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...University affiliated Arnold Arboretum, badly in need of stepped up security in the aftermath of a series of recent tapes and assaults on its Jamaica Plain facility, is only the most recent case in point. The Arboretum seems an imminent threat to human life. Yet Harvard again has refused to put aside fiscal caution. The University should swiftly volunteer the $50,000 in funds that Arboretum officials say they need--a gesture not only to improve community relations, but to fill an urgent need...
...would be unrealistic" to expect Harvard to provide even temporary beefed-up security at the 265-acre Jamaica Plain botanical gardens. Arboretum director Peter Ashton explained last week. While Ashton said the University has agreed to provide non monetary "support," Harvard is not expected to help Boston in policing what had previously been described as the city's safest park...
Harvard manages the gardens for Boston, and under the terms of a long term agreement the city is responsible for security there Due to the recent rash of violence in the Arboretum, however, Ashton and his colleague are now working on involving the Arboretum in a park ranger program that is due to begin in Boston soon in order to provide additional police protection...
...seems reasonable to us that Harvard should provide the funds necessary to establish the park ranger service at the Arboretum, only $50,000. University affiliates gain precious research experience from their involvement with the Arboretum, and though Harvard spends hundreds of thousands of dollars managing the Arboretum, it is able to lease the Jamaica Plain property from the city for only one dollar per year...
...first in the series of assaults at the park occurred March 15 when a 28-year-old Jamaica Plain resident was jumped and repeatedly stabbed in broad daylight near the Walter and Bussey St. entrance to the Arboretum...