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...woman in Adams House reported that three males stole the gong from the dining hall. The suspects escaped in a car with Pennsylvania license plates...

Author: By Garrett M. Graff, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Police Log | 10/18/1999 | See Source »

Tensions between Adams and Pforzheimer House residents escalated Wednesday when a group of four unknown males entered Adams' dining hall at about 4:15 p.m. and removed the House's famous gong used during meals to make announcements. In recent months, the gong has been used to chide unwelcome dinner guests...

Author: By Allison A. Melia, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: PfoHo-Adams Rivalry Intensifies | 10/15/1999 | See Source »

According to Peggy A. McNamara, HUPD spokesperson, an Adams Dining Hall employee tried to stop the students. A scuffle ensued, and the employee managed to recover the gong's wooden frame before the four students fled in a motor vehicle, McNamara said...

Author: By Allison A. Melia, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: PfoHo-Adams Rivalry Intensifies | 10/15/1999 | See Source »

Later, at about 6:30 p.m., McNamara said, HUPD officers recovered the gong, which was hanging in the Pforzheimer dining hall. Over the gong was a sign that read "the spoils of war," according to Pforzheimer resident Manuel A. Garcia...

Author: By Allison A. Melia, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: PfoHo-Adams Rivalry Intensifies | 10/15/1999 | See Source »

Late Wednesday night, in retaliation for the theft of the gong, Adams residents entered Pforzheimer, plastering signs that read "the sun never sets on the pfadams empire...

Author: By Allison A. Melia, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: PfoHo-Adams Rivalry Intensifies | 10/15/1999 | See Source »

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