Yale Daily News

The courtyards are already 99% safe because of the locked gates. What about some extra safety for those of us (grad students) forced to walk home on the dark, empty streets at night? We can't even walk through the (absurdly safe) courtyards on our way home because our Yale IDs won't open those gates. I know there's the minibus - but that would be annoying calling them every night!

The increased security is good to see given that the world will be going into a major recession over the next couple of years (which typically leads to an uptick in crime).

I also agree with the above. However, if the University is really committed to students' security, it would work to calm traffic in the general downtown area and also discourage students from driving (a downtown grocery store would help to that effect). Students are many times more likely to be injured or killed through traffic accidents than through crime.

The fact that undergrads let almost anyone through the college gates (and leave many of their entryways/doors open) is the reason for this nominal security increase. Unfortunately, a few people ruined undergraduates' feelings of safety within their colleges -- like the grad student who was caught peeping at Morse girls in their shower.

Really? It's "annoying" to dial a number and wait five minutes for the bus every night? No more annoying than the assertion that Yale Police should be responsible for the streets of New Haven.

Well, I personally feel kind of like a dork calling to minibus to drive me 4 blocks through what is arguably the safest part of town. Then again, walking said four blocks in the middle of the night is frequently rather scary and I do this call the minibus sometimes.

This is quite an adjustment of attitude since the early 1990s. After a more serious crime wave (one which involved a murder in 1991), we asked President Benno Schmidt about assigning security to the colleges. His response: it wouldn't be wise because the guards would be sitting ducks. A classmate's response: "President Schmidt, if they would be sitting ducks, what are we?"

I hope they hired Gelded Security gents.

it's only a matter of time before they lose it..Have background checks been performed on the new security officers?

You end up asking a relative of theirs and you get a wink and a nod from them.

4 pm to midnight seems like a kind of silly group of hours to have security guards. Is Yale really worried about dinner time crimes over things that could happen at, say, 2 or 3 in the morning?

Personally, I'd feel like a huge tool if I refused to let someone else into my res college if they asked.

Exception if I see them giggling maniacally with an empty burlap bag labeled "LOOT" in their hands.

During Holiday breaks has always been a grab bag for crooks..twice i've seen Yale employees loading a car with aforementioned sack of booty, call Yale PD til i turned blue in the face but the fear of who these criminals actually are made them drive to Lulu's coffee house .

another thought it meant a trip to Alder Chen's house first