Lamas said Harvard should install locks that shut automatically in all dorms and step up patrols in the Yard.
"There are certain realities that I take for granted are part of the tuition money that I pay," he said. "One of them is that the men and women who are part of the University have appropriate security."
HUPD officers expressed frustration yesterday that students are still not locking their doors.
"If you don't give him the opportunity, he can't commit the crime," McNamara said.
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.
But Carpino--who said she is lucky to have escaped the recent robberies--said she is not sure others are following her example. She visited a friend the other night and found the room unoccupied, but unlocked.
"Some people learn and some don't," she said.
But Lamas said police should come up with other solutions.
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