely 
     
     filled. He, said most of 
     
     the complaints are not 
     
     about damage but about the 
     
     noise level. Mr. Larter 
     
     also said that damage 
     
     was no more exteisive this 
     
     year than last. Mr. 
     
     Griffith went on to say 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     that he doubted if any 
     
     residence with 270 
     
     studeits‘ could be quiet. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Another factor that he 
     
     sees as a; cause of the 
     
     problem ‘is the design of 
     
     the building. I It does not 
     
     allow the residents to ' 
     
     mixandgettoknowone ~- 
     
     another. 'Ihis same prob— 
     
     lem was also noted by the 
     
    
   
   
    
     other peop. 1e to m the 
     
     reporter talked. 
     
    
   
   
    
     . Without Cdmmissimair‘es 
     
     some people are afraid 
     
     all'these problem Will » 
     
     become worse. Murray 
     
    
   
   
    
     _ Stevenson, Business 
     
    
   
   
    
     Manager for the miversity, 
     
     said that this "could very 
     
     well be." But not every:- 
     
     ‘one agrees ‘that it could 
     
    

    
     be a problem. Mast ' / 
     
     believe that the problem ' 
     
     is up to the students them- 
     
    
   
   
    
     selves. The problem; does 
     
     :not seem severe enough to. 
     
     ,cause people to move, but 
     
     as one student so aptly 
     
     put it "Blanchard has the 
     
     "convenience of bein' g on 
     
     campus. 'Ihat is the  
     
     only thing it has going 
     
     for it". - ‘ 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
        
     
    
   
   
    
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