Harbin 9 Investigation/Discussion

[washingtonhoya]

Since meth was not at issue, the topic title has been changed. --Admin


www.wusa9.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=116843&catid=158

Can anyone on campus explain more about this? Did the freshman toilet shooter just get one-upped for dumbest freshman ever?

[TC]

Wow....when I saw the Georgetown Voice had tweeted this I thought it was a joke at first.

[mchoya]

If the class of 2013 brought the toilet shooter and the class of 2014 brought the Harbin meth lab, I fear what the class of 2015 will bring

[prhoya]

My freshman floor!! Room?

[strummer8526]

I knew a bunch of people on Harbin 9 in 2003-2004! I do wonder what room.

Also, this is really disturbing press for the University. The best thing that can come out next is that the "lab" was up and running for AT MOST a day or two, and it was reported and shut down quickly. The image of a functioning meth lab in a dorm for more than a few days is terrifying for a lot of reasons.

[HometownHoya]

There will be a university announcement later re CNN

[LizziebethHoya]

Oct 23, 2010 10:08:52 GMT -5 strummer8526 said:

I knew a bunch of people on Harbin 9 in 2003-2004! I do wonder what room.

Also, this is really disturbing press for the University. The best thing that can come out next is that the "lab" was up and running for AT MOST a day or two, and it was reported and shut down quickly. The image of a functioning meth lab in a dorm for more than a few days is terrifying for a lot of reasons.

www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/10/23/AR2010102301833.html?hpid=moreheadlines

I think you're right because it got discovered from someone smelling something funny at 5am and reporting it. So obviously they are doing it at 5am because they assume everyone would be asleep and wouldn't smell it. But if this had been going on for awhile, I'm sure the smell would have been there for awhile as well and it seems odd that someone would be JUST reporting the smell at 5am.

[derhoya]

Oct 23, 2010 8:40:04 GMT -5 prhoya said:

My freshman floor!! Room?

ditto! better not be 909.

[EasyEd]

Great press with this plus the police reports of what they found in Charles Smith's home.

[RusskyHoya]

We can now look forward to a year full of jokes about the Hoyas' "excellent off-court (or field) chemistry" or how they need to "get back into the lab and tweak their formula on offense/defense." Joy.

[TBird41]

Oct 23, 2010 11:12:14 GMT -5 pash said:

This is a huge embarrassment for the university. Are our science labs so outdated and overcrowded that students now have to make their meth in their own dorm rooms?!

Pash wins.

[RusskyHoya]

Oct 23, 2010 11:12:14 GMT -5 pash said:

This is a huge embarrassment for the university. Are our science labs so outdated and overcrowded that students now have to make their meth in their own dorm rooms?!

I just think it shows kids laziness these days. Back in the day, we'd have to walk 15 miles barefoot on unpaved roads to get to Bubba's Meth Shack & Fireworks Emporium. Now kids expect their meth to be cooked for them in their dorm! What a sense of entitlement.

[ksf42001]

Side Benefit: Applications from the rural midwest skyrocket!

[redskins12820]

This is what happens when you cancel the Block Party. Just sayin'

[kchoya]

"DC Police say they have blocked off several streets surrounding the campus due to the volatility of the chemicals. Drivers are advised to avoid that area."

What streets were they blocking off? The closest public street would be 37th.

[TC]

The comments in Vox Populi suggest that none of the Harbin fire alarms worked, so DPS had to go door to door.....

[TC]

.....and Drudge just picked this story up - national news now.

[HoyaChris]

Taking our rivalry with Syracuse to a whole new level.

[strummer8526]

This is a disgrace. Really embarrassing.

[RusskyHoya]

This is a hell of a way to celebrate National Mole Day.