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Masters Consider Extended Parties

HUPD spokesperson Steven G. Catalano did not anticipate that the extended party hours would affect current police patrols.

“Most likely [2 a.m. party hours] would have no impact considering there are already detail officers at parties,” Catalano said.

The committee also plans to extend shuttle service to the Quad and increase the volume of shuttles so that students can return to their dorms safely.

The extended shuttle schedule would also ensure that students do not disturb Cambridge residents, another of the masters’ concerns.

The masters said they also expect the host to take greater responsibility towards ensuring that their parties do not disturb other students.

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According to Rogers, the new form will ask party hosts to sign a “commitment signature” that would make them obligated to keep the party’s volume to a minimum so that House residents can sleep or study in peace. The form will also ask hosts of Quad parties to make reasonable assurances that departing guests will not disturb residents on Garden Street, which runs between Harvard Yard and the Quad.

“I imagine the trial period will play out successfully as long as not a lot of neighborhood noise is made, as long as there is no unusual commotion, disturbance, or rowdy behavior as students exit parties,” Naddaff said.

—Staff writer Elena P. Sorokin can be reached at sorokin@fas.harvard.edu.

—Staff writer Alan J. Tabak can be reached at tabak@fas.harvard.edu.

—Hana R. Alberts contributed to the reporting of this story.

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