Niglio is in the minority of MCCC students. Despite MCCC security trying to enforce the policy, in a poll of 40 students, none of them said they wear their student IDs.
Niglio never wore her ID tag out of fear of forgetting it at home.
"I find it inconvenient to wear my ID. It's inconvenient for me because if I keep it separate I'm not going to bring it, but because my ID is in my bag I'll always have it with me."
Nikki Bowers, a first year liberal arts major, feels that as long as you have your student ID tag on you it doesn't have to be displayed.
"I think you should have it on you, but I don't think it's necessary to wear it all the time," she said. Bowers also argues that wearing an ID tag just tells you people's names, which in and of itself it not enough to make her feel safer.
By contrast, Mercer's security personnel feels that by having the ID tag policy in place Mercer's campus is much more secure.
"By having all students and faculty members display their ID's it aids greatly in providing security to the campus. The purpose of the ID is to help provide a safe learning environment for both the faculty and students," said Michael Flaherty, the Commanding Officer of College Safety.
Security has noticed the lack of students wearing their ID tags and plans on cracking down on the policy during the 2011-2012.
According to Flaherty, the Office of College Safety and Security set up a three week program at the beginning of the semester in which students were issued a warning slip if they were caught without their ID tag on campus.
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