I'm actually at RPI right now. A majority of the student body, at least those I've talked to, don't particularly like her as President. A part of that is the inflated salary, but it's also how the school's being run. The most recent example is actually happening right now.
There have been some robberies in a couple of the residence halls recently. Mainly in the one which is in probably the most sketchy area near campus. The robberies are blamed on people from the neighboring area "piggybacking" into the residence hall (waiting for students to scan their cards, and then following them in), and going into unlocked rooms to steal things. It's an understandable assumption, right?
Well, they responded by locking down all residence halls to only the people who live there. Now, if you want to visit a friend, or you actually need to get into another hall for something, you have two options. One, wait for a friend to come down and let you in, or two, follow somebody else into the building. The policies meant to help prevent robberies through piggybacking are actually making legitimate students piggyback into buildings. After a couple more robberies, they've only increased security measures further.
Each residence hall now only has one entrance/exit in the entire building, with every other door designated as emergency exit only. RA's are supposed to stay at the doors and check IDs, with their obviously unlimited free time. If a student's door is found unlocked, campus security will lock it and put a sign on the door announcing to the world that this person left their door unlocked. Even if it was just to pick up their laundry. With each robbery, the campus is turning into essentially a police state.
A lot of people think that these policies are instituted by Residence Life, but I've got friends there and they're all just as pissed as the rest of us. They also get crap from all the people who think it's their call, when in reality the decision came from MUCH higher up.
There have been some robberies in a couple of the residence halls recently. Mainly in the one which is in probably the most sketchy area near campus. The robberies are blamed on people from the neighboring area "piggybacking" into the residence hall (waiting for students to scan their cards, and then following them in), and going into unlocked rooms to steal things. It's an understandable assumption, right?
Well, they responded by locking down all residence halls to only the people who live there. Now, if you want to visit a friend, or you actually need to get into another hall for something, you have two options. One, wait for a friend to come down and let you in, or two, follow somebody else into the building. The policies meant to help prevent robberies through piggybacking are actually making legitimate students piggyback into buildings. After a couple more robberies, they've only increased security measures further.
Each residence hall now only has one entrance/exit in the entire building, with every other door designated as emergency exit only. RA's are supposed to stay at the doors and check IDs, with their obviously unlimited free time. If a student's door is found unlocked, campus security will lock it and put a sign on the door announcing to the world that this person left their door unlocked. Even if it was just to pick up their laundry. With each robbery, the campus is turning into essentially a police state.
A lot of people think that these policies are instituted by Residence Life, but I've got friends there and they're all just as pissed as the rest of us. They also get crap from all the people who think it's their call, when in reality the decision came from MUCH higher up.
And all this is in the past month or so.