RUPD: Just wait to close the gates
It’s happened to many of us. You live off-campus, but you come to Rice for an evening problem set or group meeting and park in a faculty lot. You finish your homework, check the clock and rush out to your car to make it out of Entrance 1, 2, 3 or 16 before the gates close at midnight. Only after you’ve made the fateful turn toward the closest exit do you realize that it’s 11:50, and the gates have been closed.
We realize all the gates cannot be closed simultaneously. And it’s not that there’s anything sacred about the midnight closing time. But the fact is: The Rice University Police Department claims the gates are open until midnight, and students plan their exit routes accordingly. If RUPD wants to start closing the gates at 11:45, then it should publicize 11:45 as the closing time. But given that the midnight closing time is already ingrained in students’ minds, this year, RUPD should wait until midnight to begin closing the gates.
Sure, redesigning a route home isn’t a big deal, but it’s an inconvenience we think could be easily avoided.
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