Michael Pasco
Contributing Writer
After a fight that attracted the attention of six police cars on Jan. 20 in the IHOP Express at Laurel and Grace Place, Dining Services’ recent decision to check student IDs might make more sense to students.
In last Tuesday’s TelegRAM, VCU announced that the IHOP Express will be increasing security on Friday, Saturday and Sunday after 1 a.m, when they stop taking swipes.
VCU students will be asked to show their ID in order to access the dining facility. They are allowed to have a maximum of three guests.
“We aren’t trying to limit the students,” Assistant Director of Dining Services Dan McDonald said. “We just want them to feel comfortable…. That’s our primary concern.”
Dining Sales and Services manager Tamara Highsmith said the policy change was prompted by increased traffic through the facility.
“Our security advised us (to implement the policy) because of the lines that formed and the crowd control issues that they had, in order for students to access the facility we made for them… It’s not because of an incident.”
Using student IDs to grant access to university buildings is not anything new.
“We found a precedent in the library,” Highsmith said. “(It’s) open to the public, but it’s okay to limit it at times to students only.”
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