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The Daily Pennsylvanian

Campus Crime Report: Wednesday, March 26, 1997

This article appeared in the joke issue. This article appeared in the joke issue.RappellingThis article appeared in the joke issue.Rappelling· March 24 -- University Police arrested University President Judith Rodin for rappelling from her first-floor College Hall office at approximately 1 p.m. Rodin explained she was "just giving it a try." This article appeared in the joke issue.Rappelling· March 24 -- University Police arrested University President Judith Rodin for rappelling from her first-floor College Hall office at approximately 1 p.m. Rodin explained she was "just giving it a try." TheftThis article appeared in the joke issue.Rappelling· March 24 -- University Police arrested University President Judith Rodin for rappelling from her first-floor College Hall office at approximately 1 p.m. Rodin explained she was "just giving it a try." Theft· March 25 -- Daily Pennsylvanian City News Editor Yochi "Nasty Boy" Dreazen found the guy who stole his bicycle last week and beat him to a bloody pulp at 34th and Walnut streets. The bicycle was not recovered in the incident, which occurred at high noon. This article appeared in the joke issue.Rappelling· March 24 -- University Police arrested University President Judith Rodin for rappelling from her first-floor College Hall office at approximately 1 p.m. Rodin explained she was "just giving it a try." Theft· March 25 -- Daily Pennsylvanian City News Editor Yochi "Nasty Boy" Dreazen found the guy who stole his bicycle last week and beat him to a bloody pulp at 34th and Walnut streets. The bicycle was not recovered in the incident, which occurred at high noon.· March 24 -- A diamond ring, $2,300 in cash, a laptop computer and numerous Dead Sea Scrolls belonging to a student were stolen from the fourth floor of Van Pelt Library between 2:35 p.m. and 2:40 p.m. The student had left the items unattended while he took a shit. This article appeared in the joke issue.Rappelling· March 24 -- University Police arrested University President Judith Rodin for rappelling from her first-floor College Hall office at approximately 1 p.m. Rodin explained she was "just giving it a try." Theft· March 25 -- Daily Pennsylvanian City News Editor Yochi "Nasty Boy" Dreazen found the guy who stole his bicycle last week and beat him to a bloody pulp at 34th and Walnut streets. The bicycle was not recovered in the incident, which occurred at high noon.· March 24 -- A diamond ring, $2,300 in cash, a laptop computer and numerous Dead Sea Scrolls belonging to a student were stolen from the fourth floor of Van Pelt Library between 2:35 p.m. and 2:40 p.m. The student had left the items unattended while he took a shit.· March 24 -- The Covenant sculpture in Superblock was stolen and replaced with real tampons between 1 a.m. and 2 a.m. This article appeared in the joke issue.Rappelling· March 24 -- University Police arrested University President Judith Rodin for rappelling from her first-floor College Hall office at approximately 1 p.m. Rodin explained she was "just giving it a try." Theft· March 25 -- Daily Pennsylvanian City News Editor Yochi "Nasty Boy" Dreazen found the guy who stole his bicycle last week and beat him to a bloody pulp at 34th and Walnut streets. The bicycle was not recovered in the incident, which occurred at high noon.· March 24 -- A diamond ring, $2,300 in cash, a laptop computer and numerous Dead Sea Scrolls belonging to a student were stolen from the fourth floor of Van Pelt Library between 2:35 p.m. and 2:40 p.m. The student had left the items unattended while he took a shit.· March 24 -- The Covenant sculpture in Superblock was stolen and replaced with real tampons between 1 a.m. and 2 a.m.HarassmentThis article appeared in the joke issue.Rappelling· March 24 -- University Police arrested University President Judith Rodin for rappelling from her first-floor College Hall office at approximately 1 p.m. Rodin explained she was "just giving it a try." Theft· March 25 -- Daily Pennsylvanian City News Editor Yochi "Nasty Boy" Dreazen found the guy who stole his bicycle last week and beat him to a bloody pulp at 34th and Walnut streets. The bicycle was not recovered in the incident, which occurred at high noon.· March 24 -- A diamond ring, $2,300 in cash, a laptop computer and numerous Dead Sea Scrolls belonging to a student were stolen from the fourth floor of Van Pelt Library between 2:35 p.m. and 2:40 p.m. The student had left the items unattended while he took a shit.· March 24 -- The Covenant sculpture in Superblock was stolen and replaced with real tampons between 1 a.m. and 2 a.m.Harassment· March 24 -- A University employee who lives at 3812 Walnut Street reported receiving several sexually explicit telephone calls from a man who only identified himself as "John F." University Police's Special Services division is not handling the incident, which occurred between 3 a.m. and 5 a.m. This article appeared in the joke issue.Rappelling· March 24 -- University Police arrested University President Judith Rodin for rappelling from her first-floor College Hall office at approximately 1 p.m. Rodin explained she was "just giving it a try." Theft· March 25 -- Daily Pennsylvanian City News Editor Yochi "Nasty Boy" Dreazen found the guy who stole his bicycle last week and beat him to a bloody pulp at 34th and Walnut streets. The bicycle was not recovered in the incident, which occurred at high noon.· March 24 -- A diamond ring, $2,300 in cash, a laptop computer and numerous Dead Sea Scrolls belonging to a student were stolen from the fourth floor of Van Pelt Library between 2:35 p.m. and 2:40 p.m. The student had left the items unattended while he took a shit.· March 24 -- The Covenant sculpture in Superblock was stolen and replaced with real tampons between 1 a.m. and 2 a.m.Harassment· March 24 -- A University employee who lives at 3812 Walnut Street reported receiving several sexually explicit telephone calls from a man who only identified himself as "John F." University Police's Special Services division is not handling the incident, which occurred between 3 a.m. and 5 a.m.Disorderly ConductThis article appeared in the joke issue.Rappelling· March 24 -- University Police arrested University President Judith Rodin for rappelling from her first-floor College Hall office at approximately 1 p.m. Rodin explained she was "just giving it a try." Theft· March 25 -- Daily Pennsylvanian City News Editor Yochi "Nasty Boy" Dreazen found the guy who stole his bicycle last week and beat him to a bloody pulp at 34th and Walnut streets. The bicycle was not recovered in the incident, which occurred at high noon.· March 24 -- A diamond ring, $2,300 in cash, a laptop computer and numerous Dead Sea Scrolls belonging to a student were stolen from the fourth floor of Van Pelt Library between 2:35 p.m. and 2:40 p.m. The student had left the items unattended while he took a shit.· March 24 -- The Covenant sculpture in Superblock was stolen and replaced with real tampons between 1 a.m. and 2 a.m.Harassment· March 24 -- A University employee who lives at 3812 Walnut Street reported receiving several sexually explicit telephone calls from a man who only identified himself as "John F." University Police's Special Services division is not handling the incident, which occurred between 3 a.m. and 5 a.m.Disorderly Conduct· March 25 -- University Police arrested more than 50 students in connection with a massive food fight at 1920 Commons. Police received reports of students dumping large canisters of soup on each other, emptying the drink machines and smashing lots of kiwis. This article appeared in the joke issue.Rappelling· March 24 -- University Police arrested University President Judith Rodin for rappelling from her first-floor College Hall office at approximately 1 p.m. Rodin explained she was "just giving it a try." Theft· March 25 -- Daily Pennsylvanian City News Editor Yochi "Nasty Boy" Dreazen found the guy who stole his bicycle last week and beat him to a bloody pulp at 34th and Walnut streets. The bicycle was not recovered in the incident, which occurred at high noon.· March 24 -- A diamond ring, $2,300 in cash, a laptop computer and numerous Dead Sea Scrolls belonging to a student were stolen from the fourth floor of Van Pelt Library between 2:35 p.m. and 2:40 p.m. The student had left the items unattended while he took a shit.· March 24 -- The Covenant sculpture in Superblock was stolen and replaced with real tampons between 1 a.m. and 2 a.m.Harassment· March 24 -- A University employee who lives at 3812 Walnut Street reported receiving several sexually explicit telephone calls from a man who only identified himself as "John F." University Police's Special Services division is not handling the incident, which occurred between 3 a.m. and 5 a.m.Disorderly Conduct· March 25 -- University Police arrested more than 50 students in connection with a massive food fight at 1920 Commons. Police received reports of students dumping large canisters of soup on each other, emptying the drink machines and smashing lots of kiwis.No information was obtained from University Police. This article appeared in the joke issue.Rappelling· March 24 -- University Police arrested University President Judith Rodin for rappelling from her first-floor College Hall office at approximately 1 p.m. Rodin explained she was "just giving it a try." Theft· March 25 -- Daily Pennsylvanian City News Editor Yochi "Nasty Boy" Dreazen found the guy who stole his bicycle last week and beat him to a bloody pulp at 34th and Walnut streets. The bicycle was not recovered in the incident, which occurred at high noon.· March 24 -- A diamond ring, $2,300 in cash, a laptop computer and numerous Dead Sea Scrolls belonging to a student were stolen from the fourth floor of Van Pelt Library between 2:35 p.m. and 2:40 p.m. The student had left the items unattended while he took a shit.· March 24 -- The Covenant sculpture in Superblock was stolen and replaced with real tampons between 1 a.m. and 2 a.m.Harassment· March 24 -- A University employee who lives at 3812 Walnut Street reported receiving several sexually explicit telephone calls from a man who only identified himself as "John F." University Police's Special Services division is not handling the incident, which occurred between 3 a.m. and 5 a.m.Disorderly Conduct· March 25 -- University Police arrested more than 50 students in connection with a massive food fight at 1920 Commons. Police received reports of students dumping large canisters of soup on each other, emptying the drink machines and smashing lots of kiwis.No information was obtained from University Police.-- Scott "Sultan" Lanman