College of William and Mary - Colonial Echo Yearbook (Williamsburg, VA)

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)on ' t Be a Victim, the circular stributed by campus police th suggestions for defense ainst attackers. If you can ' t n: Weaponry. Better yet, don ' t I out alone. But when the nture was necessary, ext. I -E5CORT. A student-staffed, udent-initiated group who ovided two companions for udents who had to walk the )orly lighte.d campus between e dark hours of 7 pm. and 4 the morning. ws:4 ■ -:m rf ' it P ' - lf - ' ' if m •

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fi? ; ' ' :«6.ir A renewed furor over an old but critical problem brought former New York City police officer Harvey P. CJunion to the college as the first Director of Safety and Security. The publicized reports of actual assaults and attempted rapes so alarmed the college community that by October, only the most courageous went strolling alone on campus after dark and the administration boosted the security patrol to a force of 25. . ' - - ' ■ vV C»P i j:sp:: - m: 5 - CJ ; .•«

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The routine crystallized quickly. Settling into class schedules. The post ottice between lunch and lab. Beating it from the newly-named Richard Morton Hall (that everybody still called the social sciences building ) to Wren in ten minutes. Every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday eighty-three times a year. Dimming beauties like Crim Dell and Wren Courtyard into the blur of familiarity. And at the end of the day - a one-room home to collapse in. 10 INTRODUCTION