EDITORIAL: About time

Administrators are nowAdministrators are nowresponding more thanAdministrators are nowresponding more thanadequately to continuingAdministrators are nowresponding more thanadequately to continuingconcerns about safety.Administrators are nowresponding more thanadequately to continuingconcerns about safety.___________________________ That's why it's heartening to see that University Council, the only public forum where students can air their concerns about campus life directly to administrators, allocated half of yesterday's meeting to discussion of safety- and security-related issues. It's also encouraging that administrators are working on increasing off-campus lighting, which residents of Greek chapter houses have especially requested for more than a year. Hopefully, Monday night's safety walk and inspection, because it included officials from the Philadelphia Police and the Philadelphia Electric Company, will result in action that didn't occur last time. As the administration's new security initiatives -- including the hiring of new police officers and the deployment of Spectaguards and a tactical team of veteran officers in the area west of 40th Street -- are gradually implemented, the furor over escalating street crime is subsiding. And that's good. Still, it doesn't mean safety issues can be considered "dealt with." Penn Escort services -- both walking and riding -- are still being reworked, and that process will take time, trial and the inevitable error. Students must remain vigilant, continuing to take proper precautions and working with new security personnel and neighborhood residents to improve the community.