HIS has also asked that an officer watch Canaday basement, where Muslims gather five times a day for prayers, and has advised Muslim students not to walk alone at night.

The co-presidents of Harvard’s SAA, Shaline D. Rao ’03 and Sandeep C. Kulkarni ’04, said none of their members have reported safety concerns on campus.

But security issues were at least part of the reason the SAA did not organize a large rally soon after the attacks, Kulkarni said. He said they will consider added security precautions next month, when the group will hold a dinner and present a South Asian cultural celebration.

Kulkarni added that the group is drafting a list of suggested security measures for South Asians, such as walking in groups and even not wearing ethnic dress.

“I’d be lying to you if I said I walk around and feel perfectly safe here,” Kulkarni said. “People don’t want to walk by themselves. There’s a feeling that something could happen.”

Not wearing traditional costume “might be excessive,” he added. “But right now no one would. It’s better to take whatever precautions are possible.”

The group’s concerns are heightened by national events. On Saturday, an Indian man was killed in Arizona in a suspected act of racial violence in retaliation for the attacks.