The Grewcock Student Union monitors have a new, official look due to their blue polo shirts, which match the shirts of Hillsdale College campus security’s student employees.
Junior Kadeem Noray, one of the student union monitors, questioned why the shirts were necessary.
“I just don’t understand why we have to wear security shirts when we’re not security,” Noray said.
Director of Student Activities Amanda Bigney said the shirts would give students and visitors an indication as to whom they should go to in case of emergency.
Although the student union monitors do not work directly for campus security, Director of Campus Security and Emergency Management Bill Whorley said the monitors operate under the broad base of services that campus security offers.
“We always want to be of support to every area of campus,” Whorley said. “This is a service area of campus, like maintenance and other areas of campus. So everybody, depending on what task we’re performing, is our customer.”
Operating under that system, the student union monitors received basic security training from Whorley and Assistant Dean of Men Jeffery Rogers at the beginning of the year before starting work.
“They gave an idea as of what to do in a high risk situation,” Bigney said.
Student union monitors only have to wear the shirts if their shift is longer than two hours.
“I’m largely indifferent to it,” junior Korbin Kiblinger said. “It’s a little inconvenient that you have to change, but they only make you wear it if you’re working longer than a two hour shift.”
Other students, however, don’t look on the uniform t-shirts as favorably.
“The first time I saw them, I said, ‘Stylistically, this is the worst thing that has ever happened to me’,” Noray said. “I guess I do like the color navy blue. And they are navy blue.”
