Halloween rivals all other weeks for top billing on citations given

The inevitable party week of Halloween proved to be quite a problem for police officials this year when seven counts of public intoxication were reported.

It seems that this year, most everyone was forgoing trick-or-treating in favor of other activities. On all-hallows eve, many students were cited for illegal acts throughout the week. As is usually the case, with the pumpkins and celebrations come and equal degree of foolish activity.

“I’m sure it was a busy night,” said Detective Chris Schivley. “Thankfully I got to go home early so I didn’t have to deal with all that Halloween business.”

Starting on Oct. 25, parties around campus were in full swing, many of them taking place in the dormitories. While there were seven counts of public intoxication, several other rule-breakers weren’t caught in the act, as the group had dispersed before officials could get to the scene and issue citations.

One would think that with the amount of citations issued, there would have been more noise disturbances as well during the week, not so. Officials say there were no counts of “quiet-hour” commotion that were reported.

“It was really quiet inside the dorms, maybe because everybody went off campus to party,” said marine biology major Brittney Seeley.
Among those that did stay on campus to celebrate the holiday, two were arrested for their disorderly conduct. Field interrogation cards were also filled out, letting the police record show who was involved and at what time, just in case they were snagged by police again later in the night.

“I heard a lot of people got busted for alcohol, and I believe it,” said senior Pat Beck. “There was a lot of bottles lying around the next morning.”



It may have the been the alcohol that contributed to the 11 counts of illegal parking. Not only were students having trouble finding the correct way to park a vehicle, they were in need of finding their vehicles as well. Reports show that three students needed assistance in finding their vehicles during the week.

A final count of indecent exposure rounded out the incidents for Halloween’s party week. Faculty, staff and students can only hope that next year does not bring with it an escalation of illegal acts on or off campus.