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Black bear cub! From bear.org!

Black bear cub! From "bear.org!"

After three years at Princeton, I’ve come to associate Campus Safety Alerts with two things: toy guns (Three, yes, three times) and campus creepers. I’ve never really been happy to see Donald P. Reichling’s name pop up in my inbox, you know? Which I know might seem too much to ask from Public Safety, but sometimes don’t you just want to be surprised, and not in a trench coat on the tow path way?

I mean, I guess that was what Vivienne was getting at last month, when she compared Public Safety’s crime prevention tips to a list of Mountain Lion Safety Tips. Too much public indecency, not enough mountain lions.

Today, Public Safety surprised me. No, Public Safety delighted me. I opened Donald P. Reichling’s email as I always do, with a sad sigh and a sideways glance at the drawer where I stuffed the pepper spray my parents bought me before freshman year (Yeah, it’s pink, get it? Because I’m a girl.) And then I smiled.

Because, Vivienne, it happened. Roaming the streets of Princeton is a black bear.

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(Clothed) amateur sketch of Princetons latest public enemy

(Clothed) artist rendering of Princeton's latest public enemy

Well I think this pretty much makes Princeton the public masturbation/genital exposure capital of the Ivy League: Gary Nuttall, Public Safety supervisor, sent out an email to the University community this afternoon detailing the “act of lewdness” that occurred on Monday. The suspect in question exposed his genitals out on Prospect around 9:30 p.m. and is described as a “middle aged white male, grayish-brown hair with a protruding stomach.  The male was not wearing a shirt and had an article of clothing in his hand.”

Shockingly, that sounds like half the professors I’ve had at Princeton. But let’s move on.

There is a question burning in my mind, however, and that is, while he was described as “not wearing a shirt,” did he have pants on? And what article of clothing was he holding? Perhaps his shirt? Just why was he compelled to take off his shirt? Does he prefer the wind rolling across his chest as he commits such acts? Only time (and an arrest) can tell.

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During summer, when there are no parties to break, or drunk students to catch urinating, what exactly does PSafe do? Catch criminals, that’s what. In this week’s edition: Water guns? Public lewdness? Princeton quickly becomes the next possible locale of a CSI spin-off. Meanwhile, The New Yorker is all like, “You guys were so right about the Kindle thing,” and coincidentally “the Kindle ate my homework” becomes a viable excuse. Also, oh my God!, the Princeton Review made lists of colleges and people  freak out about them.

Public enemies.

Public enemies.

  • Remember that call you got Monday morning from the automated robot woman who cried wolf? About a possible gunman on campus and staying indoors and all that? That was because Public Safety heard from an employee that spotted a young man with what looked like a gun (prompting the flurry of emails and calls to students and faculty). Well, couple minutes later, turns out the guy was a camp counselor carrying around a water gun. Again, those sick sons of bitches at Nerf spark a Princeton lockdown . While we certainly appreciate the attention to campus safety (really! we do!), we’re sure that everyone would prefer a little more discretion at PSafe Headquarters before pressing the big red panic button.
  • Moving on down the police blotter… Guess who decided to make an appearance on campus this weekend? Yes, that’s right, our very own Professor of Public Lewdness, the Princeton Masturbator. Not to be outdone by watergun-toting teenagers, the wanker struck again, this time between Clio and West College. Sporting a hip but conservative white button-down and jeans, the young man asked a visiting lady for some directions Saturday night, while, you know, exposing his genitals. But folks!, this might be the end of an era. Shortly after receiving the call about the man, PSafe sprang into action and actually caught the perp, took him into custody, and charged him. Could this have been the wanker’s last strike? Is there more than one of them? Just why does he always hang around Clio Hall and East Pyne? Why does he always ask for directions? Is he lost and looking for a way home? So many unanswered questions – we’ll keep you updated with any answers.

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Muhammad Kader, 38, was arrested in connection with a sexual assault incident that occurred last Friday night at Richardson Auditorium. According to Public Safety’s Crime Log, Kader, who was working as a waiter on campus, assaulted a female member of Princeton’s staff and “tried to kiss her and then touched her.”

The assault was reported at 9:56 pm, during a dress rehearsal for Princeton Glee Club’s performance on Saturday. The Crime Log also stated that “the victim was able to positively identify the suspect,” who was taken into custody and sent to Borough Police Headquarters. Kader was released on $2,500 bail.

A suspect was also arrested in connection with early Sunday morning’s incident that took place on Alexander Beach. In that incident, according to a Public Safety alert sent out Sunday morning, the suspect reached under a female student’s clothes to touch her. The report said that he “approached the female student and attempted to speak with her, then grabbed her, preventing her from leaving after she attempted to walk away from him.” Another female student intervened and tried to pull the victim away.

But what about the Campus Masturbator?!?

The Princeton community has received two Campus Safety Alerts from Public Safety since yesterday morning about reports of lewdness and sexual contact. The first report is, well, hilarious. But the second incident, not so much.

The first incident:

In separate incidents at approximately 2 and 2:39 a.m. on Saturday, April 18, 2009, two Princeton University female students reported a male was masturbating and exposed his genital area to them while they were walking alone across campus. The first incident took place as the victim was walking on McCosh Walk toward the University Store and the suspect was on the steps between Buyers and Witherspoon halls. The victim said she also saw the suspect earlier in the evening near 1879 Hall and the School of Architecture, where he was masturbating as he walked behind her. The second victim reported that she saw the suspect near the first entry of 1879 Hall, where he exposed himself. The victim said the suspect ran toward Washington Road toward Nassau Street. The suspect did not come into direct contact with either victim.

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