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Discuss “Locked out and broke”

Last week, Housing and Dining Services announced that it would be charging students for lock-outs by increasing $5 increments after an initial free first lockout, and the price of replacement ID cards from $15 to $25.

Because Housing and Dining officials didn’t specify why the change was necessary in their memo to students, it seems that they would use the money to make up the costs of replacing lost keys and cards. Their website, however, states that all funding will be allocated to Safewalk, a program that provides late-night escorts to walk students to residence halls from places on campus.

Safewalk is, admittedly, a good program to have, but it is unfair to slap increasingly severe punishments on students for accidentally locking themselves...

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