Dear Columbia community,
We’ve been hearing student feedback, and, you’d better believe it, three years later, we listened, kinda. As of December 8th, CUID swipe access restrictions on all buildings on Columbia’s Morningside campus have been removed. However, all residential halls, libraries, labs, and places worth going to on campus will continue to require CUID access, as will academic buildings with entrances on public streets. So, yeah, don’t get too excited.
To be clear, all (yes, all) buildings on campus will be absolutely, 100% restriction-free (with the small exception of every single library, Lerner, NoCo, Mudd, Schapiro, Dodge, and Pupin. Oh yeah, and all of the dorms too).
Sorry kiddos, Butler’s still gonna require swipe access, bummer. Boo-hoo. There’s really nothing we can do about that. But, hey, remember Schermerhorn? Yeah, you know the one, that grimy old fixer-upper! Well, now you and your friends can have loads of fun hanging out there, and you won’t even need to swipe in. You’re gonna love the extension. You’re welcome!
We at Public Safety listen to our community, and as Public Safety, we will always do anything to keep the public safe. After students unanimously named one area where they were most dissatisfied with our university: Public Safety, we at Public Safety have made it our top priority to fix these disruptive Public Safety policies that frankly never would have existed in the first place if Public Safety were in charge. This is why we have instated a new Public Safety mission statement: “Columbia Public Safety is in charge of keeping the public safe.”
Sincerely,
Columbia Public Safety
(Note: access to Schermerhorn is subject to change at the whims of Public Safety)
