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Cleanlink News 11/5/2007

Custodians Attack Graffiti


According to Bowling Green News, graffiti is popping up all over campus and although "some consider it a form of expression, others consider it vandalism." Facilities Services employees who are responsible for cleaning graffiti — whether indoors or on outside walls — comment that although the problem isn't as severe as years past, it is still a nascence.

But, the custodial crew often has to do more than clean the mess; they need to report it to campus police, who then document it for the records. "Most of the graffiti found is discriminatory and requires more work on the part of the custodial employees. Discriminatory graffiti requires custodial workers to call the University Police and file an incident report, on top of removing the graffiti."

Off campus, some building owners don’t mind the graffiti, which can make it more difficult on the campus employees to control. "So the question remains - is graffiti a form of self-expression or is it simply another form of vandalism?"

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