Out on the road, GUARD Dog volunteer driver Ryan LoRusso is behind the wheel of a white minivan. "Earlier tonight, we had a girl who was in pretty bad shape. But she was with her friends. She is probably better off at her own dorm with them, than out in the cold."

"There is definitely a demand for this," LoRusso says. "Everyone who gets in is relieved they have a ride come. It could be a mile long walk alone on a cold night. We have a lot of people going to North Campus and Northwest. They are usually freshmen who do not have a car on campus."

LoRusso is not sure exactly where to meet his next passenger, as he cruises down Carriage House Drive, past parked cars. Students walk along the side of the road. After a minute or two, student Anna Cullen waves him down and opens the sliding door on the side of the minivan.

"I did not drive here," says Cullen, who explains that she came with a group, but they are not going back yet. "I would not want to walk all the way back to my dorm alone."

"It is college, and it is UConn," Cullen says. "People are going to drink. An escort service [Husky Watch] that won't pick up drunk people isn't enough. There should be a service that will pick people up, and I think it's really important."

After dropping Cullen off at the Hilltop Residence Halls, the van heads back to the GUARD Dogs office in South Campus. It is after 2 am, and Cullen was the last run of the night.