Citadel military school to put locks on cadets' rooms

Colleges and Universities A-Z Merchant Marine Academy - Kings Point
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<p>CHARLESTON, South Carolina (AP) -- The Citadel will break with tradition and install locks on all cadet rooms amid concerns about safety in the wake of the Virginia Tech shootings.</p>

<p>Male cadets at the state military college have no locks on their barracks doors. Female cadets can lock their doors from the inside. The tradition had evolved in keeping with the spareness of military life and with the school's honor code, which mandates that cadets do not steal.</p>

<p>Now, all cadets will get keys to lock their doors from the outside by next semester. Installing the locks will cost about $125,000.</p>

<p>"This decision in no way compromises the honor system. The personal standards that a cadet does not lie, cheat or steal nor tolerate those who do remains the centerpiece of The Citadel experience," said the school's president, retired Air Force Lt. Gen. John Rosa.</p>

<p>The idea had been discussed before the Virginia Tech shootings. But a review after that incident shows "times have changed and society has changed" and locks are needed, Rosa said.</p>

<p>"My job is the safety of every student," he added.</p>

<p>The Citadel's Board of Visitors approved the change at a regularly scheduled weekend meeting.</p>

<p>The college's commandant of cadets, Greg Stone, said locks will mean "a new way of operating" but won't change the way cadets interact.</p>

<p>College attorney Mark Brandenburg said the locks will help safeguard the college from legal liability. But he said it is about more than lawsuits. "We weren't at the standard of care we wanted to be," he said.</p>

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<p>I wonder how these type of decisions will filter down to other schools like KP or other academies etc?</p>

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<p>all the barracks here have locks on the doors, some manual key locks (in the older barracks) and others have keypads (newer barracks). i don't see how that would make any difference on the honor code. the people who are going to steal, are going to steal no matter what the honor code at whichever school says. and i doubt that's the reasoning behind it at all. it is nice to have the little bit of added privacy and security feel, but it doesn't change anything, the administration can still access any room at any time and it's understood that it is in their right to do so. so i really doubt this will change anything other than making the students happier</p>

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<p>i disagree the number of cadets who would steal is veryyy small so locks wont make a difference</p>

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<p>except in 1st co... earlier this year stuff was getting stolen every other day...</p>

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<p>do u go to the citadel KP10?</p>

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<p>KP10 is talking about 1st Co at Kings Point</p>