Cloister Inn and the Quadrangle Club both suffered incidents of vandalism this past week.
An unknown student damaged a wall in Quad after it had closed last Sunday, the final day of Houseparties. After an incident in Cloister's kitchen early Saturday morning, the club suspended dining service for three meals.
Peter van Citters '03, Quad's house manager, said someone punched holes in the walls near the club's bathrooms. Because of the location of the holes, he suspected the person was trying to break into the alcohol closet.
Quad president Rolando Amaya '03 said one pre-existing hole was widened, and a new one was punched into the closet.
"Apparently, they took two 40s, and didn't like the way they tasted, and threw them away half full," he said.
There are no clues as to who vandalized the club, van Citters said.
At Cloister, "someone went into the kitchen area and . . . defecated and urinated in the cereals," said Borough Police Capt. Anthony Federico.
The club had previously called Borough Police following an incident earlier that evening.
Cloister president Andrew Jarrett '03 described the incident in an e-mail as an "altercation between members and non-members" that occurred at about 2 a.m. Saturday.
"We assume that [the vandalism of the kitchen] was related to this fall-out," Jarrett said.
After the vandalism was discovered later that morning, the club met with its graduate board and decided to suspend meal service.
Cloister has changed the locks on its kitchen, and took other precautions to prevent a repeat incident, Jarrett said.
He also said the club was working to identify everyone involved earlier that night.
Meanwhile, Amaya said Quad would not adopt any "groundbreaking policies."
"We're not going to hire armed guards . . . just [because] people are punching holes in the walls. You have to expect it to happen with drunk college kids," he said. "Doesn't mean I'm happy about it, but you have to expect it."
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