Students in about 10 rooms in Scheffries awoke Sunday morning to find several valuables missing. According to an e-mail from North Quad Director Dayna Baker, between the hours of 3 and 6 a.m., some unlocked rooms were entered. Some residents say they have identified the perpetrator of the theft, but both Baker and Director of Public Safety Ed Callahan said that, as of last night, there are currently no suspects.

Sharon Barotz's '06 cellular phone and cash were stolen while she was sleeping in the room. She said that her purse was taken, and that she found it later in a trashcan down the hall. Her phone was never found and has since been disconnected.

"I left my cell-phone on sitting right next to my bed. It was 6 inches from my face when it was stolen," Barotz said.

Sevonne Eliyahu '06 reported her laptop and cellular phone stolen three weeks earlier, and Eliyahu says she believes the same party is responsible.

"My friends and I had to go after the guy ourselves, we called the cops, they came, we ended pulling the guy over in his car, and the laptop was in the trunk," Eliyahu said.

Eliyahu describes the person who stole her laptop as an 18 to 25-year-old, "white Hispanic" male with blondish white hair with a ponytail wearing a "huge" jacket. She said, however, she does not believe the same person was on campus when the recent robberies occurred.

"I am upset and distraught that it wasn't handled better three weeks ago," Eliyahu said.

Callahan told the Justice that there was a student who might have awakened and witnessed an attempt to rob her room. Although he would not release her name, the Justice was able to locate her.

Jennifer Goldstein '06 said she woke up when intruders came to her room early Sunday morning at around 8:30 a.m. She said she saw one person enter her room and several others outside. Although she said she did not see the intruders clearly, she described them as being black males.

Goldstein did not know thefts had occurred and did not notify Public Safety at that time. When she finally did wake up at noon on Sunday, however, Brandeis Police had already been notified of other incidents and took her statement. She said she had nothing stolen.

David Dreszer '06 said that although his door was locked because he had an automatically locking door, he would normally not lock his door because it's a "hassle to stick the key in to unlock it all the time."

"There was another similar theft some weeks ago and everybody, I thought, would have learned, but they didn't," Dreszer, who was not affected by this robbery, said.

"To respect all parties directly involved and impacted by the acts of larceny, it is imperative we speak about this issue with great sensitivity," Baker said.

Hannah Karesh '06 said she was not there that night, but that $60 and her cellular phone was stolen from her room. Her roommate and her roommate's friend visiting from another school also had items stolen.

"We are trying to determine who was involved with the incidents. We have information that may lead us to different individuals," Callahan said. "We are trying to add to this information and come up with some names."

Callahan confirms there are a few suspects, but he declined to release further information. "I would just stress that people should lock their doors," Callahan said.

None of the stolen items have been recovered yet.