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University Daily Kansan
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Wednesday, August 20, 1986
Campus active through thick of night
By Kirk Kahler
Special to the Kansan
Although many students are too busy partying or sleeping to realize it, there is a significant amount of activity on the KU campus throughout the night.
Workers in several offices on campus perform their duties throughout the night.
You would think most people would dislike these jobs because the abnormal working hours could updle life's normal activities. But the workers meet their late-night chores positively for a variety of reasons.
Mark Sellers, 1012 Emery Road, works for the department of facilities operations and is one of three people in charge of cleaning Wescoe Hall. Although his shift is from 5 p.m. to 2 a.m., he said, he prefers this shift to others he might work.
He said that he liked the shift because students were out of the building, giving late-night workers more opportunity to complete the large amount of work to be done every night.
"This gives you a better chance to get raises and promotions." he said.
Sellers also said the night shift allowed more time to have a little fun with the supervisors and co-workers. This is one of the ways to deal with the sleepless, late hours.
Ernie Steinbach, 2713 Maverick Lane, works the same shift as Sellers and said he liked the night work so much that he took a demotion to obtain the shift. Steinbach said the cameradeir and unique experiences made the job worthwhile.
the only bad aspect of the job is rude and disrespectful students who let him know that they look down on him and his job. Steinbach said.
Both Sellers and Steinbach said that the job sometimes got in the way because they had jobs during the day also.
But janitors aren't the only late-night workers on campus.
The University Information Center is a 24-hour operation that needs someone in the office all night. Kristen Henderson, who often works the night shift, said that because she was
a student, the job sometimes became difficult to manage.
Henderson said there were numerous things to occupy time while trying to fight the boredom. When the phones aren't ringing, possibilities include updating information folders and current events bulletin boards, entering calls into the nightly report and reading and watching T V.
But the best diversion, Henderson said, is often the bed in the room so the worker can get what little sleep is possible. She said it was very difficult to answer the phone and the caller's question adequately when awakened from a sound sleep.
Some of the offbeat calls are one of the few highlights of the job. Henderson said. Some people call just to talk to someone. One caller has become known and expected to call because of the frequency of his calls.
Lazy journalists using the service to research stories; callers who get mad because their question can't be answered; and abusive drunks are the only calls that really irritate the workers. Henderson said.
"The only good thing is that you can always hang on," she said.
Several KU policemen are also out all night patrolling the campus. Officer Paul Stanton, 3425 W. 9th Court, said the night shift could be extremely boring, especially during the summer when there are fewer students
Most of Stanton's time is spent driving around the campus, walking parking lots and performing minimal traffic enforcement. He said he basically looked for any suspicious activity and made himself available to answer the few calls the department received.
Stanton battles sleep and boredom by turning up the radio in his car, eating sunflower seeds or doing foot patrol. He said this became a difficult battle at times because it affected his state of awareness, which could put a strain on his reaction time.
Paperwork does not take up much of his time because paperwork results from arrets, which are few during his shift, he said.
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The variety of situations he encounters makes the late-night hours worthwhile. But he said of all the personalities he had dealt with in his years of police work, drunk college students are the worst with regards to respect and conduct.
He said that he thought it was easier to fit into the student schedule, because, if scheduled right, he can be finished with work, school and studies by noon. He then has the rest of the day to sleep.
Workers at the University Computing Center are also among the campus all-nighters. Bill Parrson, 1417 E. 15th St., said he enjoyed working all night at the center.
Parrison's duties during the night include saving information taken from the computer, checking out material to students, mounting tapes
There is usually plenty to keep busy, Parrison said, but when things slow down, boredom sets in. He fights this by reading computer manuals, playing with the computer and developing his own programs.
on the computer and whatever else may require his attention.
Parterson said that his shift was attractive because it was quieter than during the day. There is no one to distract him from his work, he said, and he doesn't have to deal with supervision.
At any given time, passersby may witness the lone burning of late-night lampo in practically every building on campus. This, combined with the regular nightly activity, makes for a rather busy KU campus 24 hours a day.
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