A drunken fight between two students outside Brunswick Apartments early on the morning of Saturday, January 26, left a student hospitalized for 12 hours.
The assault victim, a male member of the Class of 2009, suffered some cuts and bruises and a lump on the back of his head, but has made a full recovery.
The victim, whose name the Orient is withholding, had consumed a significant quantity of alcohol over the course of the evening and says he does not remember what happened.
While the student was at the hospital, Bowdoin Security alerted Brunswick Police of the assault. According to the police report, the student told the responding officer that all he "remembers [is] doing shots and then being in the hospital."
Bowdoin Security investigated the incident. Director of Safety and Security Randy Nichols, with the help of four officers, had interviewed more than 20 people as of late Thursday night.
"Our investigation is nearly complete," Nichols said. "The incident involved our students and only our students?a student has taken responsibility [for the assault]?and a complete report will be provided to the Dean's Office on Monday."
"From a Bowdoin standard, this was a very serious assault and we are taking it seriously and we investigated it very, very thoroughly," he said.
"I've been here two and half years and this is one of the more serious assaults in my time here," Nichols added.
A security officer found the victim near Brunswick Apartments "standing behind the trash dumpster...[with] blood on his shirt," according to a page of a confidential Bowdoin Security incident report obtained by the Orient from the Brunswick Police Department.
Security arrived in the area, after receiving a call from Helen Dow, a non-student resident of Brunswick Apartments.
Dow, who sleeps with earplugs and a white noise machine, was awakened by her 5-year-old cat, Bunkie Hill.
"He hears everything," Dow said of her cat.
Earplugs out, Dow heard an altercation and called Security.
"I'm not here to spy or students but if I hear something strange, you bet I'm going to call Security," Dow said. "That's what they are there for."