Becky Snider ’09
Blotter Reporter
Editor’s Note: This weekly piece highlights some of the more inane calls and incidents to which campus safety responds.
An open 30 pack of beer, an orange parking cone, and rustling noises?what does one get with a combination like this? Surely something entertaining. You might have noticed that lately, the campus has been a regular circus, and I am not just talking about watching shirtless individuals stumble across Red Square.
Though what could be more exciting and entertaining then watching drunken people stumble around and actually act like they are in a circus act? Well, here are verbal arguments which are their own form of entertainment. And we’ve had quite a few of them lately. It seems as if some have taken the idea of stand up comedy to a whole new level. Have no fear, if the noise of a verbal argument doesn’t attract your attention, the noise from a party sure will.
When walking through Rouzer, two Campus Safety officers heard the traditional sounds of a party well in mid swing. After the officers knocked on the door they distinctly heard “Shh, Campus Safety!” Before the door was finally opened, rustling noises and sounds of things being moved around were heard by the officers. At least one student admitted to drinking hard liquor; 10 students and one non-student were identified. The usual incidents were documented: alcohol in a dry dorm, possession of hard liquor, possession under twenty one, possession of a multi-liter container, residence halls room capacity, and violation of quiet hours.
Enter the orange parking cone. Sometime on Friday, April 25, a student was documented for possession of hard alcohol and for the theft of one orange parking cone. Why the orange parking cone you ask? Well, your guess is a good as mine. Although according to the DoCS, stranger things have been known to be found in dorms.
Of course stranger things have happened in dorms too. For instance, on April 17 a Campus Safety officer witnessed a student trying to hide an open 30 pack of beer. Around midnight, a student was seen near Academic Hall carrying what looked to be a pack of beer. Upon seeing the officer, the student decided to go in the other direction. By the way, not a good plan for future reference. In further attempt to hide the beer, the student thought that the bushes near Lewis would be just a good place as any. Brilliant idea, even more so then pretending to be on the phone when Campus Safety walks up looking for you and the beer you just hid in the bushes. The student was compliant; a half empty case of beer was recovered in the bushes near Lewis.
Speaking of strange, another fire extinguisher was stolen, only this time it wasn’t in Rouzer. Instead, someone in Blanche took it for a souvenir, perhaps to use later in the protest against the umbrellas on the patio of Decker College Center. On April 13, Campus Safety found a working fire outside of Decker. Someone had set an umbrella on the patio afire. It hasn’t been determined if it was intentional or not.
Apparently someone has a grudge against Decker. On the same day Campus Safety found a severely cracked glass door on the premises of the College Center. Campus Safety later determined that a brick had been thrown at the glass door.
If that is not enough strange behavior for you, keep a look out for three male non-students looking at and touching vehicles. The still unidentified individuals have been noted for their suspicious actions. In parting, look out for strangers going car shopping on campus.
Caught With Their Pants Down!
On Saturday April 26, two students were found in a college building ? indecently exposed. Documented for unauthorized entry and indecent exposure in Academic Hall…A vending machine in ANW found broken with all the goods removed…An officer discovered three students streaking in the vicinity of the football field during Relay for Life…On May 3, officers discovered students in the pool after hours. According to inside sources, all the students escaped after spending more than two hours in the pool area. The officer on duty reportedly yelled “Hey blonde kid, don’t do that!” before letting him run away.