Word: useful
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...They always use tons of temps before Election Day," said Aasen. "Every service in town does...
...years, students have been complaining that for one reason or another, Harvard's police-run escort service has refused them transportation. People have been told they can't use the service because they live too far away or because they use the service too often. Sometimes there haven't been enough cars; sometimes there haven't been enough drivers. Others have been told that if they want a ride, they have to wait outside--alone--until a car arrives...
Take the service out of the hands of the police. Make it run all night, from 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. Equip it with enough cars and drivers to accommodate the number of students who want to use it. And most important, write the following sentence into the escort service rules: "No persons holding a valid Harvard ID shall be denied transportation to their place of residence or to or from any Harvard building on the Cambridge or Allston campuses." Obviously, a certain, fixed distance, preferably encompassing Cambridge and the nearby outlying areas, should be established so that the escort...
Harvard also needs to make students aware of the escort service's existence. Council members have argued that many students are "embarrassed" to use the service, but it is equally likely that people just don't know about it. The University puts up signs telling students to lock their doors. It could just as easily post more notices urging them not to walk home alone. Phone numbers for police and University Health Services are listed on the back of ID cards--why not the number for the escort service...
...pretty much used to being wired by now. The real travail is in the actual use of our phones. When the phone rings, nobody knows what...