2024-05-09T23:16:46-04:00 https://archinect.com/blog/article/115732641/suspects-in-the-studio Derek Ham 2014-12-11T14:42:00-05:00 >2024-01-23T19:16:08-05:00 <p><img alt="" src="http://www.web.mit.edu/dham/www/img/StudioWindow2.jpg"></p><p>It was a Sunday evening in March of 2011 when I received the strangest email. I was sitting at my computer working when in my inbox the message <strong>&ldquo;</strong><strong>[SECURITY] Unidentified Suspect In the Undergraduate Studios&rdquo;</strong> popped up from our <em>&ldquo;arch-all&rdquo; </em>email group. The message (which I saved) was sent from another architecture student whose name I removed for the sake of this article (I also made pseudonyms of the student names that come up in the email as to keep them anonymous).</p><p>The email said:</p><p><em>Hi guys,</em></p><p><em>I just wanted to send out an email warning people to be on the lookout for a person roaming the undergraduate studios today in studio 7. A few other undergrads and I saw him sweep up and down the studios while talking on his phone. He was not recognized as an undergraduate, nor a first year graduate.</em></p><p><em>DESCRIPTION:</em></p><p><em>Young, black male&nbsp;(and no it wasn't Rex or Winston, har har)</em></p><p><em>Approimately 5' 6" in height.</em></p><p><em>Seemed to be of stocky build</em></p><p><em>Young, possibly of high school age.</em></p><p><em>Was seen "talking" on a cell phone, and ...</em></p>