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Vol. 121 No. 22
Tuesday, December 6, 2011
‘All the Lehigh News First’
THE BROWN AND WHITE
Lehigh University’s Student Newspaper Founded in 1894
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Senior quarterback Chris Lum rushes past the Towson defense. The Mountain Hawks won, 40-38, in the second round of the NCAA FCS playoffs Saturday, Dec 3.
News Brief
Dayglow ‘paint party’ leads to physical altercations
According to a report in The Express Times on Sunday, Dec. 4, police officers from Lehigh University, Bethlehem city and Lehigh County responded to a series of disturbances at Saturday night’s Dayglow Beats Love Unity tour “paint party” at the Goodman Campus’ Stabler Arena.
Early in the night, authorities set up a center outside the arena, which was packed with some 4,200 revelers, the story said.
By 11:30 p.m. a fifth and sixth ambulance had already arrived; flashing lights, fog and dancers could be seen in the arena, the story said.
The Express Times reported that students leaving the show, cov­ered in paint and wearing little clothing, said four or five fights started at the party and that these incidents drew police.
The story quoted Vice President of Lehigh’s communica­tion and public affairs Jen Tucker, who said she didn’t know the specific reason for the police response, but said several attendees were taken to hospitals in unknown conditions. Officials at St. Luke’s Hospital at Fountain Hill did not provide information to The Express Times.
Students leaving the show told The Express Times that the atmosphere inside Stabler was tense and described the event as a “rave.” They told the paper that there was allegedly rough danc­ing and substance use at the party.
Dayglow, which bills itself as “The World’s Largest Paint” party, says on its website that it “fuses high-energy music, art, dance and paint.”
The show included stilt-walkers, contortion acts, fire shows and cannons that shoot paint.
The party was scheduled to run until 1 a.m. Sunday. Tucker told The Express Times that police remained on the scene as back-up in case of more altercations. She said in the story that the attendees were students and nonstudents.
-Staff reports
LUPD targets suspect in alleged campus burglaries
Hawks head to FCS quarterfinals
By MELISSA COLLINS
A suspect who is allegedly responsible for three on-cam­pus sorority house break-ins now has a warrant out for his arrest, according to Le­high Chief of Police Edward Shupp.
Sisters of Alpha Phi, Gam­ma Phi Beta and Alpha Chi Omega sororities reported burglaries or burglary at­tempts at each residence over the holiday break. The com­bined estimated loss to the burglaries is about $9,300. Ac­cording to Shupp, the break-ins were the first fraternity or sorority burglaries in about 10 years.
The Lehigh University Police Department conducted an investigation following the burglaries, evaluating evidence and crime marks, which eventually led them to a suspect, who is a local resi­dent. According to Shupp, the break-ins were the first frater­nity or sorority burglaries in about 10 years.
“A suspect has been identi­fied, and there is a warrant out for his arrest,” Shupp said.
The crimes were reported on the LU Crime Log on Nov. 22, and by this past Saturday, Dec. 3, Shupp said the LUPD had singled out a suspect.
“The officers are doing their jobs,” Shupp said in an interview on Thursday, Dec. 1. “It takes a lot of time to evaluate [evidence] to culti­vate an investigation.”
There were also reported burglaries at off-campus residences during the holiday break, and Shupp said the Bethlehem Police Department is working, in conjunction with the LUPD, to solve those cases. The investigation is still ongoing, though, for the off-campus burglaries.
Shupp also said that al­though students will be leav­ing campus for winter break within the next few weeks, the police department stays in “full force” and continues to patrol campus and its outer reaches.
However, it is also up to students to make sure all safe­ty measures are taken, he said.
“Make sure windows and doors are locked and secured,” Shupp said. “Don’t leave valu­ables in the open. Make sure your room is locked. […] If you have safety measures in place and don’t utilize them, it defeats the purpose.”
Most of all, “students need to let the police do their jobs,” he said. Every officer and members of the LUPD’s inves­tigative forces are equipped to evaluate evidence and partake in an investigation.
“No place is crime free,” Shupp said. No place is invincible.”
n A local resident is al­legedly linked to three sorority break-ins.