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Late night trips to the bathroom just got a little harder for the residents of many first-year dorms. After a vagrant was discovered showering in the second floor bathroom of Hollis Hall North, the administration moved quickly to install key-locks in all dorms with common bathrooms (with the exception of Matthews Hall, which already boasts combination locks on its doors...
Though we appreciate the prompt reaction to a serious breach of security, the installation of key locks on the bathrooms is an inconvenient overreaction. While requiring a key to use the bathroom may prevent any more unwelcome visitors, it will also hinder the residents of the dorms and their guests. What if a first-year from Mass. Hall stops by Stoughton and cannot use the bathroom because no one is there to let her in? What if an out-of-town guest gets up in the middle of the night and can't find the key? What about the number...
...bathroom locks do not provide a solution to the true problem--that entrance through the main doors of the dorms is just too easy. Yard Facilities Manager Merle A. Bicknell performed an unscientific test of security, gaining access to all first-year dorms without either identification or a key. Students should certainly keep closer watch on who's walking into their dorms behind them, but a more tangible solution might be to provide all students with universal key-card access. No longer would students assume that someone being let in is a fellow undergraduate without a key...
...even if the President shows no signs of turning into a tee-timing Ike or a napping Gipper, his White House remains strangely paralyzed. Its staff has been preoccupied for quite some time with the impending departure of some key players. Chief of staff Erskine Bowles has made no secret of his desire to return home to North Carolina, but the search for his successor has dragged on since spring. Frank Raines, the Budget Director, pre-emptively took his name out of the running, but Clinton is said to be pressing him to reconsider. Meanwhile, a President whose team...
...uniquely placid period in the market. As a society in love with stocks, we've never quite been here, so no one can be sure what to expect. When pushed, market veterans liken today's fervor to 1929 or 1968, both bull-market peaks. Because of key differences between now and those periods, however, few predict imminent disaster. But it's worth noting that after the '29 crash the S&P 500, excluding dividends, didn't fully recover for 25 years. And the '68 peak was part of a sideways market that lasted 18 years. Some believe a long...