May 2025: Men have more places to pee in Cal Poly's academic buildings
Older campus buildings often provide fewer fixtures for women, leading to long wait times
Ellie Miller spends most of her time in the Erhart Agriculture building. In the 10 minutes before class or the second after classes end, the agribusiness senior and other female students often have to wait in long lines to use the restroom.
“During rush hour between classes, the line goes out the door all the way [down the hall],” Miller said. “Everybody wants to jump in and use the bathroom. If you really have to go, you have to run downstairs and try to use the two-stall women’s bathroom.”
Within Cal Poly’s academic buildings, women often have fewer restroom stalls. The university tracks the number of restrooms but not the individual number of places to pee, according to university spokesperson Keegan Koberl.
Mustang News counted restroom stalls in campus buildings. The agriculture building has three men’s and two women’s restrooms. The men’s restrooms have a total of nine stalls and 11 urinals. The women have access to six stalls throughout the building.
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