“I think students are remaining calm and taking the kind of precautions we’ve already recommended,” he said. “Larceny is always a problem at urban universities.”
Queen said that Yard Operations has made a complete sweep of the Yard dorms to ensure that all first-floor windows will lock at six inches, rather than opening fully. Unlike upperclass Houses, Yard dorms lack iron grates on their windows.
HUPD also held a safety talk last night to give summer school students advice on how to protect themselves from similar break-ins.
“I never thought I’d get robbed at Harvard,” Patel said. “You just assume it’s safe when you hear the name.”
—Staff writer Ryan J. Kuo can be reached at kuo@fas.harvard.edu.
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