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Wednesday, June 17, 2026
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Suspended in the security gap

Last Wednesday, Heather Rakoczy Russell explained to the Student Body Senate that the main cause behind the new Swipe-In Policy is student safety and security. Senators then raised the concern that swiping in provided the administration with a record of many people that enter a dorm, and it was here that Chief Keri Kei Shibata mentioned that the administration was looking into the addition of closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras outside of every door of the dorms. My consequent concern is this: What is the administration doing in the interim?







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Archbishop Lori

Anyone who has worked as a college newspaper editor or reporter understands the tremendous burden of carrying a full academic load while simultaneously attending to what feels like a full-time job. That’s why it was remarkable, in addition to its usual coverage of tri-campus events, that The Observer conducted its own enterprise reporting in writing recently about the library funding controversy in St. Joseph County.