Word: hucep
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Judging from the statistics of HUCEP’s usage, I’m not alone in my hesitation. Lots of Harvard students have trouble letting go of their pride and using HUCEP: My escorts said that I was only their fourth call that night and the first male. This must change: Students—males too—are risking their safety by continuing to walk alone at night. In order for more students to feel comfortable calling HUCEP, we must destigmatize its use by taking advantage of the service and using it frequently...
Although students use HUCEP far more frequently than they its predecessor SafetyWalk—HUCEP averages 13 calls per night whereas SafetyWalk’s busiest month had 9 calls—most students continue to believe that the service is only for single, tiny girls. Women benefit most from using the service because they are statistically at the highest risk for sexual assault, but anyone walking alone at night can use the extra safety...
Students also shouldn’t hesitate to contact HUCEP even if they’re walking in groups. Students, being social animals, tend to walk around campus with their friends. Encouraging groups to use HUCEP would lend a relaxed air to the service, which would make students more...
Although the walkers aren’t constantly escorting someone, HUCEP is still a very useful service. Many students already use HUCEP—the walkers have escorted students over 600 times since its inception in February. And more importantly, HUCEP has quickly become a recognizable safety presence on campus. Most of us know at least one person who works as an escort. Even if no student ever used it, the service would still be worth keeping—if only as a neighborhood watchdog...
When their safety is at stake, students should never be ashamed to call HUCEP. And come to think of it, being escorted to Weld wasn’t even that embarrassing—it was nice to have company on the long walk home...