Word: escorting
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...tourists nationwide were left stranded with little option but to leave Nepal on foot. They included 200 Indians, who trudged south over the border to safety. Elsewhere, Maoists stoned the vehicle of a French couple attempting to return to Kathmandu from western Nepal, and the Nepalese army had to escort nine British travelers driving back from Chitwan game park. While embassies hurriedly revised travel advisories, the United Nations warned that it would have to pull out of Nepal entirely if the Maoists continued to extort cash from aid groups, businesses and even schools across the country...
Despite these incidents, HUCEP escort Constantin C. Crachilov ’04 said that many students have refused his help during his first hours...
Alison E. Cohen ’07 said she has used the escort program three times this past week and will continue to do so in the future...
Cohen said she has had trouble remembering the HUCEP hotline number and has instead called HUPD directly to ask for an escort. HUPD then radioed nearby escorts to answer her request...
Twenty-four-hour keycard access to all Harvard residences will not completely solve the problem of sexual assault on our campus. It must be part of a more comprehensive safety plan, which should include the recent additions of the Harvard University Campus Escort Program and 24-hour shuttles, as well as increased lighting and call boxes in Cambridge Common. But now is the time to eliminate these arbitrary, irresponsible UKA restrictions. The past several months have shown us all that we live in a potentially dangerous urban setting. It is the responsibility of House Masters, the FDO and administrators...