The Washington Blade is reporting an assault on a gay Georgetown med student early Friday morning (emphasis mine):

The source said the men, who he described as Muslim and being of “Middle Eastern descent,” asked the other men if they were gay. When one of the men answered yes, the source noted that the man and his companion began using “profane language.”

At one point, the source said, the two men told the gay men, “If you were to do this type of behavior back in our country, you’d be stoned,” and that “a man’s asshole is for shitting not fucking, you fucking faggots.”

The source said one of the Muslim men eventually goaded his companion, who held a glass bottle, into attacking one of the gay men. The source noted the man who wielded the bottle struck the Georgetown student’s left cheek with it. The two men then fled.

An hour after the arrest, police arrested the two suspects.

The Department of Public Safety published the annual Crime Awareness Report (PDF) Tuesday, but all the good stuff turned out to be clerical errors. All the good stuff, that is, except for this front page picture of Jeff Van Slyke, Director of Public Safety, and Jack the Bulldog.

There’s a reason why Jeff and Jack are getting acquainted. Yesterday, Van Slyke told me that Jack is getting deputized into DPS–seriously. He said there’s going to be a photo-op with DPS officers in the Adopt-a-Cop program, and Jack is going to come along to be sworn into the canine unit. He speculated about the possibility of using fishing line to raise Jack’s right paw for a swearing-in.

It’s weird, but it’s not student informants weird, and that’s something to be grateful for.

Update: Housing changed its mind. Scroll down on this post for the information you need for cleaning.

There are now 146 food-poisoned students who went to Georgetown Hospital, according to today’s email from Todd Olson. Despite this high number, the University has apparently instituted a you-puke-it, you-clean-it policy for affected students.

Kathrin Verestoun’s roommate vomited on their carpet after eating at Leo’s, and Verestoun sent a request to Facilities asking them to clean the vomit under her roommate’s bed. She got this email back from Facilities (caps lock theirs):

We have assigned work ticket number SEE NOTES
to the following request:
Comment: YOU ARE RESPONSILBLE FOR ANY CLEANUP INSIDE OF YOUR APT.

It’s outrageous enough that the University is deducting from your meal plan for the privilege of dining in their laughable Leo’s replacement, Leavey’s Center Grill, which offers a only smattering of fried goodies and a dismal, withered salad bar. But making students cleanup the University’s mess, too? That ain’t right.

“And it all started with the Voice!”

The Voice is looking for students who are good with numbers and sales to work on our business staff. Work hard here and who knows, maybe you’ll be running naked women on page 3 and menacing the New York Times.

Interested? Apply by sending an email to thevoice at georgetown.edu.

Photo from Flickr user Mike Goat used under a Creative Commons license

That was the big scoop from tonight’s Advisory Neighborhood Commission meeting. Metropolitan Police Department Sergeant Hackley said during the crime report that the bull’s head, which was stolen a little over a week ago from Halcyon House on Prospect St., had made its way back to the House and owner John Dreyfuss. The statue’s valued at $25,000.

No word yet on the identity of the Brazen Bull Bandits or what punishment they might face, but Commissioner Bill Starrels said that as soon as he heard about the theft he got in touch with Georgetown’s Ray Danieli and set up a meeting between Dreyfuss, school officials, and MPD, so it looks the Bandits are students.

Photo from Flickr user Big Grey Mare used under a Creative Commons license

Everyone’s got Van Slyke fever, and the only cure is more handguns. GW now has a task force looking into whether to give its police force handguns, and the kids don’t like it.

Now’s a good time to point out that, thus far, no one’s been hurt from DPS pepper spray and batons. Watch this space, though.

I just got an email from Will Rennie, the Georgetown student who previously said he was called homophobic slurs by some Georgetown lacrosse players. Rennie planned to get the players thrown out, the team’s coach fired, and the team’s season cancelled. Now, though, he says everything’s cool (unless you’re a lacrosse player from Maryland or Rutgers):

Last night I was able to talk to the guys in the 3635 S St house and after talking for a long time I feel the entire issue is resolved.  I am convinced that Georgetown Lacrosse players were NOT involved (nor were the residents of the house) and therefore I have already emailed Office of Student Conduct requesting that judicial proceedings that I started come to an end.  The people who harassed me were probably lacrosse players at Maryland and Rutgers (and who sublet-ed this summer at 3635) and I have told this to DPS.

Georgetown’s crime wave continues, this time with something a lot less fun than Los Banditos Flagrantes del Toro. In a public safety alert sent out last night, DPS describes a burglary that seems a lot more serious than some stolen goods (emphasis mine):

At 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, September 25, 2008, a student reported to DPS that at approximately 5:20 a.m. the same day, an unknown hispanic male entered her apartment through an unlocked and ajar door. The suspect took a blanket from a bedroom and put it on top of the complainant, who was sleeping on the couch. He then laid on top of her. The complainant screamed and the suspect immediately left the premises. DPS notified MPD and they responded to the scene. MPD has classified the crime as a burglary and is continuing to investigate.

I guess MPD are the experts, but it’s weird to classify this as a burglary when nothing was even taken and someone was practically smothered.

The Bandits plot their heist

Looks like the Brazen Bull Bandits, of last night’s public safety alert fame, stole their $25,000 bull’s head from Halcyon House, a large house full of sculptures that’s up for sale.

I was just there, being chewed out by an unnamed woman over the intercom. She wouldn’t say the house was where the robbery went down, but she said she’d been asked questions all day by reporters and said I should really write the story about “why they did it”, “they” presumably being the robbers. More as it develops!

Best heist in Georgetown history. Early Sunday morning 12 to 15 white men and women broke into a Georgetown home. Confronted by a resident, they fled with a bronze bull’s head:

A homeowner reported to the Metropolitan Police Department at approximately 3:30 a.m. on Sunday, September 21, 2008 that a group of 12-15 white males and females broke into his home. Another resident of the home confronted the individuals and they left the premises. The homeowner discovered that a bronze bull’s head sculpture worth $25,000 was missing. MPD reported this incident to DPS on Tuesday, September 23, 2008.

Who are the Bronze Bull Bandits?