A first-year student wrestled with a burglar in his Thayer Hall common room early yesterday morning.

And students in at least two suites in Matthews Hall woke up Sunday to discover they had been robbed.

The two separate incidents, part of a series of dorm break-ins over the past week, have led first-year students to call for increased security measures in the Yard.

When Pat B. Donovan '03 returned to his Thayer dorm room at 4 a.m. yesterday, he noticed that the handle was jiggling.

After shoving his door open, Donovan said he came face-to-face with a man standing in the common room.

The burglar, described by Donovan as a 5'10" black male wearing a red felt vest and a dark baseball cap backwards, was carrying a full backpack, which the Harvard University Police Department (HUPD) says contained items stolen from other rooms in the Yard dorm.

Donovan asked the robber what he was doing, and he said the robber replied, "I'm here to see Pat."

"No, you're not," Donovan responded. "I'm Pat."