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Cannon wars
Tufts University Police Department (TUPD) officers at 11:30 p.m. on April 22 heard people yelling near the cannon by Ballou Hall. Upon arriving at the scene, officers discovered 15 to 20 students arguing about which group was going to paint the cannon. TUPD Sgt. Robert McCarthy said the argument occurred between members of Sigma Nu and Alpha Tau Omega.
"One group painted it, and then the other group wanted to after them," McCarthy said. He said that the argument was eventually resolved.
An alarm-ing visitor
TUPD responded at 2:45 a.m. on April 24 to a break-in at a house on the corner of Fairmount and Capen Streets. A resident, upon hearing her house alarm, looked downstairs to discover an unknown male in the hall. She described the male as about 5'7" with short, dark hair. The resident ran to her room, locked the door and called TUPD officers, who searched the area but did not find any suspects.
Blame it on the alcohol
A TUPD officer at 8 p.m. on April 24 overheard a conversation between two students in Cohen Auditorium about alcohol.
"One of our officers heard people talking about not being drunk yet," McCarthy said. The incident happened shortly before a Tufts Dance Collective show on Saturday at 9:30 pm.
The officer searched the downstairs area of the building and discovered that students had been drinking in the dressing and practice areas in the basement of Aidekman Arts Center. The officer confiscated a bottle of vodka, a bottle of rum and a case of beer from the rooms. No students were found to have alcohol.
Lost and found
TUPD received a call at 11:40 p.m. on April 24 from the Zeta Psi fraternity house at 80 Professors Row for a breaking and entering in progress. Students saw two uninvited males enter the building and saw another who tried to gain access through the fire escape. The Zeta Psi brothers chased the males away and discovered that one had dropped his cell phone, allowing TUPD to identify him.
"We did get a report from there that one student did lose his laptop," McCarthy said.
Bongs away
TUPD officers received a call at 12:30 a.m. on April 26 from a resident assistant (RA) from Wren Hall who had found two bongs in a bathroom. A TUPD officer and the RA confronted the student who was believed to own one of the bongs. The student, who was also found to have a bag of marijuana, admitted that one belonged to him but said that the other belonged to a friend. The bongs and marijuana were confiscated.
