Word: escorting
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...escort them out and say 'Goodbye, you are not welcome back,'" McNamara said...
Last week, the student-directed SafetyWalk program changed its hours of operation from 12 a.m. to 4 a.m. to 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. We feel that the basis for this decision was misconceived and that the result is detrimental, because it leaves dangerous gaps in the safety escort services at the University. The SafetyWalk program is a critical resource for student safety, providing undergraduates with multiple escorts when they do not feel comfortable walking alone at night. Of late, the program has been suffering from a lack of visibility, and the SafetyWalk leadership believes that this change in hours...
...need for SafetyWalk is particularly acute in the earlier hours of the morning, when safety on the streets is the least certain. The Harvard University Police Department (HUPD) has stated that its officers are not available to escort students at all times and at all places, because they may be called to attend to other situations. As a result, SafetyWalk fills a crucial role in providing safety service during the 2 a.m. to 4 a.m. period, when HUPD may be unable to handle the number of escort requests...
When a president goes knocking on the doors of his citizens, it's usually a campaign stunt. But not in Peru. President Alberto Fujimori on Thursday raced around Lima with an escort of special forces troops, leading a house-to-house search for his disgraced former intelligence chief, Vladimiro Montesinos. Montesinos had earlier this week flown home following a failed bid for political asylum in Panama. The release last month of a videotape showing him bribing an opposition legislator to support President Fujimori had precipitated a political crisis that forced the strongman president to call new elections early next year...
Student volunteers for the program escort students from location to location late at night. The Harvard University Police Department sponsors the service...