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I was amused by your news story about keys opening the wrong doors at YU. When I was studying at YU between1987 and 1992 it was well-known that the keys in use were capable of opening other doors. In Morg, whenever I got locked out of my room I would borrow someone else's keys and work the key back and forth in the lock until it opened my door.

My brother, who lived in the MTA dorm, once discovered that his key easily opened the door to Morg Mart, in the basement of Morg, which was conveniently stocked with refreshments.

At that time a simple credit card was capable of opening doors in Belfer hall as well as the Stern College School Building.

I remember once giving a speech in Dr. Beukas' speech class on breeching YU Security; the speech was easy to write, but was so funny that along with the listeners, I began laughing during the speech, which Dr. Beukas told me was not the preferred way to give a speech.

Maybe it makes sense to change the locks?

Sam Michelson

YC, 1992