One entry in Georgetown Washington University’s crime log this week, via the GW Hatchet, stood out.

Lewd Obscene Acts

10/15/07 - Marvin Center - 8:35 p.m. - case closed

UPD officers responded to an anonymous tip about a male individual who appeared to be masturbating. Officers approached the student, who claimed he was merely talking on his cell phone. He was cautioned about having his hands down his pants in public and was told to leave the area.

Could “talking on my cellphone” be to GW students what a “wide stance” is to U.S. Senators? I guess even though a $50,000 tuition pays for a lot of things, chilling in public with your hand down your pants isn’t one of them.

- Sam Sweeney, Senior Writer

The top part of a tree trunk split off and struck a woman on 36^th Street between N and Prospect Streets around 1:15 this afternoon. GERMS, the Metropolitan Police Department, DPS and the D.C. Fire Department were on the scene within minutes to tend to the victim, who was immobilized, loaded onto a stretcher and taken off the scene in a D.C. ambulance. She will be treated at George Washington University Hospital, according to Officer Brittingham of MPD. GERMS declined to comment at this time. The accident happened outside the Mortara Center, near Wisemiller’s Deli. More updates as this story develops.

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