"Alarm? That's just the music!"
Tufts University Police Department (TUPD) officers at 1:09 a.m. on Feb. 18 responded to a fire alarm set off at the Alpha Tau Omega (ATO) fraternity house at 134 Professors Row. When the officers entered the house, they saw people exiting through the back door and dropping clear plastic cups. When officers asked residents why they did not immediately exit the building when they heard the fire alarm going off, the residents said they thought it was part of the party.
Good Samaritans
Two female students at 12:07 a.m. on Feb. 19 called TUPD after finding another female student lying down on the ground next to the Professors Row tennis courts. Although they did not know the apparently near-unconscious student, they took her to their off-campus house and called for help. The student was transported to Lawrence Memorial Hospital for treatment.
False alarm
A fire alarm at the Zeta Psi fraternity house went off at 12:30 a.m. on Feb. 20, alerting TUPD. When officers arrived at the house, there was no fire to be found, but a fire extinguisher had been used for an unknown reason. The fraternity brothers present said they did not know who had set off the alarm and deployed the fire extinguisher, but that they would call TUPD when they found out. As of press time, TUPD had not yet received a call with further information.
