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...live off campus we seriously considered safety issues--particularly in light of Harvard's seeming inability to respond adequately to a rape and persistent assaults on campus. One of the main reasons we chose Harvard-affiliated housing--although it is more expensive than other housing--is because the escort service does run between campus and our apartment building...
...really fault the police department for most of the problem. They have enough things to deal with. If Harvard saw the security of its community as a priority, the administration would establish some other office to be responsible for the escort service...
People argue that Harvard's bureaucracy is big enough already and that creating another office would be a mistake. But the escort service could easily be handled by the Facilities and Maintenance Department--whose name is already on the sides of the cars. And, anyway, as long as there is a situation like this, Harvard's bureaucracy is not big enough to provide for its students needs. That, in the end, has to be the scale on which the system is judged...
...seems almost ridiculous to address the question of whether an escort service which ends at 3 a.m. is adequate. As one of Harvard's many students who has to work late into the night on an activity, I have to question the University's rhetoric in support of extracurricular development. If Harvard expects us to get involved in these activities, it should provide us with some way of getting home safely...
...hope it won't take another rape--or any more assaults--on Harvard's campus to make the much-needed changes in the escort service. But I fear that it might...