On Campus - by Josh Becker on Friday, November 20, 2009 15:50 - 10 Comments - 1,189 views
I have a new favorite thing. It’s called the sunny in the sixties over there! Settle down, ladies.
Going back a little further in the week, on the 17th, “a patient and her husband were verbally abusive to a Doctor in a clinic on the 5th floor” of the Kriser Dental Center. I have no punch line to make this mental image funnier than it already is.
The day before that, “a student residing in the [Carlyle dorm] building states that when she went to retrieve a bath mat from the clothes dryer on November 15th at 5:30pm, it was missing.” The case is currently under investigation. If the thief is reading this: come on, give it back. Not only is it a dick move to take other people’s ish from the laundry room, but it’s kind of disgusting that you’d want someone else’s bath mat.
The most heinous crime this month was committed on the 8th, in the Third North dormitory. At 8:50 pm, “a Public Safety officer found a bag containing marijuana in the lobby of the building which was then confiscated.” Dude, seriously, you dropped a bag of weed? You really should be ticketed for that.
Highlights from October include:
- Oct. 27, 7:41 pm, Fairchild Building (the place you get NYUCards): “On date and time of report, a non NYU affiliated individual was observed on the loading dock. When approached, individual indicated he was unemployed and looking for cans for recycling. NYPD was notified and after being properly identified, released.” Sad.
- October 28, 1:14 am, Carlyle Court: “At time and date of report, a non NYU affiliated individual attempted to gain access into the dorm by using a friend’s NYU ID card. Denied access/card confiscated.” Seriously? Dude tried the pass-back in a dorm?
- October 29, 1:34 pm, Hayden: “A student states that unknown person(s) drew an obscene image on her room door located on the 16th floor. It is unknown when this occurred. NYPD notified and a police report was filed.” Does anyone know what the image depicted? If so, please share.
- October 20, 11:00 am, Kriser Dental Center: “On the above date and time, Public Safety was apprised by a Dr. that at 12 noon on October 15, 2009, a bottle containing $1,500 worth of precious metal was discovered missing from a lab on the 4th floor. NYPD notified and a police report was filed.” This sounds like the backstory to a superhero movie. I swear, if Alfred Molina tries to blow up our school, I’m gonna be pissed.
- October 9, 12:30 pm, Third North: “A representative for food services states that sometime between August 2009 and October 9th 2009, unknown person(s) removed a white Huffman refrigerator, Model #GS2M5272, (Unknown value) from a cafeteria store room.” I don’t know what’s funnier: that someone actually stole a refrigerator, or the fact that it took NYU three months to figure this out.
Seriously, a bag of weed?
10 Comments
Ashley K
Eric Levin
Just a reminder that NYU Public Safety is not a police department.
Eric, you speak the truth. “Campus police” is more of a relative term.
PK
“A member of the department states an unidentified homeless person allegedly removed his badge when the individual became physical after being requested to vacate the area after finding him asleep on a bench. NYPD notified and a police report was filed.”
I love this monthly report, too, for the very reasons you highlight. Not only is it an insight to what is “really happening” on the “darkside” of the NYU campus, but some – okay, most – of the incidents reported and recorded are absolutely hilarious, Some are hilarious because you can’t believe it actually happened (dropped weed), some because you can’t believe they are serious enough to get written up (students on MacDougal), and some because of the visual (homeless guy ripping off badge). It’s a good once-a-month laugh and reality check.
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Max Meyers
The only thing that could make this better is an RSS feed. Glad you’re here to take care of that for me.
nice photo.
See? Nothing brings a fragmented urban community like petty crime. Rock on! Can’t wait to see what fun the upcoming days and weeks bring.
Stephen Reed
i agree with loren. nice photo. always a fan of suri! woot woot!

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