As for noise, I was able to study with my window open without being distracted. The only time I heard a thing was when the owners of the house went outside to tell the people smoking to quiet down. How inconsiderate!

I only moved a few months ago, but honestly since then those girls have been excellent neighbors. Just because problem students lived their before doesn't mean the new tenets should be punished. It was a holiday weekend! If you had a problem with a party it's because you should have been at one yourself!

By the way, the person who is complaining about the house has been videotaping the girls. Very, VERY creepy if you ask me! They are certainly not the neighbors I'm worried about.

These residents seem to have a problem with the students, the University, and now even the way their law enforcement is doing their job. Could they, in fact, be the ones causing the problem? Why can't they seem to get over the fact that they live in an area where noise pollution is undeniably inevitable? I think by pointing the finger of blame at the students, these residents are blind to the fact that their whining is wasting limited police resources and taking away from important college experiences for students whose rights as Brookland residents are being ignored because a few people refuse to welcome them into the community.

These parties aren't new. For the last 4 years houses in the area have had parties, and I'm sure even before I went here, they've had parties, this is nothing new.

And no, I have no affiliation with CUA or any University for that matter. Just a healthy dose of common sense.

Also to your point about frustrating everyone on the block, all non cua houses are unified against this type of behavior from this house.

Regards

Hate to burst your bubble but these parties and the antics of their guests are very much negatively affecting the community. There is plenty of illegal activities that are not life threatening. Noise Pollution late into the night, public vomiting, urination, trash, multiple issues with flammable materials,damage to property including 1500 car damage, kids passed out drunk in the driver seat of their car, drunken driving, how is that not dangerous? Most of us have families, jobs, and responsibilities and need to get a decent amount of sleep. How would this not negatively affect this block, or even adjacent blocks?

The whole idea of "some" students who feel their are entitled to behave like they are on jackass is nonsense. I honestly could care less if folks drink as long as they are smart and considerate about it, however the past and current residents of this house fail to do so, consistently. They cannot self monitor themselves and their guests. The parties of this house are anything but normal college parties and to think this is normal and acceptable behavior is completely absurd.

Also for us to care where folks get their illegal alcohol is a completely illogical argument. We should plan our life around their illegal drinking and behavior, i think not.

There's an easy test for this, would one behave like this in front of their mom or at their mom's house? If you wouldn't than that behavior is not acceptable at one's rental house. Sorry. Actually had one of these "captains of industry" relieve himself full frontal in front of my neighbors' very catholic 60 year sister.

Yeah that's classy.

This specific house has been a problem for this neighborhood for over the last two years. The neighbors of this house had to deal with multiple illegal and dangerous behavior, we have multiple specific examples over the last two years that I will not post here.

Also you probably should ask folks when publishing their names when quoting a "private" listserv, is bad form old bean.

"Police Slog Through 40,000 Insipid Party Pics To Find Cause of Dorm Fire"

http://www.theonion.com/content/video/police_slog_through_40_000

Oh wait, that sounds like Columbia Heights pretty much all the time. Never mind.

It's sometimes annoying sure. But I just remind myself that I have been to parties like that. I have carried a beer cup outside of a private residence on at least one occasion in my life. I may have even parked my car in the street for minutes at a time before.

I will never call the police about a (harmless) party since that would make me a hypocrite, or, at the very least, a party pooper.

I did yell at a couple of my jackass neighbors for shooting bb guns a few days ago, though. That was pretty lame. Also something I did as a kid, but that was IN THE WOODS for chrissake, not on a city street with houses, cars and kids.