Chhatpar said he was surprised to learn that anear-theft had occurred in his room.

"It was definitely a shock, especially becausea lot of people leave their doors unlocked,"Biller said.

Both undergraduates and tutors agree thatstudents are often too lax about locking theirdoors, even after last Thursday's incident.

"It's a pretty friendly entryway," said JasonFrydman '98 who also lives in A entry. "We'realways going from one room to another."

Nilizandr E.M. Gilbert '99, whose room isconnected by a bathroom to Wu's, said it isprecisely that friendly atmosphere that oftengives students a false sense of security.

"I understand people's relaxed point of viewabout locking their doors," she said. "The dormhas a homey feeling...and [people think that] onceyou lock the door downstairs, you don't have tolock your room door."

Graham sent an e-mail message to members of herentryway to stress the importance of closing andlocking room doors.

"It's really imperative that people startclosing and locking their doors at all times,whether you are home or not," she wrote. "I knowthat many people (me included, for a little while)like to keep their doors open so that neighborscan come and go, or for convenience, or whatever.But it's a very dangerous practice."

In addition, Chhatpar said the ease of gainingaccess to A entry greatly reduces House security.

"On any given night, there are so many peoplegoing into A and B entries," he said. "Most peopledon't really care who they let in...and they give[strangers] the benefit of the doubt."

Graham said that despite the burglary, she feltfortunate that no one was seriously hurt.

"I think we're lucky that someone wasn'tassaulted or raped," she said.

Wu said she manages to keep the event inperspective despite having her property stolen.

"I found the whole thing kind of amusing," shesaid. "It's kind of like a fun anecdote."

Wu said that although HUPD told her that itrecovered her television, she said they had notreturned it to her as of yesterday afternoon. Shejoked that HUPD might have ulterior motives fornot returning the TV in a more timely fashion.

"They're probably watching soaps during theday," she quipped