1986_11 The Daily Collegian November 1986

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Trees drip sap on cars; issue may get sticky
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a    By Tamara Toller .
Staff Writer
Residence hall students are incensed
about dripping tree sap in parking lot G
which apparently is damaging automo¬
biles, according to Scott Vick. an
Associated Students senator and dorm
president.
"Everyone who has a car has a problem
with it." said Vick. who is responsible for
taking student complaints to Plant
Operations.
"Most of the residents are accom¬
modating, "said Vick. "They really do not
want to complain. However. 90 to 100
percent of them are ticked off, and why
shouldn't they be. they have to wash their
cars twice a week," he said.
Jcf Keith, a second-year dorm resident,
is concerned about the sap ruining
automobiles. "The sap can easily ruin a
$500 or $600 paint job in a week," Keith
said. "Last year during Christmas break,
between the sap and the leaves. I had to
use a waxing compound to remove it off
my car." he said. v__
"Every year about this time, wit have a
problem with the trees and sap,"s/id John
Housing people have no answers;
affected students still outraged
Wetzel, housing director. "It's a miserable trees, are the cause of sap falling onto
problem. 1 wish^hcn they planted the parked cars in the parking lots throughout
trees years ago. they had given it more    campus.
problems are deciduous, they .will be
closing their leaves in the next few weeks."
In addition to being expensive, treat¬
ment of the trees is also a slow process.
"The soil or tree injections take a good
three weeks to a month to take effect." he
said. "It's a wait and see process."
forethought."
The trees are periodically pruned for
visibility and to keep from scratching the
automobiles. Wetzel said. "At one point,
we tried to get the trees removed; however,
it is simply not possible. The university is
an arboretum, and the trees cannot be
removed because it would affect the
atmosphere." he said.
As the trees die off. Wetzel said he
woyjd like to see them replaced with trees
which do not create sap.
Ruben Garcia, groundskeeper for the
university, said the problem with the sap
stems from aphids in the trees throughout
campus.
"There is a variety of trees. Liquid
ambers, elms and tulip trees are the three
predominant trees that seem to be giving
us the most problems in that lot." Garcia
said.
Garcia said the aphids infesting the
According to Garcia, the sap and aphid
problem is cyclic. "Because it is not a
particularly hot summer, extra-generations
of aphids occurred." he said.
Vick and dorm residents called for
treatment of the trees. Vick said he was
told by Garcia the problem could be
treated next spring when the sap situation
starts again.
Vick said he does not see the logic in
waiting to treat the trees. "If you can
prevent an accident from happening,
instead of letting it happen, why not stop
it before it happens. It is like driving a car
and waiting to get hit." he said.
Garcia told The Daily Collegian the
trees would be treated periodically. "When
it becomes a severe enough problem, we
treat them.
"It's not worth treating them now,"
Garcia   said.  "The   trees  causing  the
Wee hours are time for milking
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By Loriann Lowry
Staff Writer
Cheryl Bruski gets out of bed very early.
She is not an early morning jogger, nor
is she suffering from insomnia. She milxs
cows at the CSU F dairy barn in the small
hours of the day, two days a week.
Keeping early morning company with
the barn's 100 cows and half-dozen resident
stray cats, Bruski is one of several students
responsible for the twice daily milkings,
seven days a week.
Bruski's turn comes at 2 a.m. on Monday'
and Friday mornings. She rises just early
enough to be at work before many students
even go to bed.
"We have to get here around 2 a.m.,"
Bruski said. The hour that lapses before
the 3 a.m. milking is spent putting out
alfalfa hay for the cows' breakfast as soon
as milking is done.
Most of the actual milking process is
automated, so only one person is needed
to keep things running smoothly.. Bruski is
alone, except for the cows and the kittens.
BLOOM COUNTY
The first string of 17 cows is taken into
the milking barn at 3 a.m. where their
udders are sprayed clean automatically by
what looks like lawn sprinklers set up at
knee level.
Six at a time the cows are then channeled
up to six separate milking machines. It is
the milker's job to prime the cows, or hand
milk them a little, before attaching the
milking machines.
From there, the milk is taken through
pipes running along the ceiling to a filter,
where any impurities arc separated out. It
evenings."said Burski. As she sprayed the
milking area and storage room down with
water, she said she goes back to bed after
milking whenever she gets the chance.
"This isay"o6job,"shesaid. "It's kinda
nice.
It's really a different environment than
other jobs, no punching a clock."
Bruski said she has been working at the
dairy barn for three years since transferring
from a Southern California junior college.
She said she likes the morning milking
is then stored in a tank until the milk's k schedule because it is quiet without thc
processors, the schoolVdairy prbceiftfng
unit, and Danish Creamery pick it up later
that night.
The last string of cows is the sick ones,
and their milk is kept separate, even
though there is nothing actually wrong
with it, Burski said. This milk is fed to the
calves and the remainder is dumped.
The entire milking takes three and one-
half to four hours, but sometimes it varies,
Burski said.
"You learn to sleep during the day, and
schedule classes for later in the day or
schooltours thai come through during the
day, and she does not have to work in the
heat during the warmer months.
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The Women's Caw will mert
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Heather Anderson will give a present¬
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An Opes Hearing to discuss the
generaleducauon mathematics require¬
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CU 308. Students are invited to
participate.
The Graduate Council will meet
today at 2:15 p.m. in Main Cafeteria
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The Associated Student Senate
will meet today at 3 p.m. in College
Union 312.
Cadoceus, the Pre-medical Club,
will meet today at 5 p.m. in New
Science 141.
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I say we kidnap Thato" and take him with us to
Ma/atlan While we're at it wc should take "Music
Man" too. What do you say? Carmel sounds real nice
right now. That's w here »e should put it this weekend.
And Janice? Well I just don't know what to say. Just
that she's not going to make me order one of those
drinks, nor is she going to make me ..well Schick may
not appreciate it. O.K. Well gotta go. I have to get
that bullet out of thc freezer or Mr. Harmon may
accuse me of ruining all of its spirit. a
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