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...Council of Masters decided last week to allow each undergraduate House to determine its own policy on keycard access—with universal keycard access (UKA) being the “default” system in place beginning this September. The Council’s decision is a long awaited and encouraging step, and we strongly encourage all House Masters to adopt the default system. The issue of UKA is of utmost importance because of the relevant safety concerns involved. Anything short of full UKA, and the College should consider taking decisions about keycard access out of Masters?...
...escape potential attackers. But despite these concerns, which students have raised for years, many House Masters have long insisted on imposing nighttime restrictions on keycard access. Council of Masters Chair and Mather Master Sandra Naddaff said that under the new policy, Houses may still choose to opt out of UKA because of different architectural configurations in the Houses and masters’ individual concerns...
Matthew J. Glazer ’05, who co-wrote a successful council bill urging the adoption of UKA, said that a majority of masters have said they support the policy...
Eliot HoCo co-chair Anna R. Himmelrich ’05 said the implementation of 24-hour UKA would be a “nominal measure,” contending that the number of people affected by the policy change—those entering between 2:30 a.m. and 7:30 a.m.—is minimal...
...also quick to add that she had no objections to 24-hour UKA as it had “no overwhelmingly negative consequences...