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Although we wholeheartedly support Harvard's concerns about fire safety, the manner by which the Freshman Deans Office's (FDO) conducted these inspections raises serious privacy issues...
Whenever possible, inspections should be announced and conducted with students present. Obviously, this is not possible during winter break. But if searches are conducting during the term, the FDO should make reasonable efforts in this area. One possible option would be to require inspectors to make several rounds of door-knocking, skipping rooms where nobody answers. If inspectors let themselves into only those rooms that have not been searched after several attempts, the number of empty room searches (or out-of-the-shower embarrassments) could be minimized...
...given that such a class may not be on the immediate horizon, the FDO should, at the least, make it clearer which items constitute a fire hazard and why. For example, the only microwave the first-years can have in their room are "MicroFridges," which have been certified by the Cambridge Fire Department in 1987. According to officials at Harvard Student Resources, these products are safer because they meet certain wattage, size and age requirements. But other microwaves may or may not meet these same requirements. The FDO should publicize this information so that, at the very least, students know...
After a two year tenure as one of Harvard's three assistant deans of freshmen, Sarah B. Drummond will leave Harvard at the end of the semester, the Freshmen Dean's Office (FDO) announced earlier this week...
Instead, she said the FDO will "seek the counsel of veteran Board of Freshmen Advisers members" as it interviews candidates for the opening. Six undergraduates will also be invited to offer input...