Word: centering
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Later, in the weeks and months that followed, the rape did not disappear. Its memory remained in the endless Undergraduate Council debates about how to improve security. It lived on in the faces of the uniformed security guards who arrived at the Science Center. And in the 2 a.m. phone calls to the escort service, made by women who would no longer walk alone...
When campus women's groups rallied in support of the rape survivor, they presented a list of demands, asking the University to improve security, insure a safe women's center and start a program of rape prevention...
...things have happened, of course. The immediate aftershocks in the community were tangible, and the reactions, like the Science Center rally, were obvious. The community became something like a rape victim itself. It expended energy rebuilding its sense of security...
...most immediate security changes took place in the Science Center. Student guards were replaced by uniformed University guards. These guards patrol the center 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. every weekday, all day during weekends, holidays and vacations, according to Assistant Director of the Science Center John B. Mathers. The guards also check for University identification, and access to the upper floors is limited...
Beyond the Science Center and the escort services, there have been other new policies, says Morse. The lights in the Yard have been repaired and new lights have been added; the police have been working with house committees, speaking in the houses about campus security...