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Lewis also stated that he has not taken a position on the hotly debated issue of universal keycard access, which would allow students to swipe into any House at any time of night...
...trying to visit a friend in Leverett when it happened. It was around 1:30 a.m., and I was waiting outside the entrance to Leverett House, hoping to find someone to swipe me in. It was dark. I was a sophomore, just about to turn 19. A young girl on the streets, with music blaring out of Quincy House and small groups passing by under the streetlights, their faces oddly lit and eyes downcast. That was the scene. That’s when it happened. I asked a passer-by to swipe me in. She looked at me and asked...
...course, asking to see students’ IDs before you swipe them in seems like a prudent thing to do. Why would I want to allow a stranger into my House or dorm, someone who could harm me or my neighbors? We don’t push the uncomfortable demand—we are often on the other side of the situation, trying to get in. Instead, we let almost anyone in, assuming that they are a Harvard student from another dorm...
Universal Keycard Access (UKA) would change this. If everyone’s ID let them into the place they wanted to be, the scenario would be different. I would be more cautious about letting people in late at night. In its hopelessly mangled state, Harvard’s swipe system allows access to anyone willing to wait to be swiped in. In fact, the only people who don’t benefit from this system are those who need it most—those seeking fast security from a nighttime threat. The lack of UKA on campus is an issue...
...mail that circulated Harvard campus almost a month ago, a Quad resident described a hellish, desperate experience trying to swipe into River Houses after 1 a.m. She claimed to have been pursued by a group of men, who did not appear to be other students. The story of a series of locked doors barring entry into the Houses culminates in an assault. Whether or not the anonymous account is true, it without a doubt reminded many Harvard students of our fears about similar near-encounters...