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...second time in the past two months, a Harvard student has reported an attempted armed robbery just outside Lamont Library's front entrance...
...just missed the shuttle from Lamont. It's cold and it's been dark for at least 5 hours. Another shuttle comes in 20 minutes. What do I do? I won't get any more work done staring at the wall in Lamont while waiting for the next shuttle, so I walk home, of course. I'm from a large city. I've never reached over and locked the car doors when driving through a bad neighborhood. I've always scoffed at safety precautions and I've been lucky. Living in the Yard I walked alone at all hours...
However, it's another story on the other side of town--down by the river in my concrete estate. I leave Lamont and the Yard, sinking my head into my scarf. I veer out of my way to choose the brightest and most populated streets. But in Harvard Square after 10 p.m. on a weeknight, it's no easy task to find people outside. I closely follow whoever is walking towards the river, pacing myself on the heels of random students who must wonder why I appear to be stalking them. Yet there is always a stretch I must...
Perusing the front page of The Crimson from the last month is hardly a comforting experience either: the headlines "Assailants Rob Quad Students," and "Students Robbed at Knifepoint Outside Lamont" jump out. Obviously there have been more than a few safety problems on campus lately...
...would contend that more than half of all Americans have such an ancestor. Whether one can prove it or not is a matter of chance and research--and it certainly has nothing to do with winning or losing presidential elections. --Martin E. Hollick, Reference Librarian for Widener and Lamont Libraries