Campus Lockdown... We're not kidding!

Photo by CORA KEMP/ckemp4@mscd.edu

By Tara Moberly
Surrounded by fences and concrete barriers, Campus Village looms like
a fortress, impenetrable by the average person.
The only way in or out is through the parking lot entrance, which is
guarded by Denver Police officers dressed in riot gear.
Residents can enter and leave the building as long as they have a
special sticker affixed to their school ID.
“It’s pretty scary,” remarked resident and UCD student Chandra Carnew
as she headed out to do some shopping with another occupant, Laura
Aldrich.
Carnew’s roommates have left town this week.
For Aldrich, leaving town to avoid the DNC wasn’t an option.
“I live in Texas, so I really had no choice,” she said.
While on a bike ride over the weekend, the two encountered fences that
seemed to appear out of nowhere, as well as other barriers.
“There was SWAT cops patrolling asking ‘Where are you going?’” Carnew
said.
As the conversation turned to protesters and police, Aldrich laughed
at the idea of a special area outside the Pepsi Center for protestors.
“I wasn’t aware we had to have free speech zones,” she said before
running off to catch the light rail.