Members of Campus Council learned Thursday night that Residence Life and Housing Services will not approve a resolution extending DukeCard access hours to 4 a.m.
The resolution, which the Council passed Feb. 2, called for access hours-which are currently 9 a.m. to 2 a.m. for quadrangles other than a student's own-to be changed to 7 a.m. to 4 a.m. on both East and West campuses.
"For multiple reasons, we're not for the four o'clock extension," said Campus Council President Jay Ganatra, a junior.
He cited recent quad damages as a primary reason for the resolution's failure.
Eddie Hull, dean of residence life and executive director for housing services, made the decision not to extend the hours after receiving feedback from members of his staff, Ganatra said.
"No one needs to be in a quad after two if they're not with someone who lives in the quad," Ganatra said.
But students may soon be able to gain entrance to other quads earlier in the morning.
Ganatra said each quad council will vote on whether to open their quads at 7:30, 8:00 or 8:30 a.m. or to maintain the current policy of opening at 9:00 a.m.
Campus Council proposed opening the dormitories earlier in order to make access to ePrint stations easier for students with early morning classes, among other reasons.
"It will be somewhat of a pilot program," Ganatra said, adding that the changed times will go into effect after spring break.
Ganatra noted that allowing card access as late as 3:00 or 4:00 a.m. may be readdressed after after students become more aware of the recent quad damages. He said students need to realize the liabilities related to keeping the dorms open at such late hours.
The group also discussed changing the composition of next year's West Campus quad councils.
Under the new plan, all rising juniors and seniors deciding to remain in their current quads next year would be eligible to run for newly instated senior advisor positions on their quad councils.
Ganatra said that because the majority of West Campus residents are sophomores, these younger students-who are more well-known than juniors and seniors among their fellow residents but have no experience living on West Campus-are most likely to be elected to quad council positions.
Jen Frank, assignments coordinator for RLHS, noted that the elimination of the linking process next year is unlikely to change this pattern.
She refuted the common expectation that the new policy will force all sophomores to live in Edens, which would lead to a dominance of juniors and seniors in other quads.
"Because Edens only has so many beds, all of the other quads will have sophomores," Frank said.
Ganatra added that the presence of more juniors and seniors on quad councils would provide the organizations with greater knowledge and collective experience. It would also allow for more continuity from year to year.
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