CASV member Alisha C. Johnson ’04 said she did not expect the Office to send out “all points bulletins.”

Johnson said that in the past there have been complaints that the quality of SASH tutors varies from House to House—and that the new Office is looking into the issue.

“There were many issues that people had with SASH tutors before. Some Houses had better SASH tutors than others, in terms of being available, approachable and knowledgeable about the issue. I think the Office is doing a lot to address that,” she said.

She added that the Office is still new and the University’s handling of sexual assault-related issues has already improved since its creation.

“This is a relatively new thing, this office that’s in charge of everything,” Johnson said. “I think we need to consider it in context and what the situation was last year before we had the Office.”

Marine said she will seek input on establishing a mechanism to better ensure that all students receive advisories such as last week’s e-mail. She said students have told her that e-mail is more effective than, for example, putting up fliers.

But Marine added that there is no foolproof method of alerting students to campus-wide problems.

“No system for notifying people is perfect,” she said. “I can’t think of anything we could do that would guarantee that every individual gets the information.”

Cabot House SASH tutor Therese Leung wrote in an e-mail that this was the first message Marine sent out “regarding something that should be distributed House-wide.”

Quincy House SASH tutor Renee Ann Richardson wrote in an e-mail that SASH tutors can disseminate information in a variety of ways, such as through other tutors, e-mail or informal conversations.

“The majority of SASH work is done behind the scenes (e.g., training) and on a personal basis (specific cases and informal conversations),” Richardson wrote. “This is how we make the greatest impact.”

Richardson wrote that the SASH tutors are in regular contact with Marine about training and meetings.

This is not the first time the University has had problems with sending warnings to undergraduates. Following two stabbings last February, a miscommunication between local police and the Harvard University Police Department delayed an advisory from reaching Harvard students until six days after the incident.

—Staff writer David B. Rochelson can be reached at rochels@fas.harvard.edu.