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McEwen closed because of leaky p urn ing
Anna Johnson
Managing Editor
Several leaking
drainage line connections
separate students from
their spicy chicken strips,
hummus wraps and Asian
stir-fry.
McEwen Dining
Hall, both upstairs and
downstairs, is closed
because of multiple
plumbing problems
involving the drainage lines
from the dishwasher and
floor drains on the second
floor of the building.
Physical Plant Director
Robert Buchholz said there
were more than three pipe
connections that would
need to be fixed.
Theleakscausedseveral
inches of dishwasher
water to fill the cross base
of the building. He said
food material from the
dishwasher had “worked
its way in” with the water.
“A cross base isn’t a
basement but it is where
the foundation of the
building is located,”
Buchholz said. “It has a
couple of access points,
and its where you can find
the pipes.”
He said the men fixing
the leaks would have to
work on their backs and
knees to fix the leaks.
“We had people
cleaning out the water
(on Monday), and we are
bringing in a contractor
to fix the leaks," Buchholz
said.
Vickie Somers, director
of Auxiliary Services, said
the other waste lines were
checked in the building
and no problems were
found.
“We closed the entire
building too get all of
(the problems) done at
one time,” Somers said.
“1 don’t think the repairs
will take too long, maybe
a week total. We will look
at it day by day to see how
repairs are coming.”
Some students said
they feel like there have
not been enough updates
on the building repairs
and they are being kept in
the dark.
“1 mean its ridiculous
that there still hasn’t been
official notification sent to
the students about what
is going on,” sophomore
Chris Liotta, a student
living in Sloan residence
hall, said. “I was walking
by the other night and saw
men with biohazard suits
and gas masks. Is it safe
to be living next to this
place, much less eat from
there?”
Buchholz said the
building was safe.
“It is fine to walk by
there,” Buchholz said.
“Once we get everything
completed we will bring
the health inspector and we
will make sure everything
is fine.”
He said the leaked
water caused an odor and
employees in the building
began to complain.
Ryan Moore, assistant
food service director, said
there are more than 40
employees who work at
McEwen Dining Hall. He
said the employees are
being shuffled to other
dining halls but the other
dining halls were already
fully staffed. Moore said
they are covering for
workers who call in sick.
Moore met with the
employees before the
dining hall opened for
dinner on Thursday
informing them the
building would be closing
after that night’s dinner.
“Not all of the
employees are going to
have positions,” Moore
said. “But we are trying to
find them places to work.”
Some students have
said they have noticed the
increase of students at
other dining halls.
“It’s frustrating that
three places are now
closed," sophomore
Brittany Moore said.
“Everywhere else the
dining halls are busy. And
the increase of students is
making it more difficult for
everyone else."
The Town of Elon
public works director,
Don Wagoner, said Elon
has not experienced any
problems with the sewer
in connection to McEwen
Dining HalJ besides an
incident where a grease
trap was cleaned out last
week.
Somers said students
could expect to see
updates on E-net on the
maintenance repsiirs.
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Old pipes sit tiehind McEwen Dining Hall which has been closed down due to leaking drainage line
connections. The building is expected to open again within the next week.
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has helped create options for the
family, he said.
“She calls Crystal on a regular
basis,” he said. “(The family's) all
linking to Mike’s Facebook."
The Facebook group Clark refers
to was created by one of his former
students, Michael James, who felt
compelled to help when he was told
Jocelyn was missing.
“Basically, the idea is to just get her
picture out there to people who havn’t
seen it,” James said.
“You're basically taking a shot in
the dark," he said, referring to the idea
that someone on Facebook might know
the whereabouts of Jocelyn.
To Clark, the showing of
support from family and friends,
all demonstrated by the group on
Facebook, is welcome.
“This may not be someone who’s
an Elon student now, but she’s part of
this extended Elon family,” Clark said.
“(Friends and family) started calling...
they were shocked, stunned, most of
them torn.”
Since Feb. 3, when the group ^
was created, the membership has
drastically increased to 2,300 people.
Comments fill the wall offering prayers
and support for the family.
Smith Jackson, the vice president for
student life at Elon, said the university,
plans to support efforts to find Jocelyn,
though he said there wasn't a simple
answer as to how to do that.
“We certainly want to support any
efforts to find her."
Jackson said he talked to staff and
faculty members to see if they could
help investigate.
Looking ahead, Clark said he's
going to let the Facebook group get the
word out. He hopes it will reach family
members, friends of Jocelyn’s all over
the country and other people with
connections to Elon that may have
known Jocelyn.
“1 don’t know how long it’s going to
take,” Clark said. “But I hope it’s not
long.”
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