Incident blotter: Poly editor sets off fire alarm in Quad, nose bleed in Nason

By The Polytechnic Editorial Board

September 9, 2015

View this article as it originally appeared on poly.rpi.edu in September 2015

Sunday, September 6

The Quadrangle Fire alarm: Fire alarm was activated on the first floor of Church V. Source was cooking smoke from attempted cooking of deep fried Oreos.

Monday, September 7

Nason Hall Injury: A resident assistant reported a resident experiencing a nose bleed and requested medical attention. The responding Department of Public Safety officer requested a clean up of blood. The dean on duty was notified and responded accordingly.

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