By Alexandra Cortes

Resident Safety officials said they are considering a new personal sign-in policy for guests, and are asking employees and students for their opinion.

“It would free up the employees,” said Mercedes Ravelo, the senior assistant director of Residential Operations. “Let the host be responsible for his or her own guest.”

Resident Safety Representatives, or RSRs, would require students who live in dorms to physically sign in their guests. Guests would be responsible for contacting their hosts.

Currently, RSRs are required to contact residents via telephone when there is a guest who doesn’t live on campus. Visitors who reside on campus only have to provide a room number and host name.

“There gets to be so much backup,” said Mark Hurley, a supervisor. When hosts don’t pick up, lines can form, putting pressure on RSRs to let in guests without signing them in.

Supervisors can suspend or write-up an employee when visitors are let in without proper procedure. “We’re not jerks about it,” said Hurley, “but we do the best we can to keep the campus safe.”

RSRs would step in if visitors were unable to contact their hosts.

“The exception would be to use a roster if there were any problems,” said Ravelo. “We expect the visitor to do the job. But, just in case, we have the other option.”

The change can be implemented any time, but Resident Safety officials said opinions matter. Some employees are doubtful.

“Who exactly are they asking?” asked Philip Leesha, an RSR. “How many people are they really asking? Are they going to document the research? That’s what I would like to know.”