Word: keycards
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Winthrop House has had universal keycard access during those hours when a security guard is on the premises for nearly two months...
With the introduction of electronic access cards in 1992, it became possible for the administration to track electronically every keycard swipe made at the University. In the split second between swiping your card at a dorm entrance, vending machine or library photocopier and getting a pleasing green light, your ID is checked against records, and the time and location of your swipe is recorded. Of course, the records are kept confidential, and unless the Harvard Police or Ad Board has good reason to believe that you've broken a major rule or committed a crime, nobody will ever know that...
...hospitable. Last year, a few daring House Masters decided to take the drastic measure of adopting universal keycard access on a trial basis for their houses. And though we were told such a measure would be nearly apocalyptic, we have seen no drastic increases in violent crime or burglaries. In fact, early indications appear positive. Hopefully, by year's end, keycard access will truly be universal...
According to Lichten, universal keycard access looms as a distinct possibility in the near future...
...consider it a violation of the 'two locked doors' policy to give a Harvard undergraduate with a valid keycard direct access to an entryway or a floor of another House," Lewis says...