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ASUH plans to use student money to build new park benches while older tables fall to pieces.

ASUH reprinted a scathing attack on Marriott by the Graduate Student Organization's Frank Karpiel in the first issue of its newspaper, touted to be the "in your face news."

Kim said she notices some buildings on campus look "really great," whereas others look "really horrible."

"I think it is worth looking into," she said. "It just doesn't make sense."

Kim said she feels the campus is not "user-friendly" and said ASUH plans to do their part to change that, including putting up more park benches.

Last year ASUH put up money to extend library hours during peak study periods.

ASUH is looking into planting Native Hawaiian plants on campus and fighting Hawaiian Electric Company's bid to run high powered cables right over the university, Kim said.

"That would be unsightly, but that's the least of our problems," she said. "The electromagnetic fields are known to cause leukemia. That is toxic, dangerous and unacceptable."

However, Kim admits to feeling a bit overwhelmed with how much there is to be done on campus. She said she plans to meet with other agencies on campus, like facilities management, and garner cooperation and support.

While she admits to sometimes asking herself "Why aren't they doing it?" she said she can't really blame Facilities Management.

"They are so busy," she said. "I saw the same people who were in here emptying the trash and vacuuming the floors outside trimming the hedges. It looks like they are doing a lot of work."

Michael Burger, a chemistry research assistant in Bilger Annex, has been with various departments on campus since 1976.

According to Burger, saying that Facilities Management is not doing any repair work on campus in the exact opposite of the truth.

Basic masking tape holds a door together in Bilger Annex.

"Facilities Management is working on things in this building virtually every day," Burger said. "The elevator requires repair approximately daily and the air conditioning has to constantly be repaired to protect millions of dollars of scientific equipment from overheating."

However, when it comes to decay, Bilger Annex is one of the worst buildings on campus. Its ancient elevator is an example of this.

Shereen Hokanson, telecommunications manager for Information Technology Services, has her offices on the top floor of Bilger Annex. Her office handles all calls made to and from campus--definitely of central importance.

However, the elevator is often out of order, which means her people have to lug their heavy equipment up five flights of stairs, Hokanson said.

The staircase is between the fourth and fifth floor is so rusty it actually has holes in it. Not only that, it is outside the building subject to rain, which can damage electronics and makes the metal steps dangerously slippery.

Facilities Management always responds to repair calls immediately and does what they can with what they have, but often there's little they can do, Burger said.

The doors in Bilger Annex are a perfect example, he said.

"Some doors in this building are mounted backwards," Burger explained. "The Fire Marshal insisted on a literal interpretation of the fire code instead of a logical one."

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