Students and some faculty members have expressed concerns about the restrooms.

“The restroom is usually always clean. The only problem would be the smell,” said SGA President, Marc Buitin.

“There was sewage that came up from the drainage in the student center restroom and that caused it to shutdown for about a week,” one UOG student said.

Upon entering the Marcs restroom, there is an immediate foul smell. This brought to my attention of speaking with the official involved with maintaining the restrooms.

Interim of Maintenance and Chief
of staff, David Okada, said, “The foul smell is coming from the sewer, because people are clogging up the toilets with paper towels and toilet tissue causing it to
back up. This damages the pipes and that is why we sometimes have flooding in the restrooms.”

“For now, to maintain the smell, we drop a little organic chemical but it won’t last all day,” Maintenance Supervisor, James Hollyer said.

“We’re currently trying to pinpoint who is flushing those items down the toilet because we have cases where we go down the sewer and find, paper towels, whole rolls of toilet tissue, wood, and latex gloves. There is a smell in the restroom because everything needs to be replaced, but we don’t have the funding to do so.” Okada said.

David Okada and his maintenance team are doing everything in their power to pinpoint the source of the clogging and hopefully put an end to all the damages it has caused.