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Matthews resident Crystal E. Carpino '03 is one student who says she has taken steps to tighten security in her room, including hanging a "Lock the door!" sign on the door...
...easy to say 'you guys should lock your door and shut up,'" Lamas said. "There's an element of blaming the victim in that. Freshmen will be freshmen...
More than two weeks have elapsed since the year's first reported dormitory burglary. On Oct. 3, Matthews Hall residents in at least two separate suites neglected to lock their doors at night. A burglar savvy enough to advance passed the dormitory's strictest form of security against Harvard-unaffiliated intruders--the key card machine--invited himself into the students' rooms, and unfortunately, into their wallets. Last week, a first-year returned to his Thayer dorm room at 4 a.m. and found himself face-to-face with an intruder in his common room. Thankfully, the first-year was a member...
...fact, we underscore the wise advice Harvard University Police Department Sergeant James L. McCarthy dispensed immediately after the Matthews break-ins: lock your doors. Burglars have not yet taken to jimmying door locks because enough students neglect to secure their belongings by ensuring their doors are firmly, and permanently, shut behind them...
BRAKING CAR THEFTS Steering-wheel locks like the Club are nifty anti-theft devices, except for one problem: a skilled thief can cut through the steering wheel where they are attached, remove the lock and drive off in your BMW. The new Autolock from Lawman Order Corp. ($50, available at the site unbrakeable.com tries to solve this problem by attaching to the brake pedal, which is much harder to sever. Then again, with the steering wheel untethered, a thief might try to drive the car anyway and smash your Beemer into a tree. Oops...