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    KSC students scan heads to enter Zorn Dining Commons

    Published: Wednesday, March 31, 2010

    Updated: Thursday, April 1, 2010 22:04

    The Zorn Dining Commons at Keene State College has recently experienced a problem regarding students and staff walking into the building without scanning their cards or hands. In response to the problem, DC managers have purchased a machine that requires students to scan their face upon entering the building.

    Manager of DC Services Kendra Simmons, said the machine will require students to bend over where the hand machine used to be and gently place their face on a glass tablet. The tablet then scans the face, granting or rejecting access to the facility. “This was the only option we had to make sure students don’t walk into the building and eat for free,” Simmons said.

    However, this new investment has not come without consequences. KSC students are also concerned about how sanitary the new system is. KSC freshman Kala Roost said she thinks bending over to scan her face is disgusting and, when the machine is installed, she will cancel her meal plan.

    According to Simmons, the machine will be installed over the summer and be ready for the fall semester. “Students could have stopped this from happening but now we have no choice,” Simmons said.

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    DJ Ice
    Mon Apr 26 2010 12:08
    Only option? You are saying the ONLY option that Keene State had was a face scanner? Wait wait wait.... let me make sure I got this... the ONLY OPTION IS A FACE SCANNER??

    You already have a person that is paid to stand at the front and make sure everyone uses the hand scanner, what are they doing letting people through? Why don't you just put up a half wall so that students are forced to walk by 1 scanner (having 1 person trying to watch 4 lines is stupid anyway) and make sure that it beeps.

    This is like people hiding chicken sandwiches in their pasta box at hoot-n-scoot (you all know what I'm talking about!) What did they do to fix it? Did they buy a face scanner to verify you are you and an x-ray machine to see what is in your box and a scale to verify that the box isn't over weight? NO! They have the person look inside the friggin box!

    The problem is not that the hand scanners don't work, it is that they are not being enforced. You think a face scanner is going to be any different? I think we should look into who voted that we get this stupid thing instead of fixing the actual problem. Is it some sci-fi junkie that thought it was cool or are their kickbacks involved? The students have the right to know! It doesn't make sense that this is the logical answer to the problem.

    Maybe KSC should stop throwing away my tuition money on expensive machines that will not be used and actually hire people that will do their job.

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