July 25, 2003

Secret Cameras on Campuses

To the Editor:

In the report on the growing use of security cameras on campuses ("Smile! You're on Campus Camera," June 13), The Chronicle left unchallenged the assertions of some administrators that student silence on this issue is "a generational issue": Today's students aren't speaking up about cameras because they have lower expectations of privacy than their baby-boomer forebears. ...

When searching for an explanation of student silence on this issue, administrators