Monday, April 25, 2005
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Students at residence halls are less concerned than fraternity and sorority houses about security related issues. Scholarship hall residents are more aware.
“I feel like we have a close-knit community, said Matt Henley, Hashinger resident and Fort Smith, Ark. freshman. “We play practical jokes on people, like taking away a computer and hiding it, but I feel pretty safe.”
Residence halls have security at night in the form of desk assistants, or “deskies,” who check residents into the building by scanning their KUIDs after 11 p.m. The only time security has been inefficient at Hashinger was when the KUID card scanners did not work. Deskies had to manually look up residents on lists to make sure they lived there, Henley said.
“I’ve never had anyone try to enter from another location other than the front,” said Kyle Laubner, GSP desk assistant and Burlington freshman.
The biggest security issue at GSP comes from people going out the side doors late at night. Everyone must check in and out at the front entrance, Laubner said.
This causes an alarm to go off. Deskies are advised to go after these individuals and report them to the associate complex director, Laubner said.
“This happens once a week,” Laubner said. “But I’ve never really encountered anyone that would make me feel unsafe there.”
Everyone must check in and out of the front entrance, Laubner said.
Residents at the scholarship halls are not as concerned about security related issues as well, but they remember earlier problems.
K.K. Amini Scholarship Hall had problems with thefts two years ago around December. The front door was only locked overnight and during break, as opposed to other scholarship halls that automatically locked their doors at all times, said Steve Bagwell, K.K. Amini resident and Lawrence senior.
People broke into the scholarship hall director’s room and took residents’ room keys. Bagwell has lived in the scholarship hall for four years and played it safe on holiday breaks after the incident.
“I take most of my expensive stuff home over breaks, like my guitars and my computer,” he said.
When school is in session and people are around, thefts have not been a concern, Bagwell said.
— Edited by Jesse Truesdale
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