The Inter-Residence Hall Association discussed the possibility of residence hall doors being locked at all hours every day at Thursday’s meeting.

John Shertzer, IRHA adviser, said the Department of Residence is considering locking residence hall doors beginning at semester break.

“There’s some concern with an increasing amount of homeless people who come in and sleep in common areas,” he said.

Shertzer also cited an increased number of solicitors and other unwanted people in the residence halls as reasons for the policy.

“I think we can work with [the residence department] and make sure we get some doors unlocked [if they are locked],” he said.

Ultimately, Shertzer said, the goal is to use card access in every residence hall similar to what Maple Hall uses, but costs are too high to do that at this time.

In the residence halls, he said “there are too many keys to get from point A to point B.”

Shertzer asked for hall representatives to assess the situation.

Also discussed were concerns about the changes on Wallace Road.

Brian Macomber, director of information technology, said representatives from the Department of Public Safety and Facilities Planning and Management would be at next week’s meeting to discuss the changes.

“They mainly want feedback on what they’ve currently done,” he said.

Executives expressed concerns about cars hitting the curbs.

“Moving curbs might be an option,” Macomber said. “Lines are being repainted starting this week.”

IRHA also voted unanimously to pass a bill that will set in motion the separation of the conferences committee from the organization.

“The purpose of this bill is to say we want [conferences] separated and set dates and deadlines,” said Dave Breutzmann, Towers Residence Association president and co-author of the bill.

He said it would be up to the conferences committee to come up with the separation procedure.

Government of the Student Body Speaker of the Senate Tony Luken asked for feedback from the residence halls about the possibility of putting more bike racks and getting better lighting in residence hall areas.

IRHA President Keith Twombley said seating bills would also be up next week for the cabinet positions of secretary and director of finance, and possibly director of special events and academic affairs.

“I just want to remind everyone to push the last two open positions,” he said.