2. Thursday, February 15, 2001 The CompaSS
TalkofECSU: by Laquisha Tisdal
If you could travel back in time, what time period
would you go back to and why?
Amena Becton,
Freshman
would go back to the Medieval time or the
period of the Renaissance because I like
those big dresses they wore. I would wear a
gold one.”
Dr. Carol Charlotte Jones,
Adjunct Instructor
“I would go back to East Anglia in the year 625, because there was
a shipwreck at SuttonHoo. No one knows who’s buried there; it has
rich jewelry, armor, swords, shields, cooking gear, etc.”
Inger Parker,
Junior
“I would go back to the Garden of Eden and
trade places with Eve. Then I could resist
the serpents temptation to bite the forbidden
fruit so that my descendants can live in a
perfect and beautiful world, and I could enjoy
it with them.”
Damion Lewis,
Freshman
“I would go to Italy during the
Renaissance because it is similar to
what is going on now, like
breakthrough technology, art and
social development.”
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Amanda Parker
amandayp@hotmail.com
ECSU like many other institutions
of higher education, worries about pro
tecting its students.
And one way to protect its students
when there are 2,000 of them is with
an electronic security system. But when
most of the students are older than 18,
the question becomes, "do they want
to be protected?"
As of the spring 2001 semester, ECSU
has implemented a full card system.
The key card system has been designed
to provide safety and security through
out residence halls and the commu
nity. The residence hall key card sys
tem is programmed to accept and al
low entrance only to residents assigned
to that particular building, dorm direc
tors, maintenance workers and other
authorized personnel.
To some, the implementation of this
newly technological advancement at
ECSU is remarkable, but to others, the
new technique is a major inconve
nience.
Senior, Shaunte Barnes said she feels
safer now that ECSU has adopted the
key card system. " Now outsiders can't
freely walk into the dorms. The key
card system prevents students from po
tential danger inside the dorms from
unwanted intruders because access is
permissable only to those who have
proper authorization."
Unlike Barnes, Sophomore, Mario
Jackson disagrees. "I believe rather than
proving to be an enhancement for stu
dents, it will become a potential harm
for them."
Jackson derived this because the key
card system does not operate properly
to authorized ID cards. "If a student is
trying to get away from danger outside
the dorm by entering the dorm, but
their card doesn't work it can be very
dangerous especially when not all call
boxes work properly either," said Jack
son.
"It has cut down on a lot of traffic
from strangers in and out of the build
ings, and that is one of the goals we
hoped to achieve with the system,"
said police chief, George Mountain.
Some problems with the key card
system thus far is as follows: some
times access to authorized people is
denied, usually resulting from a
scratch or bend of the ID cards.Special
deliverers at times carmot gain access
in the buildings also.
Although there are a few glitches
that need to be worked out. Univer
sity officials said so far overall the key
card system has proven to be a suc
cess, and the Ur\iversity has no plans
of deleting the system.
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