January 22, 2008
Men Arrested for BU Assault
Two men were arrested for allegedly assaulting two female BU students in their own dorm rooms on Sunday, and the university is cracking down on those who sign strangers into the dorms. The alleged attackers, one from Brookline and one from Chestnut Hill, convinced two female BU students to sign them into Claflin Hall--even though the students didn't recognize them, the Globe reports.
The BU Free Press interviewed one of the victims, who described what happened when the men broke into her room:
The female resident said she was sleeping alone in her dorm room, which she said she left unlocked for her roommate, when she felt a man wrap his arms around her as she lay sleeping. The resident said she woke up and asked what the man was doing. She said she then got out of bed and turned on the light, though she said the man remained in her bed."When I turned the light on I saw his face, and I've never seen him in my life," she said. "The other guy was standing in my doorway, laughing."
They thought it was funny? Witnesses said the pair were drunk. That's no excuse.
All charges alleged until proven under law. Image from Wikipedia.
The people who let them in will "face judicial actions," the Free Press reports.
Being paranoid about who enters and exits dorms seems antithetical to the college spirit. Meeting new people, having an open mind, and helping out your drunk-ass peers should be the norm. Unfortunately, people like the alleged accusers and Anna Tang, who allegedly stabbed her ex-boyfriend after a guard gave her the key to the boyfriend's dorm room at MIT, have changed the atmosphere, and the overall consensus is that students--and school security guards--need to be more suspicious.


