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Keycard Access Will Finally Become Universal By April After Long-Awaited Technology Updates

SAC Vice Chair Paul A. Gusmorino '02, who is involved with the issue on the council, said the architectures of Currier, Dunster and Winthrop Houses make those Houses susceptible to the same sort of problems.

As a result, Shumsky requested at Friday's meeting that the doors in those Houses that can trap students in courtyards after 1 a.m. be accessible to students 24 hours a day.

Mortimer said he would have no problem doing so--all he needed was Shumsky's list of problem doors.

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Once these remaining technical problems are solved, council members say the only UKA-related issue left for the council to deal with will not be so easy to solve: expanding UKA to 24 hours a day in all Houses, on all doors.

Members of COHL did not address that question on Friday, in part because House masters have been unwilling to mandate UKA in all Houses after 1 a.m.

But Shumsky, whose Quincy House residence has 24-hour UKA, said he doesn't see why all Houses won't take the same step.

He said some administrators cite a very small number of students who say they wouldn't feel safe with 24-hour access.

"But what about the other 99 percent, who don't feel safe walking around campus late at night because they know they won't be able to swipe into the nearest House if they were being pursued?" Shumsky said.

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