Glass windows and doors at residence halls and buildings across campus have been cracked or broken in past weeks, with Pemberton Hall the most recently damaged last weekend.

Mark Hudson, director of housing and dining services, said Pemberton’s resident director told him the incident occurred about 2 a.m. Saturday.

A night assistant saw two males running away from the west side of the building in the parking lot, then noticed a crack in the door glass. The assistant did not see or hear the glass break though, and is unsure if the two men had something to do with the incident.

Lori Vozari, Pemberton Assistant Resident Director, said she was told the same story as Hudson.

Michael LaLonde, a junior geography major, was the night assistant who reported the incident at Pemberton.

LaLonde said while he was inside Pemberton, he heard someone shaking the door back and forth by the handle.

He approached the door too and saw two males who seemed intoxicated making the noise. He told the men to stop and they cannot enter the building without an escort.

Shortly after, he went to the parking lot to check things out since people would be coming back from the bars. While he was at the end of the parking lot, LaLonde saw the same men by the same door. As he was approaching the door, the two men ran off laughing and he noticed the cracked glass.

LaLonde then filled out an incident report.

LaLonde, who lives in Douglas Hall, said glass on the back door of his building is also damaged. He said the glass looks kicked in and has been that way for weeks.

Alicia Spates, a junior journalism major and Pemberton desk assistant, said she had heard about the incident and knows an incident report has been filled out at Pemberton.

The taped up crack in the glass was not as large at first as it is now, Spates said.

“It was small (the glass crack) and then got big,” she said.

The cold weather may have caused the crack to expand, she said.

Spates said many students have asked what happened and she has overheard students talking about it as they walk in.

“It’s not the first broken glass that has happened here,” said Ashley Fritschle, a junior math major and Pemberton resident. Fritschle said she lived in Pemberton last year as well and the glass of a door on the third floor had a similar crack.

Since the glass of the door is only cracked, it was taped instead of boarded, and new glass has been ordered, Hudson said. The incident has been reported to the University Police Department.

Hudson said he has heard of glass broken at Thomas Hall as well, but he is unsure if the two incidents are related.

Hudson said the back doors of Thomas occasionally have problems, but the glass broken there may be the first time this year.

Matt Rosenbaum, a junior elementary education major, said the glass window broken and boarded up has been that way for a couple of weeks now.

Glass is also broken and taped on the windows on the west side of Coleman Hall.

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