Ranked: The IU Rowdiest Res Halls
Who had the most IUPD reports during Little 500?
Another Little 500 has come and gone, but don’t worry. The stats from our stretch of debauchery spanning one to ten days (depending on how many 8 AMs you have) are officially in.
According to the findings of The Daily Herald, 347 charges were made during the race weekend with “149 minors, 29 adults, and one juvenile” arrested or given citations.
But the post-“Ill 5” research didn’t stop there for us at The Tab IU.
As many may not know, you can look up all of the crime reports that IUPD processes. They have a log where they document the basic details of each report that IUPD responds to. After the average night, usually less than a single page with two to five crime reports is posted the next business day morning. For Little 5 weekend, however, Friday and Saturday generated six pages of reports — each.
With this information, we can see which dorms raged the most based on the reports from Friday, April 8 until Sunday, April 17 when the celebrations and mischief in the name of our historic bike race transpire.
Some of the takeaways may surprise. More than alcohol, marijuana possession was the most commonly listed illicit activity with 20 separate reports. Maybe it’s because RAs are a little more lenient with alcohol, asking themselves questions like “Are they actually drunk and/or a danger to themselves or others?” Maybe it’s because alcohol doesn’t make the entire floor smell and you’re a moron if you think everyone can’t tell when you’re hot boxing your dorm room.
But anyway, here’s the results for the most out-of-hand dorms for this Little 500.
Zero reports logged: Spruce, Union Street, and Collins
These three are tied for the best behaved on campus. These buildings’ names didn’t appear in any of the IUPD logged crime reports for the examined timeframe. Admittedly, it’s pretty hard to get in trouble in Union Street. As for Spruce and Collins, maybe these residents are a combination of chill, law-abiding citizens and street smart residents who know to save their raging for once they get off campus.
One report logged (each): Eigenmann and Briscoe
Tied for almost best behaved, Eigenmann had a bike stolen on a Tuesday and Briscoe had a marijuana possession. It seems poor Briscoe gets a bad wrap, always getting looped in with the Foster and McNutt shenanigans. You’ll see what I mean later.
Two reports logged: Willkie
The sixth most rowdy, Willkie had just two infractions. Mind you, one was a fat narcotics bust on the Tuesday prior to Little 5.
Three reports logged (each): Read and Teter
Read and Teter are tied for the fifth most rowdy. Read had a non-aggravated assault and two marijuana possessions. Teter was slightly more diverse with theft, vandalism, and alcohol incidents.
Seven reports logged (each): Foster and Ashton
The number of reports per dorm jumps from the three per dorm to seven each for Foster and Ashton, sharing the fourth place slot. Foster was mostly some weed incidents and some alcohol incidents, one of which involved an ambulance transport. Ashton, however, had a Monday night for the books with the a major drug bust. Damn, Ashton — back at it again with the massive drug busts! This time a student in Hershey was arrested for the “sale and/or manufacturing of cocaine, opiates, and other derivatives” according to the IUPD crime log.
Eight reports logged: Wright
Coming in dirty third, there were three reports of peeping, which has been a continuous problem for Wright. Thankfully, the alleged voyeur has since been found. So maybe next year a different dorm will claim their spot as the third rowdiest.
Twelve reports logged: Forest
“Forest is so boring. Nothing ever happens there,” you may have overheard a B Tower resident complain on the E bus on a Monday morning in the not-too-distant past. Well, at least twelve things happened there this Little 5, including vandalism, harassment, and the only report involving an EMT for a dorm the Saturday of Little 5.
In fact, Forest had six reports total for the Saturday of Little 5, more than any other dorm (including the Rowdiest Res Hall winner below). That’s six out of thirteen. Almost half of Little 5 Saturday’s shenanigans took place at Forest, with the rest of the other dorms a combined seven to Forest’s six.
Your Little 5 Rowdiest Res Hall winner with thirteen reports logged: McNutt
While the normally tranquil Forest gave them a run for their money, McNutt rose to the top as the most out-of-hand and off-the-walls dorm for this year’s Little 5 festivities. They do have a bit of a reputation as the dorm that likes to rage. The numbers definitely back that up.
During the Little 5 party season time frame, McNutt had four reported alcohol incidents — more than anyone else — and three of those ended with an EMT visit — also more than anyone else. McNutt also out-performed when it came to marijuana mischief with eight filed reports, which was over a third of all weed misdeeds that happened across all the dorms.
Of course this doesn’t mean everyone in McNutt is a party animal, nor does it mean everyone in Union St. is a saint. Each building has different students and vibes (and levels of staff vigilance). While rule breaking isn’t unheard of among college students, here’s hoping each Little 5 becomes safer than the one before it.
But also, maybe write your RA a thank-you note for surviving Little 5 in their own way.