College Security

The Campus Security Committee, a student/faculty group charged with improving student security at Harvard, may implement a walking escort program in which students willing to walk in groups would identify themselves to other students by wearing lapel buttons. Elizabeth M. Einaudi '83, a member of Students Organized for Security (SOS), proposed the program at a meeting of the security committee yesterday.

The committee also discussed student complaints about the existing police escort service, the possibility of increasing shuttle bus service, and of improving lighting at the Radcliffe Quadrangle, but postponed action on these matters.

The walking escort service is intended to alleviate the lack of security for students travelling too short a distance to travel by shuttle bus, Einaudi said, as well as to emphasize the necessity of walking in groups at night.

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Under the proposed program, students concerned about walking alone at night would wear buttons reading "Safety in Numbers," indicating their willingness to accompany other students going in the same direction.

Thomas A. Dingman '67, chairman of the security committee, said yesterday he and Einaudi would consult with Harvard police officials next week about the program's safety, and perhaps submit a formal recommendation to Dean Fox.

Dingman and several other members of the committee voiced concern that the buttons could pose a security risk "if they were to fall into the hands of the wrong people."