However, the scorn many aim towards our sprinklers is in clear ignorance of just how important these watery clankers really are. The mowers need the sprinklers to water the grass every night, otherwise the grass would just give up and die since the mowers cut the grass so unreasonably short. This in turn provides the sprinklers with more hours, and both groups benefit by creating work for each other. Now of course one might be wondering, “Why exactly does the grass need to be cut so short at all?” For an answer, Collegian reached out to the Board of Trustees. At the end of the day, those sprinklers show up and work hard; what more can be asked for?