With the stress of shopping period comes the release of the weekend. But students seeking to sooth their frayed nerves by partying found that the hottest spots were shut down in the early hours of the night. 


Channel Surfing

6:06 a.m.—A Lowellian in entryway E, room 31 may have been early-morning channel surfing but to the complainants nearby, his or her television-watching was too loud. Police responded to the disturbance complaint last Friday, Feb. 3 urging the boisterous watcher to turn it down. The Lowellian complied.



Painful Hook-Up

5:22 p.m.—Jon Ferlan, 30, may reportedly have been looking for a hook-up at Au Bon Pain last Friday, but he came away from the incident locked-up instead. A caller alerted HUPD to two loiterers allegedly engaged in a lewd act inside the Mass Ave. restaurant. Police found the pair, released one after issuing him or her a no-trespass warning, but arrested Ferlan of Boston because of an outstanding warrant. Sometimes, love can be so harsh.



Shove-and-Run

1:01 a.m.—A late-night roamer on Boston’s Putnam Avenue was pushed by an unknown assailant who then abruptly ran away last Saturday. The victim approached a HUPD officer and alerted him or her to the walk-by pusher. Police searched the area but to no avail—the shove-and-run perpetrator was nowhere to be found.



Going Streaking

4:25 a.m.—Two early-bird streakers were seen frolicking—sans clothes—at Widener Library last Saturday, Feb. 4. Police officers were sent to the Yard to check it out but were ultimately unable to catch a glimpse of the reverie. The nightly temperature averaged in the 40s, according to weather.com.



Missing Projectors

4:46 p.m.—Reports of a missing projector in Emerson Hall sent police to the scene last Saturday. The normal two had been reduced to one. Neither Media Services nor the building supervisor knew of the machine’s whereabouts. Whether it was stolen or simply sent off to repair remains unknown. The case remains open.



Mysterious Bicycles

12:12 a.m.—A trail of damaged bicycles lined outside of Cabot House’s entryway A last Sunday, Feb. 5, raised police suspicions. The responding officer reports that there is “no way to tell if [the] bicycles belong to Harvard.”



Case Closed

11:04 a.m.—Police reported to freshman dorm Straus Hall last Tuesday to take note of “an individual who has been having unwanted contact with another individual.” Police logs report that the investigation is closed.



Noise at Grays

3:59 a.m.—Late-night howlers by freshman dorm Grays Hall, entryway West, drew complaints last Wednesday. Police intercepted the gang of fifteen, who were reportedly making noise, and sent them away.