The Editor, Sir:

The time has come for the powers that be to provide better security on the Mona campus of the University of the West Indies.

Our premier institution has become highly risky and vulnerable to attacks and shocks from barbarians. Those of us who have to conduct legitimate businesses there on a daily basis are in danger of being hurt or killed.

We can no longer ignore the security of the campus. I am calling on the institution's administration to revamp their security policy immediately and come up with more stringent measures to deal with the hoodlums that traverse the campus daily.

It is not enough for security personnel to give each motorist a pass to enter the campus. I am suggesting some measures that I know will ease the apprehension. They are as follows:

Incoming drivers must sign in and sign out with pertinent information on their arrival being taken such as the license plate number and personal identification.

The campus needs to be properly fenced with armed security being posted at every nook and cranny.

Pedestrians on campus should be forced to show identification card at every checkpoint.

All vehicles and passengers should be subject to some form of searching.

Dark spots on campus should be properly lit.

Surveillance cameras should be established at discreet areas.

A workable security policy at the university will require huge sums of money and administrative will.

This can happen in one of two ways - either the students must decide to bear the brunt of it by accepting a handsome increase in tuition fees or the government must decide to fund it.

Studying at the university is already stressful and one wants to feel secure. This last act of savagery on campus should be the straw that breaks the camel's back.

I am, etc.,

HARVEY BROWN

Postgraduate student.

Harveybrown2007@yahoo.com