One of the comments from Duke Police after the recent attacks in university bathrooms was “keep bathroom doors locked.” Clearly this remark was primarily concerned with dorm bathrooms. But the single-stall bathrooms abutting the far stairwell on the Perkins floors do not have locks, and it would be a good idea if they did.
The locks could be of the kind used in the ground-floor men’s restroom just off the connecting hallway under the Perk: The lock automatically opens if the handle is turned from the inside, but if the lock is closed, the door is locked from without.
ANSWER PERSON RESPONDS: A good suggestion. So says our building manager. Thanx.