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Twenty-four-hour universal keycard access (UKA) would be a costless and efficient way to improve safety on campus, yet the administration has resisted it for half of a decade. The fight for keycard access has been a long and protracted one, with bureaucratic and administrative obstacles hindering its progress. But the House Masters’ previously-voiced concerns with UKA —including the lack of House guards at late hours, a feared loss of House spirit and the threat of so-called piggybacking of unwanted guests—have been repeatedly disproved. Quincy House and the first...
Relatively little attention, meanwhile, has been paid to the first-year dorms, and it would be irresponsible of the University to ignore the issues of safety within the Yard and near the Union dorms. The FDO is concerned that UKA will mean the end of first-year dorm life, but simple administrative rules can take care of regulating the use of first-year common space. Unfortunately, the FDO does not have the same influence over Cambridge criminals. And frankly, the FDO should be more concerned with the possibility of a student getting raped in Thayer’s backyard than...
...last five years, too much time has been spent arguing over this seemingly simple issue of student safety. So let’s cut right to the chase: The University’s policy toward 24-hour UKA is inconsistent and illogical at best. At worst, it illustrates a lack of confidence in the students the administration is responsible for protecting and dangerously ignores the potential attacks to students who are unable to gain immediate access to a safe space...
...order to avoid leaving students stranded, Harvard must establish Universal Keycard Access (UKA)—24-hour keycard access to every undergraduate residence hall. Although none of the recent assaults took place near the Houses, Harvard must not wait for such an incident to occur before instituting UKA...
...subject of an Undergraduate Council (UC) bill which the Committee on House Life (COHL) will consider next Thursday, UKA would allow students to take responsibility for their safety and swipe into a Harvard building if they feel threatened. Contrary to administrators’ concerns, UKA would neither increase crime nor the “piggybacking” of non-Harvard students. Since Quincy House instituted 24-hour keycard access in 1998, residents have not witnessed an upsurge in nighttime crime. Likewise, last year’s hour-and-half extension of keycard access from...