According to Surtida Bhandari, the community bathrooms on campus are cleaned every day.

Bhandari, one of the complex directors for West Circle, said the only time problems occur with the bathrooms are when irresponsible people come in and trash the bathrooms and disrespect the community.

Communication sophomore RJ Prusa, a Shaw Hall resident, said his problem with the community bathrooms on campus includes the two or three days without bathroom paper towels or it being cleaned at all.

But not all experiences are bad for community bathroom users.

“I like not having to clean the bathroom,” Prusa said. “I also like not having to wait in line for it. There’s always a shower there, there’s always a place to go to the bathroom and wash your hands, and you don’t have to wait outside the door.”

Shaw Hall Manager Carol Noud said the community bathrooms are cleaned on a daily basis. She said the 20 bathrooms in Shaw are divided between four workers who occasionally work weekends.

The Web site, http://bathrooms.arefun.net, was created to show students exactly what the bathrooms look like.

bathrooms.arefun.net, was created to show students exactly what the bathrooms look like.

The creator of the site could not be reached for comment. Students and management have mixed feelings about it.

“I think it’s just entertainment and shows what everyone already knew,” said Garrett Parke, a no-preference freshman and Shaw Hall resident.

Noud said many of the messes in the community bathrooms have been created so that they can be displayed on the Web site.

“I’ve had conversations with students about the site,” she said. “It’s frustrating for our staff to clean up these types of messes.”

However, some students argue that the problem is that these messes are not cleaned up quickly in the first place.

“I think the point of community bathrooms, one of the things the university pitches at you, is you live in this environment where you don’t have to clean up after yourself,” Prusa said. “That’s one of the things about living in the dorms, it’s supposed to be so nice, it’s just a duty-free place. So, in a bathroom where you have a suite, I would say it’s a student’s responsibility. But I think a lot of it should be placed on the maintenance workers because we pay all this money to live here.”

Pre-med freshman Amy Klok, Bryan Hall resident, said she disagrees. “The maintenance workers do a good job,” she said. “When they leave, the bathrooms are sparkling.”

Klok said students should be held responsible for their own actions, rather than counting on maintenance workers to clean up after them.

Diane Dismuke, who has worked as a building service worker for five years in Mayo Hall, said community bathrooms vary every year in how they are treated by their residents.

She said some of the biggest problems this year have been residents leaving their trash bags in the hallways and leaving dirty dishes in the sink.

“Some years are worse than others,” she said. “It seems to me that the new generation is messier, and they don’t like to pick up after themselves.”

Regardless of the disagreements with community bathrooms, most say it is the fault of only a few irresponsible people.

“I think that 98 percent of our students want to help create a clean, safe environment,” Noud said. “Most have no desire to contribute to these messes.”