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Thursday, October 20, 2005

UD Checks in on Doings
At her alma mater,
Northwestern University




Student Group Faked Abduction
at University Place ATM, Police Say


What many students feared was an abduction on South Campus Tuesday night turned out to be an initiation rite for a Northwestern organization, University Police said.

A student told police she heard someone shout “Put your hands on the ATM!” at the U.S. Bank ATM on the 600 block of University Place at about 10:45 p.m, Assistant Chief Daniel McAleer of UP said. She then told police that she saw two people lead two others away from the ATM. They placed them in a car parked outside her window on the north side of the street, McAleer said.

Five male students involved in the incident have been referred to Student Affairs, McAleer said. He declined to say which student organization was involved in this incident.

…“They still may be charged criminally in this incident, disorderly conduct probably,” he said