Students can breathe easy now that the clogged sewage main that caused the stench outside Stubbs Hall and the SUB was fixed Thursday.

Bryan Thorn, Physical Plant Director at ULM, said he had just found out about the problem on Wednesday.

“We depend on the people who work in that area to report things,” Thorn said. “If they don’t report it, we don’t know about it.”

Thorn said the main clogging is just a routine problem that happens from time to time.

Many students were relieved to know the problem had been solved.

“It smelled like poo,” said Jennie Lee an undeclared freshman. “It’s pure poo.”

Lee said she didn’t know who was in charge of things like that. Or she would have complained about it sooner.

The smell stretched from Stubbs Hall to nearly the Quad for over a month. This caused looks of disgust and gags from students going down sidewalks.

The City of Monroe is responsible for repairs to the water and sewage system. Once they were called, the problem was fixed in a day.

“I’m glad it’s fixed,” said Taylor Stutts, a sophomore computer science major. “It is one less problem on a spectacular campus.”