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Universal keycard access in the Houses is an issue that has been a subject of debate among administrators and students for quite some time now. Cabot and Winthrop Houses recently introduced the program, with Dunster House expected to follow suit in the near future. Quincy House has had universal keycard access since November 4, and, now that a month has passed since its institution, students' reactions provide an indicator of what residents of other Houses can expect of the effective open-door policy...
Some Quincy House residents say that keycard access has not had much impact on their day-to-day lives. Grant E. Garrigues '01 notes that, because Quincy spent almost a month as the only House offering universal access, the policy had a limited impact...
Garrigues says his enthusiasm about keycard access will increase with the program's expansion...
Responding to questions about safety, Stewart said that universal keycard access will actually make the house safer, by eliminating the predilection of Winthropresidents to let anyone who asks into the house onthe belief that he or she has a legitimate reasonto be there...
While Stewart said Hanson was concerned thatWinthrop House would not be the lone house toadopt universal keycard access, Hanson said thiswasn't the case...