tuesday, September 10, 1CC0
daily nebredcen
Cockroaches pester dorms
By Marie Louise Knapp
Although some UNL resi
dence halls have been plagu
ed with an unusual amount
of bugs this year, the pests
have not created a large
scale infestation according
to the housing department.
"In my opinion, the bugs
are no more prevalent this
year than they have been in
the past," said Housing Dir
ector Douglas Zatechka.
"This is not to say that
we don't have isolated cases
where there have been un
usual numbers of bugs," he
added.
Zatechka said Glenn
Schumann, assistant direct
or of housing in charge of
maintenance, has been in
vestigating complaints of
bugs from residence hall stu
dents. "I think we have a real
problem in Heppner Garden
Level (a section of Nei
hardt Residence Center), be
cause it is in the basement
where there are likely to be
more bugs due to the damp
ness," Zatechka said.
"We also are aware that
there is a severe bug prob
lem in Harper," he said.
Zatechka said he plans to in
spect both halls next week
to determine the situation's
severity.
Jim Hill, a Heppner
Garden Level resident, said
that crickets and cockroach
es "are bad in the whole
building."
'Worse in basement
"It's a lot worse here in
the basement," he said.
"Once one of the guys on
the floor caught a three
inch long cockroach and
kept it in a bottle without
water for a month. At the
end of that time it was still
alive."
Tom Macdissi, student
assistant for Heppner
Garden Level, said there
were a lot of bugs at the be
ginning of the year, but
after he sprayed for them
several times, the problem
diminished.
The bugs still come
back from time to time," he
said, "but I keep my room
stocked with spray and that
keeps them under control."
Macdissi said that the
trash chute, which ends on
his floor, tends to attract
bugs and that there is not
much anyone can do about
that.
"When you have food
and garbage down here, nat
urally there will be bugs,"
he said.
Macdissi said he talked to
the Neihardt maintenance
department about the prob
lem, .and they had been
"very good" about respond
ing to his complaint.
Mike Leupold, mainten
ance manager for the Cath-er-Pound-Neihardt
Complex,
said he has received com
plaints about bugs from
Heppner Garden Level resi
dents. Dampness trouble
"Heppner has always
given us trouble because of
the dampness," he said, add
ing that he has supplied
sprays to the residents when
they ask for them.
"We have not received re
ports from other sections of
the building, but we always
take care of such complaints
immediately," he said.
A resident of Selleck
Quadrangle, who asked not
to be identified, said that
there- have been bugs in the
bathrooms.
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'I filled a glass of water
in the bathroom and when I
turned around, it was full of
little bugs," the resident
said. "I have sometimes had
to drain bugs out of the sink
before I could use it."
Dan Schnell, a Harper
resident, said he has sprayed
for cockroaches several
times, but it has not helped.
"We have tried every
thing legally possible to get
rid of the bugs," Zatechka
said. 'There are some sprays
that we can't use because
they are toxic to humans,
although these sprays would
probably be more effective
killers."
Zatechka said he has
spoken to outside extermin
ating services about the
problem, but he doubts
they would be more effect
ive than UNL maintenance.
"Students can cut down
on bugs by being careful
about food disposal," he
added. "Leftover pizza
thrown out in the halls in
stead of being put in the
trash chute will bring in
bugs."
Zatechka said that many
bugs come into buildings
through the sewers and that
problem is almost impos
sible to solve.
"I am not for a minute
denying that the students
have a legitimate concern
and housing is doing its best
to deal with the problem,"
he said.
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