Cambridge Resident Arrested on Campus

A Cambridge resident who had been previously warned off Harvard property was arrested on Thursday night outside Lehman Hall for assault and battery of a Harvard police officer, assault and battery with a deadly weapon, trespassing and disorderly conduct, according to Harvard Police.

John Smith, 27, had been arrested once before for trespassing on Harvard property. This Thursday, "when he was told to leave, he became violent and attacked two officers," deputy chief Jack W. Morse said. Smith has been charged with using a deadly weapon because he allegedly kicked two police officers.

A student who witnessed the arrest said that when she came upon the scene the suspect was already on the ground, and a woman police officer was sitting on Smith's neck. The student, who asked not to be identified, said that the officer was yelling obscenities at Smith and that the officers carried Smith by the neck and the back of his belt in to a police car. "It looked very brutal," she said.

Smith was judged violent and abusive and was transfered to Cambridge Police Department for booking, Morse said.

Cyclists, Pedestrians Warned Off Bridge

The Massachusetts Department of Public Works (MDPW) this fall warned pedestrians and cyclists about traveling over the Harvard Bridge while it undergoes a three-year renovation project expected to continue until April, 1991.

"There have already been several mishaps involving cyclists operating recklessly," said MDPW Commissioner Jane F. Garvey in a press release earlier this month. "We're asking that people show some courtesy and common sense."

Two accidents involving cyclists have been reported on the bridge--which crosses the Charles River near MIT--since the $16.3 million project began last April, said Lou Abruzese, an official in MDPW's Public Information Office.

Traffic is limited to the east side of the bridge during construction, and pedestrians and cyclists must share a sidewalk.

A cyclist called the bridge "potentially dangerous" and added, "Given the average behavior [of people on the bridge], I think it really is dangerous." One pedestrian complained, "[Bicyclists] don't slow down."

No signs cautioning pedestrians or cyclists are visible on either side of the bridge.

Wigglesworth Locks Aren't Working

Faulty locks have plagued a freshman dorm this year, as three locks have been broken into so far and four students were locked in a room in Wigglesworth F-entry Friday night.

The front door to F-entry was also unlockable for an evening last week, and a bathroom in E entry was locked shut without any students inside, said proctor Stephen O. Kovacs '86.

Therese M. Flynn '92 and three friends were locked in her room for 45 minutes Friday. After calling her roommate and trying to unlock the door from the inside and outside she called the Harvard Police. "At first they didn't believe me. I guess they thought it was a prank," she said.

By the time a locksmith came and sawed off the lock on the door, a crowd had gathered outside her door, Flynn said. "They all started cheering, with cameras and everything. It was like the baby in the well." Flynn said that the lock on her door was replaced within a few hours.

Kovacs said that he did not think that Friday night's situation was unsafe because there was a fire door. However, he said that he thought that being locked in a bathroom would be unsafe in a fire. "Perhaps [all the Wigglesworth locks] should be checked," he said.

Food Salvage Program Gets Early Start

Although a Phillips Brooks House program designed to provide homeless people with hot meals from Harvard dinining halls does not begin until November, one program organizer is making sure hungry people are fed until then.

Paul N. Gailiunas '92, a PBH member who also works in the dining halls, said he is starting the Food Salvage program early because he is upset about the amount of food which goes to waste each evening.

"It seems to me that at least four or five big trays of food are left over each night in one dining hall. It's thrown right down the drain. It's ridiculous," he said, adding that starting this Friday, he and several friends will pick up food from the dining halls two or three times a week and take it to a Cambridge homeless shelter.

The official program will begin November 15, when the University Lutheran Shelter, which provides 25 to 30 homeless people with hot meals each day, opens.

Deaf Poet Performs In Sever Hall

Poetry, seen and not heard, filled Sever Hall last night at a Deaf Poetry presentation that combined mime, signing and sound effects.

Deaf poet Peter Cook and interpreter Kenny Lerner garnered repeated applause--waving hands in American Sign Language (ASL)--from the approximately 60 people in the audience. The reading was presented by the Boston Theater of the Deaf (BDT), Harvard coordinators for persons with disabilities and the Phillips Brooks House Committee for the Deaf.

Cook used ASL and mime in the reading while Lerner interpreted it verbally and added sound effects.

"We write everything together," said Cook through Lerner, "but [my performance] is not word for word. There's a lot of addition. Also, we judge the audience--if they're really conservative, we might not do all of our stuff."

Cook's and Lerner's performance included poems ranging in subject from the streets of San Francisco to the martial arts and is part of a tour sponsored by the Boston Arts Lottery.