Word: escorting
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Spiro was surprised to discover a large, wasted stranger stumbling through her room. After numerous exchanges (name calling on the rando’s part and “please get out of my room” from Spiro), she finally convinced him to leave only by agreeing to escort him back to the Belltower, still sporting her pyjamas...
...Felicity said, disappointed.“Neverthelessima,” said Ollie, “no woman—particularimente a woman asa pretty as you—should hava to witness such a thing. I, signora, am the Prince Filippo Fumagalli. May I escort you outside, signiora?”Felicity allowed Ollie to take her arm. She gazed for a moment at the railroad track and sighed deeply. “What mighta the matter be?” Ollie said.Felicity sighed again. “My story is hardly unique...
...Crimson Staff is correct in its assessment that students ought to take personal precautions in unsafe times. This is partly achieved through simple steps such as walking with companions late at night or calling upon the complementary Harvard University Campus Escort Program (HUCEP) when alone in an isolated area. However, the Staff’s suggestion that this crime wave has come about primarily because of lack of attention by students to their personal safety ignores several key factors at play in this issue. First, the Staff glosses over the substantial role that the Harvard University Police Department (HUPD) does...
...becoming victims of crime, and students themselves should be taking further precautions to prevent that from happening. The university has worked to accommodate our 24-hour lifestyles, constructing a system of blue light alarm systems and instituting programs such as the Harvard shuttle service and the Harvard University Campus Escort Program (HUCEP). Yet even in the face of the recent increase in crime, many of these services continue to be underutilized by students, who instead continue to put themselves unnecessarily at risk. Obviously, being a target of a crime has some degree of randomness to it, and no one deserves...
...Ultimately, the stigma against HUCEP seems like poor justification for walking alone when you feel unsafe. If the thought of being seen alongside a neon-vested escort sounds mortifying, ask yourself why. None of us can realistically expect to go through life in complete self-sufficiency, and refusing to consider help as an option seems foolish at best. We are lucky to attend a university that provides us with services for the times when we simply shouldn’t go it alone. But it’s up to us to accept that help, and be wise enough...