"I called the police five or six times. They'd be quiet for five minutes and hopefully I'd be able to fall asleep during those five minutes," Worthen said. "But that didn't happen that often."
Her boyfriend, who is also an Adams resident, got so fed up he resorted to sleeping in the offices of the Harvard Outing Club.
"I had fantasies about killing animals and dripping the blood on their steps--and this is coming from a vegetarian," Worthen said.
Lampoon member Daniel Chun '02 said the complaints have been exaggerated, however.
"The Lampoon has been known to rock out, it's true--but five nights a week is pushing it," Chun said. "It's more like 3.4."
Adams House members complained not just of the noise but of the Poonsters' choice of music.
Worthen was particularly offended by their repetition of the Backstreet Boys' song "I Want It That Way," which she heard one night for four hours.
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