While one security guard said "between 50 and100" people were turned away, a Harvard policeofficer put the figure differently. "Probably 300or 400 were asked to leave because it wasovercrowded," the officer said.

"They should have held this in a hall fourtimes this size," said one Harvard security guard,who refused to identify himself.

Even after the concert's organizers barredadmission, however, more than 80 people remainedin the house lobby and more than 150 outside theHouse gate, which police officers soon closed.

The people in the lobby were evacuated by fourpolice officers, one with a megaphone, whothreatened to charge them with "loitering."

"We're filled to capacity," said the officerwith the megaphone. "Now you're loitering. Let'smove. If you do not have a Harvard ID you don'tbelong here. Get out of the lobby."

Two police officers stationed at the AdamsHouse gate allowed only Harvard students into thehouse.

By 11:30 crowds still remained on Plympton andBow streets. A group of approximately 30 men andwomen stood behind the Lampoon building on BowSt., until they were required to disperse bypolice officers.

"We're going to lock you up in the wagon," oneofficer said to a member of the crowd. "How wouldyou like to go to jail?"

Police officers also responded to rumors of afight and of "20 people trying to crash down thedoor," according to one officer. Three minuteslater, a group was seen being turned away from theBow Street entrance to the dining hall.

Efforts to reach Levy and Pengelly last nightwere unsuccessful. The concert featured four discjockeys: DJ LP, Day Nuts, Mike D and DJ SugarChild, and five rap groups, who were voted on by anumber of judges.

Concert-goers expressed dissatisfaction withthe handling of the event by both organizers andby police and security. Some blamed the heavypolice involvement on negative stereotypes ofhip-hop music.

"The bottom line is negativity you hear abouthip-hop," said Danny Castro, who works for theLyricist's Lounge, a record label in New YorkCity. "Whenever there's a hip-hop event you'regoing to see police. They feel that it promotesviolence."

"We came up here just to hear the vibes.Negative images in the media have a big part toplay," agreed Larry Davis, who traveled fromBrooklyn for the concert.

"We're just representing, to check out thevibes," Davis added. "It's all the music, nothingmore. Some tensions rappers project in the musiccome from the way it's delivered. But it's deeperthan the music."

Davis attributed the police involvement to theyoung age of most of the concert goers. "At aMotley Crue concert, they search people," hesaid." At a rap concert, they search people. Theymake this up not because of the music but becauseof the age group."