Experience NC State and Engineering Open House Review

klinger
Sun, 20 Mar 2016 19:34:04 +0000

I’ve had one daughter who recently graduated from NCSU, and a son currently a Freshman. Both lived in the Tri-Towers Freshman year, my daughter then lived in North Hall for 3 years. Security was never a problem for them. Tri-Towers require key card access to the building at the front door, and/or normal key access to the other external and room doors. However, as an observant parent, I have seen lax students who simply prop open doors, or allow others to pass right behind them without due process. Lock codes, RFID cards, and/or key locks do little good when well meaning residents allow such short-cuts. Short of making each dorm prison-like and allowing only one to pass at a time through one entrance, it is very hard to convince 18 year olds to take security seriously 100% of the time.

Also, my daughter was a College of Design student for four years, meaning she spent all hours of the night walking to and fro the Design Studios on North and East Campus. She found campus police and security always willing to help. Many nights she would call for escort if she felt the least bit nervous during the early AM hours. By the way, even the Design buildings, and some interior rooms, are card access only. But then again, no security system stops someone from passing through a door that is propped open.