Police Briefs

Fog Fiasco

At 7:48 p.m. on Oct. 25, the Tufts University Police Department (TUPD) responded to a fire alarm in Curtis Hall. Upon arriving, officers discovered that a student had been filming a movie in the rear stairwell, and the fog machine he had been using for special effects had set off the smoke detector.

Marathoning

There was only one TUPD-reported intoxication incident during the weekend of Oct. 25 to 26: During the Thetathon dance marathon, an intoxicated student was transported to Lawrence Memorial Hospital at around 9 p.m.

Roof Climbers

Nine people were reportedly found on the roof of Metcalf Hall at 1:30 a.m. on Oct. 26. Everyone was subsequently removed by TUPD.

Radio Scare

TUPD received a panic button call from Tisch Library at 5:32 p.m. on Oct. 28. The button was activated by a student who found a book on a table on the top floor of the library with pages cut out, leaving a square cavity in the book. Inside the cavity, the student discovered a Timex Clock Radio with wires coming out of it. Although the item seemed suspicious, TUPD officers ascertained that the book was a relic of a publicity stunt carried out by WMFO radio a few years ago. The radio station had acquired their own books, cut out the centers and placed clock radios inside. WMFO members then placed the books in the Tisch stacks and set the alarms of the radios so that they would all go off at the same time and begin broadcasting the WMFO station, but the stunt failed and most of the books were removed. However, WMFO members could not remember where all the books had been placed, meaning that some were never removed from the library. Since the student did not find the book on a shelf, TUPD officers explained that someone must have found the book beforehand and placed it on the table.

Halloweekend

A total of seven students were transported to the hospital during Halloween weekend as a result of alcohol intoxication, while another student was able to refuse transport. One of the transported students was underage and reported to TUPD that she had been drinking at a party hosted by fraternity Theta Delta Chi at their house at 123 Packard Ave. TUPD subsequently dispersed the fraternity house's on-going party.