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Student locked in dorm bathroom
By Sandi Van Orden
Published: Monday, February 7, 2005

Failure to install phones in residence hall bathrooms caused one student to be trapped for almost 29 hours during the holiday break.
"That did slip through the cracks," said Douglas Williams, executive director of news and public affairs.
"[Phones] were going to be put in through the holiday season," Williams said.
The phones were temporary in the event that a student locked himself in the bathroom while other students were home for break. It would be less likely for a student to be trapped for a considerable length of time during the normal semester, according to Williams.
On Dec. 21, a resident of Deere Hall went into the bathroom connected to her room, according to a police report. The door was locked from the outside, and she was unable to contact anyone to get her out, according to a police report filed with the MTSU Police Department.
The resident's parents called Housing and Residential Life asking for someone to check her room because they couldn't reach her.
The student's room had been checked by Timothy Marten, a coordinator for housing and residential life, but he did not contact the police when she wasn't there, according to the police report.
"The Marten subject advised that this happens about six times a week, and Housing does not want to bother the police for such things a that," according to the police report.
Marten was not available when contacted.
When Marten entered the room there was nothing out of order, there was no known reason that he should have contacted police officers, according to Williams.
"She had to break a towel rack from the wall and she chipped away at the door until she could get the door opened, and then she went to an emergency call box to call for help," according to the police report.
Currently, there are no phones in the bathrooms of Deere Hall where the student was trapped, according to Sarah Sudak, director of university housing and residential life.
"We do not encourage students to live with us over break," Sudak said.