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Dean of the College Harry R. Lewis '68 wrote in an e-mail yesterday that the masters will first look to see if next semester's trial of universal access will be successful before moving to 24-hour access...
Almost, but not quite. Finally, each one of the House Masters has agreed to extend universal keycard access to their Houses between the hours of 8 a.m. and 1 a.m., starting next semester. Though we congratulate those House committees, Masters and members of the Undergraduate Council Committee on House Life that made this important change possible, we urge these same groups to fill the vital gap to make universal keycard access available 24 hours...
Universal keycard access will help protect students and their belongings from outsiders who ask to be swiped in and then swipe students' stuff...
However, the hours currently excluded are a major restraint to the full safety benefits of universal keycard access. 1 a.m. to 8 a.m., what might in non-college contexts be considered the no-man's depth of the night, are probably the hours when students most need universal keycard access on the street, to avoid suspicious characters prowling about...
...troubling that Leverett House Master Howard Georgi '68 said that his students saw universal keycard access as a threat to their safety. This issue deserves more careful study, but we feel students see universal keycard access as the path to safety and, therefore, the Masters should make the Houses accessible to all Harvard students 24 hours...