Byerly's security system, which includes alarmed doors and window, had been broken for a year before the rape according the Byerly hall employees and HUPD officials.

That system has since been repaired, HUPD sources said, and officers regularly patrol the grounds of Radcliffe Yard.

Marlyn McGrath Lewis '70-73, director of undergraduate admissions who works in Byerly Hall, said she felt the attack justified what she said was a "significant" expense to hire a security guard for the building.

Building managers and employees have comprehensively reviewed Byerly's security procedures in the wake of SURVIVOR the incident, Lewis said.

In addition, those who work in the building nowhave a heightened awareness of the presence ofstrangers, she said.

But Lewis admitted that it is difficult tomonitor traffic in Byerly Hall, though, because ofthe public nature of the building.

Prospective students and their families oftenshow up unannounced and need to be able to enterthe building with ease.

Lewis said Byerly Hall is weighing thetradeoffs of "convenience and security."

"Security is a work in progress, " she said