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They told me to speak to the escort service and they connected me to them. I told the dispatcher what the problem was, but she said that I must either go and wait by Johnston Gate or at one of the campus buildings to have an escort. I explained that I had been sexually harassed and was in danger of being followed out of the triangle, which I would have to do to get to the gate or to a campus building...
...dispatcher replied that no exceptions could be made. I would have to go where she told me to go, and expose myself to the very risk from which I needed the escort to protect me. I pleaded with her to no avail, and finally went home unescorted...
...home, I phoned the escort service again, because I wanted to continue my discussion with the dispatcher. I reminded her that I had just been talking with her from Harvard Square. When I asked for her name, she hung up on me. I then called the campus police and asked to speak to the person who supervised the escort service...
...officer on duty said that the supervisor was unavailable, because he was providing security at a private function. Eventually, the officer admitted it was possible to reach the supervisor by radio, so I left him a message concerning my problems with the escort service...
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