Article: Roaches invade U. New Mexico housing

Alma Olaechea
University Wire
06-08-2000
(Daily Lobo) (U-WIRE) ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- A cockroach infestation in on-campus housing is making summer school that much harder for University of New Mexico residents.

"I literally skip to my room trying to avoid the roaches in the building," said Athena Spencer, a resident of Coronado Hall. "The other day when I walked in my room there was a roach crawling around where I keep my food. I screamed. As if that wasn't bad enough, I looked down and there was a little one on my shirt."

Richard Fagerlund, known around campus and the city as the "Bugman," said campus housing is especially susceptible to roaches because they come in through doors that are ...

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