The first time someone threw a baseball into the metal door at Barton Community College’s Kirkman Center, it may have been an accident. But today, Athletic Director Trevor Rolfs has dozens of photos of damaged walls, heavy vinyl curtains, and the aforementioned door, all of them pocked or broken from the hundreds of baseballs, softballs and soccer balls that have been hurled without a thought or care about the damage being done.The Kirkman Student Activity Center was built in 1995. Had the college administrators known then what this building would become – an “unofficial YMCA” where community members can drop in any time it’s open and shoot hoops or practice their chosen sport – they might have built it bigger and better.
Stewardship
Those using Kirkman Center should show respect