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Geriinger Field needs year off;
drainage problem continues
By Scott Simonson
£ meta‘d Contributor_
England has Stonehenge. ih«>
South I’iii lfii has Faster Island,
and Nashville has country mu
sic
Kat.h i omer of tin* world has
its own mysterious and unex
plained phenomena
The University campus has
(ierlinger Field
For more than two years, the
field located hetween Gerlmger
Hall, Gerlinger Annex and the
Pioneer Ometary has been off
limits almost year-round A
sign that rends Closed for ren
ovation/rest” stands in the mid
dle of the space — despite the
field appearing quite normal.
Hut Gerlinger Field is not
closed for renovations It's not
the result of buroaucratii mis
management It's not even .1
government cover up
University Physical Plant Di
rt* tor Ted Burns said the field
is just "resting."
The field is closed. Burns
said, because continued use
c ould cause permanent damage
to the field or injury to students
using it.
Poor drainage under the field
i a uses soft ground that is easily
torn up and slowly repaired, he
said
"It's n real old field that
doesn't take* drainage very well
Water |ust sits in there." Burns
said.
Burns said the field's drain
age problem is caused by a
combination of a high amount
of clay in the soil and an out
dated drainage system When
(.erlinger Annex was built, lie
said, the field was left largely
without a plac e to drain
The field c loses every year af
ter a i ouple of weeks of use
‘tt’s a real old field
that doesn’t take
drainage very well.’
Ted Burns,
University Physical Plant
Director
during fall term. Time is re
quired for the field to heal it
self. which it does slowly, espe
cially during the winter, Burns
said.
While the field could be ini
proved with a more modern
drainage system like those at
the University's soccer field or
the new field south of the
Knight Library, he said that
such an improvement is unlike
ly
“You can do anything if you
have the money, hut right now
we don't," Hums said.
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