http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/564/story/475324.html
This should increase female attendance at the football games!
Men on the other hand still have to use the 1929 version.
http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/564/story/475324.html
This should increase female attendance at the football games!
Men on the other hand still have to use the 1929 version.
~rthomas
Sounds like the women will be living in luxury come football season. They may not know what to do with themselves.
I’m happy to see them trying to work around the Durham issue and make things better.A plan to renovate the aged bathrooms in Duke's Wallace Wade Stadium is on hold for another year, so the university is bringing in high-end portable toilets for women to use during football games.
The trailers, which the university customarily rents for events related to alumni weekends, are air-conditioned and even feature an attendant, said Chris Kennedy, Duke's senior associate athletic director.
"They're a lot nicer than what we have now," Kennedy said. "It's the high end, the gold standard."
http://www.newsobserver.com/sports/c...y/1096955.html
This decision regarding women's restrooms seems to have come out on nowhere. Is the solution to the problem to follow the Pentagon's example on spending for restroom equipment?
When Spring Scrimmage took place, the leaves and trash which accumulated since the end of last season were still piled up near the areas in front of the restrooms. I would be happy just to see the grounds cleaned up!
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Do the "attendants" that apparently come with the toilets count as part of the official attendance for game? If so, well done administration. Way to kill two birds with one stone.
On a related and not at all surprising note, the story was picked up (and mocked) by Deadspin
I think this quote is the meat of the issue
While improving the pissers is important, especially to the ladies, it is winning that will put more fannies into said facilities, or, lining up for them as the case may be. 48 "seats" will be available for the ladies. If we start winning and we get 30,000 fans for the games at the end of the season, that means there will be ~10,000 women at the game. That's a line 200+ long for each "seat" if they all want to go at halftime.This is important, because if there's one thing that's important at a Duke football game, it's the bathrooms.
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Chris Kennedy is a smart guy, no doubt, but he has made some pretty dumb statements, lately. First, he talked about how The Admiral was really a good AD, deep down....let me get you a kleenex Chris...and then today...these toilets are the "gold standard". Thanks for adding to the ridicule, CK. Here's a tip: when you get new latrines, you downplay it.
Today, I've everything about how Duke should start a Fantasy Bathroom Academy to "why are toilets an issue when you need fans".
Just as long as the don't install the NASA toilets, I'll be okay with that...
do these luxury porta-johns have running water?
As a brand new season ticket holder, I am very happy to know that we'll have the new potties at Wally Wade.
I'm wondering, however, if we must tip the attendants. . .
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It's a matter of priorities and standards, not a question of one or the other. In view of how impressed he was with how clean the campus was, it's a good thing Coach Cutcliffe didn't walk through the area near the stadium restrooms when he was walking on campus prior to his interview!
I, for one, have never been in the women's rest rooms at Wally Wade when there hasn't been leaves and debris on the floor. Not to mention the spider webs in the stalls, on the ceilings, and in the doorways. I would be fine with having the present facilites swept and cleaned while waiting for the new ones to be built.