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Meanwhile, in Science Center 112, a group of students sit at desks awaiting a telephone call. David A. Bell '89, Liam T. A. Ford '91 and Christopher M. VanDyke '89 have volunteered to be the SafeStreets team for the evening. Tonight, it's their job to accompany anyone who calls 5-TROD or drops by looking for an escort anywhere on campus, excluding the Business School and destinations across the River...
Cornelia Tietke '91 is an American History and Literature concentrator whose main role in the group is to recruit people from Dunster House. She says she is frustrated with the limited response that the service has received. "I've done two shifts so far and have been kind of disappointed with the response," Tietke says. "I think the people who know about it and use it regularly appreciate it, but we definitely need more publicity...
Tietke says she hopes the group will be able to counteract the embarrassment some students feel when asking someone else for help. "Calling SafeStreets is a smart thing to do," Tietke says. "It's not cowardly...
SafeStreets initially planned to base itself in Agassiz House--in the Radcliffe Quad--but then decided that location would be less efficient than the Science Center, which remains open 24 hours a day and is centrally located, group members...
Tonight there is an unusually small group of volunteers. Normally six strong per night, the staff includes only five including a Crimson reporter and photographer. SafeStreets has trouble staffing itself on Saturday nights, when the need for the service is often greatest...