One student was arrested on the field outside the Women’s Building, just before 6 p.m., said Tony Callisto, chief of the Department of Public Safety. An intoxicated student attempted to punch a female security guard. When a DPS officer tried to stop him, the student took a swing at the officer. The student was then tackled, and it took three DPS officers to hold him down and handcuff him. He was then transported downtown for booking. He was charged with two counts of harassment, one count of resisting arrest and one count of possessing false identification, Callisto said.

Syracuse University Ambulance transported four students to the hospital. One was for intoxication and the other three were classified as ‘illnesses.’ Further investigation is necessary to find out if alcohol was involved, Callisto said.

Two students received judicial referrals for failing to follow the direction of a university official.

Callisto declined to provide names of students for any of the incidents.

The Syracuse Police Department sent 15 officers to patrol the Euclid Avenue area between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m., and then replaced them with 17 officers from 4 to 8 p.m. DPS had 12 officers out on duty, Callisto said.

There was a car accident on South Campus, but Callisto said it had nothing to do with the Euclid Avenue parties and that alcohol was not involved.

He estimated that there were approximately 3,000 students at the Euclid parties, a smaller crowd than last year. Generally, the noise problems were less than last year, he said, but the trash left on the streets after the parties ended was much worse than in previous years.

‘When I walked around at 5:30 or 6 to remind students hosting parties about cleanup responsibilities, no one seemed very intoxicated,’ Callisto said. ‘They seemed to be trying to maintain control at their parties.’

Lt. Joe Cecile of SPD estimated the crowd to be the same size as last year’s. He said 30 green metal trashcans set up along Euclid were supposed to help alleviate the litter problem.

‘I would say, in my opinion, it went smoothly,’ Cecile said. ‘We didn’t have to issue any citations, which I think is good sign.’

This year, SPD decided any live music performances at houses would be illegal, after a DJ setting up shop last year forced a crowd of students to spill into the street. A band was starting to play on the porch roof of a house on the 500 block of Euclid Tuesday, but Cecile said they stopped when SPD asked them to comply with the new policy.

Published on April 21, 2009 at 12:00 pm