Although Safety and Security received about one half of the complaint reports it received last year over Homecoming weekend, activities at Saturday's football game kept Hanover Police busy when three students rushed the field and a band member was forced to leave the stands.
Nicole Dielo '00, Alex Schultz '00 and Scott Snyder '00 rushed the field during half-time.
The three students jumped over the railing separating the spectators from the field and ran across the 30 yard line, Snyder said.
"I got about a fourth of a way out there and I could tell that everyone noticed us because a huge roar went up in the crowd. It was pretty spectacular." he said.
The students attempted to escape by climbing over the fence surrounding the field, Dielo said.
"We had a well-thought-out strategy, but it didn't work out as far as escaping," Snyder said.
Dielo and Schultz were both apprehended by police who were hiding behind trees by the fence, while Snyder said he was arrested by "a nice gentleman in a white jacket assisted by security."
Schultz and Synder were taken to the Hanover Police Station where they had mug shots taken and were fingerprinted.
Dielo went directly to Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center where she received five stitches on her left hand for cuts obtained during her climb over the fence.
The students who rushed the field will face charges for a Class B misdemeanor for trespassing. The First Year Office is handling their cases, College Proctor Robert McEwen said.
Synder said, "I've gotten a ton of BlitzMail thanking me."
But Schultz said his Undergraduate Advisor was a "little depressed."
Keith Broughton '97, a tuba player in the Dartmouth Marching Band, was forced to leave Saturday's game during the third quarter after officers became suspicious that he held alcohol in his possession.
"I remember five officers, total, pressuring me to show them what was in my bag" Broughton said.
Broghton said when he refused to open his bag "one of the officers threatened to arrest me with trespassing if I didn't leave the stands now."
As the police escorted Broughton out of the stadium, the crowd began chanting "Let the tuba go" and "objects were thrown at the police officers" said Russell Young '97, president of the Dartmouth Marching Band.
Broughton said when the Hanover Police discovered that he is 21, he was allowed to leave and asked not to reenter the stadium.
Only 30 complaint reports have been filed so far and 67 were filed last year in response to miscellaneous violations, McEwen said.
Violations this year include seven inebriates, three reports of vandalism and reports that one unidentified student climbed to the top of the bonfire before it was lit and jumped down.
Despite the events which occurred at Saturday's game, McEwen said it was a "relatively quiet weekend."
Hanover Police Captain John O'Connor could not be reached for comment.
