A group of Dryer Hall residents are upset with security after an early morning verbal altercation March 7.

About 12:30 a.m., a large group of unidentified males came to the residence hall and began making vicious comments toward a resident. Many of the comments were sexually driven.

One witness described the comments as disgusting.

“I wouldn’t **** you with 10 condoms,” one of the males allegedly said.

The group of males continued harassing the resident outside the residence hall while yelling and honking their car horns.

“They were trying to get the girl to come out,” said Monique Jamerson, sophomore English major and a witness to a majority of the activity that morning.

The taunting continued for hours.

Jamerson said five people called security for immediate help. When Jamerson called, she was surprised at the officer’s response.

“He said ‘Yes, ma’am, we’ve already been contacted about that,'” Jamerson said.

Witnesses said security didn’t arrive until the group of males left – around 4 a.m.

“When people are being harassed – security isn’t around,” she said. “They need to be fired.”

Randy Georges, junior graphic design major, is Jamerson’s fiance.

“I felt scared for her safety,” Georges said. “It was dangerous.”

Georges said he couldn’t believe how poorly security handled the situation.

“This is right in front of the dorms,” Georges said.

Betsy Cooper, freshman art education major, heard everything that night.

“It was a lot of people screaming and arguing,” Cooper said. “It was so loud that I looked outside and there was a swarm of people in a circle yelling.”

Cooper was frustrated about the incident.

“I was annoyed because I had a hard midterm the next morning and all the noise went on until 4 a.m.,” Cooper said. “I tried turning my radio up so I couldn’t hear as much, but it didn’t work, so I got hardly any sleep.”

At one point, Cooper said she remembers the noise stopped for a while, but right when she was attempting to fall asleep, the males came back.

“Later that night those boys came back, parked right outside my window and honked their horn every two seconds for a good 10 minutes,” she said.

While Cooper was frustrated about the lack of sleep for her midterm, she and her roommate were concerned for their safety.

“The guys were big and tall and there were a lot of them,” she said. “We didn’t know what to think or what was going on.”

Cooper thinks security did not handle the situation properly.

“Security writes tickets,” she said. “That’s all I have ever seen them do besides lock the doors outside at night. Our ‘security’ doesn’t make me feel very secure.”

The officer on duty that morning was John Hubbard.

Ken Kennedy, manager of safety and security, said Hubbard was hired in January.

“He’s new, but I think he handled the situation correctly,” Kennedy said. “I have a lot of confidence in Officer Hubbard.”

Kennedy said when security arrived, no one wanted to file a report about the incident.

“I was told that it was just an argument,” Kennedy said.

Kennedy said since there are conflicting reports he welcomes those affected to come to security.

“If there was more to that night, then they should come by and talk with us,” he said.

While none of the harassment was directed toward Jamerson, she still has strong feelings about security.

“This proves to the president that we need better security,” she said. “I’m afraid to go outside at night…it’s not fair.”