They're looking for apartments left vacant by vacationing college students, but aren't all that choosy, Boston Police report:

If you see anyone in the area that does not look familiar to you, contact Boston Police immediately. If you are calling from your cell phone dial 617-343-4911; in order to get the Boston Police dispatcher.

Jef Taylor seems one of the mildest-mannered bloggers out there - his posts are usually about interesting flora and fauna he runs across along the Muddy River, photos of rocks he's precariously piled atop each other and the like. But he's had enough:

Okay you hip young people in your dark colored winter coats darting into the street willy-nilly: Please keep in mind that the cars surging toward you have fogged/iced windows, and that the street is slippery and braking may not save you. Please show the slightest bit of self-preservation, if not for your own stupid life, to keep me from having a heart atack.

Gabrielle Tassone makes the case against requiring out-of-state college students from serving on Massachusetts juries - they can be called by both Massachusetts and their home states. But she snowflakes it all up:

Students are not compensated for their "inconveniences" and, more importantly, they might be missing a day of classes. The learning potentially missed during that day is not easily made up.

That's pretty cool that she's never cut a class.

Magnetic Mack

MassMostWanted reports Hanover Police are looking for a guy, who goes by the names "Magnetic Mack" and Raymond, in connection with a kidnapping around 1 a.m. on Dec. 3 on Hinckley Street in Dorchester:

She said that he put her into his m/v, a newer model white Chevy impala unknown reg. The victim says the pictured male subject robbed her and assaulted her. He finally let her go ion rt. 53 in Hanover.

Meanwhile, the Huntington News reports Saugus Police arrested a Boston man on charges he kidnapped and raped a Northeastern student on Sunday:

The 20-year-old student repeatedly opened and closed a van door as the suspect drove down Route 1 in Saugus in front of a patrol car at about 3:00 a.m, said Lieutenent Mike Annese from the Saugus Police Department. This prompted police to pull the van over.

Faisel Abdi Ibrahim, 36, now faces a variety of charges. The Lynn Daily Item reports Ibrahim offered the woman a ride in Boston, then drove her to Saugus, where he raped her. He was ordered held without bail in Lynn District Court yesterday.

Wicked Local Somerville provides its annual coverage of the annual naked-student run at Tufts, held last night. With video showing some Tufts students actually dressed appropriately for the weather, along with, of course, some naked butts.

Wicked Local Newton reports the two students didn't seem to think they'd need permission to dump several gallons of paint all over a Newton park as part of "a film project."

The Berkeley Beacon reports the Gypsy Bar on Boylston Street bar is complaining about chain-smoking, loitering Emerson students clogging up the sidewalk in front of its doors:

... Though no official report was filed, Emerson Police Chief George Noonan said he would like to see Emersonians respect the wishes of the college's neighbors. Officers have begun asking students to move out from the storefront.

The problem, said day manager Tanya Cavazza, is when students don't move even after she and the delivery people ask. ...

The paper quotes students who basically say, tough, the bar sucks:

... Students interviewed said they didn't care if the managers were complaining about them smoking in front of their door, since the people who go to the bar are equally disruptive to the Emerson community.

"Well, we're complaining about assholes blocking the street, getting drunk and [getting] in fights," said junior theatre studies major Brian Tweedy as he stood in front of the Gypsy Bar's doorway. "[Emerson] should give us somewhere that's convenient to smoke." ...

Via MassCops.

MIT Police report one student used her Dunkin' Donuts card to unlock the door to the admissions office earlier this month. Unfortunately, for her, that also set off an alarm that brought campus police to investigate:

... The Dunkin Donuts card was retrieved from her backpack and she identified it as the tool she used to slip the lock on the door. ...

She was arrested and charged with breaking and entering in the daytime and possession of a burglarious tool.

Via The Tech, via MassCops.

The Crimson reports a senior faces a variety of criminal charges after allegedly breaking into at least two dorm rooms - and demanding that the occupant of one of them chat with him about his economics homework:

... "It is my sincere hope that the material taught in Ec 10 will provide a catalyst for discussion among students beyond the classroom," N. Gregory Mankiw, the professor of Ec 10, wrote in an e-mailed statement. "There are, however, better ways for that discussion to take place," he added.

Jessica Torrez-Riley posts a fun little video on what happens when the music (if not the student) dies.

Yesterday:
B line shut when train hits BC student wearing headphones.