The President is coming on Monday, so security is going to be pretty tight around here. Here's how it will affect you, according to an email from Public Safety (The tl;dr version: If you're not graduating from Barnard or a guest at their graduation, you should probably just stay away from campus on Monday).
Members of the Columbia Community:
On Monday, May 14, President Barack Obama will be on the Morningside Campus to deliver the keynote address at the Barnard College ceremony, held on the South Field Lawns at 12:30 p.m. This message provides important information regarding the extensive security measures that will impact lower campus operations and access.
Please know the logistics outlined here may change at any point, subject to White House and Secret Service discretion. Updates will be posted to the Columbia homepage. We ask for your cooperation and flexibility given these extraordinary circumstances. As a precaution, please carry your University ID card with you at all times on Monday.
AREA OF RESTRICTED ACCESS: MIDNIGHT – 6:00 A.M. MONDAY
All gates south of 117th Street, Low Plaza, College Walk, South Field and the following buildings must be vacated and locked down. There will be no entry or activity permitted.
Lower Campus
Journalism, Furnald, Lerner Hall, Carman, Butler Library, John Jay, Wallach, Hartley, and Hamilton
Upper Campus
