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...reached a level of journalistic irresponsibiliy which I have not seen since I last read my high school newspaper. I refer to the story, "Burglar Takes $500 in Goods from Dorm." The Crimson should not have printed that "'all you need is a credit card' to get into the entryway door...
Their return would also be limited. The pictures are not generally clear. Furthermore, if there was an incident in any house with connecting basements, any person entering any entryway would be suspect...
...first issue that I would like to take up is letting people into entryways. Mr. Hsia states that "previously reported intruders have been better dressed than most of us." In the same breath, he states that "most of us already rely on our good sense when we let people into the dorms." He also brings up last October's incident in Hollis, in which a well dressed intruder was let into the entryway, and then entered an unlocked student room...
...question the good sense that is exercised when any well dressed "normal looking" individual is let into entryway. I also question the good sense exercised when freshman women sleep with their doors unlocked. (I was a freshman once also; half the women in my entryway left their doors unlocked at night...
...therefore suggest that all house and freshman entryway doors be keyed the same. This ought to virtually eliminate legitimate requests for entry because all those who ought to have access will have access. This should be coupled with signs, posters and announcements inside dorms that anyone asking to be let in MUST show ID, and that all those with reasonable rights to access HAVE KEYS. This might provide problems with duplication of keys. This problem could be prevented, at a slightly greater expense by using nonduplicatable keys such as those now in use in the Chemistry labs...