Public Safety

Meet Public Safety Officer Linda Laboy

March 11, 2020

by Lauren Schuster, Senior Writer You’re coming back from class and swipe into your residence hall. It’s a part of your routine that you might not give any extra thought, but if you look up and see a smiling woman with colorful hair, that’s [...]

Staying Safe and Making Change: MC Talks Gun Safety

September 4, 2019

by Gabriella DePinho, News Editor As Manhattan College students’ summers were winding down, three mass shootings occurred in one week, reigniting repeated conversations about gun control and safety laws, the looming threat of violence and what [...]

MC Community Rallies Against New Access Control Policy

September 3, 2019

by Gabriella DePinho & Joe Liggio, News Editor & Senior Writer Throughout syllabus week, one topic of conversation had campus buzzing above all the rest: Access Control. The new residence hall policy revamp that took many by surprise at [...]

Andi Arch Visits MC on NYC College Creep Tour

April 17, 2018

Public Safety Encourages Consciousness Around Strangers After Man is Escorted Off Campus by TAYLOR BRETHAUER & JACK MELANSON, Editor-In-Chief & Editor A stranger to the Manhattan College community has been spotted approaching female [...]

Public Safety Halts Distribution of Anti-Trump Poem

November 16, 2016

by ROSE BRENNAN & JOSEPH LIGGIO, Staff Writers In light of the outcome of Tuesday’s historic presidential election, many Manhattan College students have been voicing their opinions regarding the shocking results. The “Make America Great [...]

Students Say Public Safety Dropped Ball

October 28, 2016

by RIKKILYNN SHIELDS, Editor A group students said they were disappointed in Manhattan College’s Public Safety office on Oct. 15, when they used an on-campus blue light to call for help while being followed at almost midnight. “My friends and I [...]

Public Safety Releases Annual Security and Fire Safety Report

September 27, 2016

by KELLY BURNS, Editor & KIERAN ROCK, Editor Every year the Manhattan College Public Safety department releases the Security and Fire Safety Annual Report. “We are mandated by the U.S. Department of Education [to release the report],” Juan [...]

Make MC Safe (Again?) – A Quad Staff Member Op-Ed

September 7, 2016

by TORI JAMES, Staff Writer Editor’s Note: Several resident assistants were quoted anonymously in this op-ed, some of their names have been changed to protect their jobs and identities. As part of Opening Weekend, incoming freshmen as well as [...]

Securing Jasper Hall

January 28, 2016

Two of Manhattan’s four dormitory buildings on the North Campus are constantly monitored by Public Safety Proctors (Lee and Horan), while the other half, Jasper and Chrysostom fail to share the same safety features and amenities. “Jasper and [...]

Local Cops Save MC Security Guard at Dunkin’ Donuts

January 27, 2016

While responding to a radio call to an incident on Johnson Avenue, Officers Roland Benson and his partner Kevin Preiss instead were called into a Dunkin’ Donuts where a man was having a heart attack. The N.Y.P.D. officers said they were waived [...]