Locked out!

The Residence Halls on the Main Campus can only be entered via one way - through the Coughlin Commons. Now, you can exit through various other doors, but you have to be lucky to enter in through one of the 'shortcut' doors.

One example that I know of is the back door from Power Hall leading to the Sisters' Parking lot and further down, Lewis Hall and Parmer at the end of the walkway. This door is exit-only and if you want to enter through it to get to your room faster - you have to hope someone is near the door and willing to let you in. Otherwise, it's through the Coughlin Commons since - due to security reasons - you should enter through there in order to show your ID at the desk. And that is the only place that residents should really enter to get to their room - no matter how much the 'shortcut' way is more appealing though it requires a bit of luck.

Why not, according to resident student Nadya Remy, open up the door on the 2nd floor of Power that used to lead to faculty offices? Last year, those offices were converted to rooms for residents to relieve the housing shortage. But as a result, that door is completely closed off both ways. You can't enter it to get to your room (convenient if you have a room on Power's 2nd floor) or even to exit the Residence Halls and go into Power...without having to go outside. If it is possible to do an exit-only door with that back door previously mentioned - why not with this one? As far as I know, you don't need to show ID to leave the Residence Halls...

Thoughts?