"It doesn't matter to me who works here,"Garber says. "Anybody can do these jobs. We try tomaximize the work-study people because it's muchcheaper for us, but that's about it."
Some jobs, believe it or not, are even easierthan that of a monitor.
For example, men's hockey players servesandwiches to the press during home footballgames, a tradition begun by Cleary when he coachedthe hockey team.
The job consists of about 20 minutes work andpays around $30 per game, according to SteveMartins '95, a varsity hockey player. Matthew F.Mallgrave '93, also on the hockey team, saysplayers hand out pre-prepared sandwiches as theywatch the game.
"It's not too difficult to do both," Mallgravesays.
The primary qualification for hiring isapplying for a job with the Operations Officeearly--try July. The first-come, first-servedsystem fills most of the shifts by late August,according to Garber.
But for the remaining shifts, and for openingswhich become available during the year, Garberuses a casual information network between theOperations Office and the coaches.
"To fill out a staff, we will contact coachesto find players that are needy and want part-timework," Garber says. "It's a fairly informalsystem."
The informal network leads to more athletehires, even when non-athletes may be applying forthe same job, according to Garber.
"Naturally, if a coach whose office is justdown the hall from mine or is in the building hasa needy student, I'll probably follow that upfirst," Garber says.
Garber's office is on the first floor of theDillon Field House. Several sports teams haveoffices in Dillon, including the football andmen's hockey teams.
Access to Garber's information net seems thekey to landing a job across the river.
Take Ryan MacNeill of Arlington, who worksnights as the monitor at Blodgett Pool. MacNeill,who is taking a year off from St. Michael's (aprep school near Burlington, Vt.), hands outtowels, checks IDs and watches television for mostof his shift. He earns $6.25 an hour.
MacNeill's mother is Barbara MacNeill, whoworks as a secretary in the footballoffice--directly across the hall from Garber andoperations.
"Yeah, I was looking all over, then my mothertipped me off to this job over the summer,"MacNeill says. "Once I was here, they just let mestay on."
Steven A. Engel and Joe Mathews contributedto the writing and reporting of this article.