More vandalism was reported at the Phi Kappa Psi house this past weekend when egg was discovered running down the front door Saturday morning. Last month, someone reportedly defecated on the floor in the Phi Psi house and poured laundry detergent and bleach on the floor as well, among other alleged acts of vandalism.

The resident director for Fraternity Circle reported the egging Feb. 5 at 10:53 a.m., according to Dave McLaughlin, director of Safety Services. An egg carton was also discovered in the snow by the shrubs outside the house.

The defecation and laundry detergent vandalism was reported to Safety Services the morning of Jan. 17.

McLaughlin said that Safety Services has increased their rounds in the Fraternity Circle area, but the subject(s) responsible for both incidents remain unknown.

“Chances are good it’s somebody in the campus community, and that’s unfortunate,” McLaughlin said.

However, Safety Services does not have enough information at this time to prove who was responsible.

“What it takes to stop these incidents of vandalism is people getting actively involved,” he said. “The key is getting the information to us as soon as they see something happening.”

A witness reported seeing someone urinating on the door of the Phi Psi house the weekend of the Jan. 17 incident, but Safety Services did not receive information soon enough to take action, according to McLaughlin.

McLaughlin said it’s also important for witnesses of vandalism to take note of what the subject looks like and where he or she is headed, including information such as the license plate number if an individual enters a vehicle. This increases Safety Services’ chances of finding the subject(s).

Christian Neely, a freshman and a member of Phi Kappa Psi, was one of the first to discover the vandalism Jan. 17.

“When I first woke up, I went out into the hallway and saw that a trashcan had been knocked over,” Neely said. “Then the person had strewn one of my brother’s clothes all over the laundry room floor and had dumped out all of the bleach and detergent in the room on the floor, ruining more than just clothes. When I went downstairs, I saw the ripped open vacuum bag and the defecation on the floor.”

Some of the damaged clothes belonged to junior Matt Goldsmith, also a member of Phi Kappa Psi.

Goldsmith said he had put a load of clothes in the dryer before going to bed. A pair of jeans he owned was damaged by the bleach, along with a pair of jeans and a t-shirt belonging to someone else.

“I don’t really care that my clothes got ruined because clothes can be replaced,” Goldsmith said. “I’m just mad that someone would come in and disrespect us like that and be childish.”

Neely said the extent of the damage shows the incident was not an accident.

“My first thought when I saw the trashcan was just that someone had knocked it over and just not picked it up,” he said. “But as soon as I saw the laundry room and the downstairs, I knew it wasn’t just an accident…When I learned of the defecation I was furious. I mean, vandalism is one thing, but the fact that someone had done that infuriated me.”

Goldsmith said the defecation was outside the door of junior Mike Flerchinger, president of AU’s Phi Kappa Psi chapter. A glow stick was lying next to it.

“I’m a little disturbed by [the vandalism],” Flerchinger said. “I don’t understand what somebody or a group of people have against us.”

“We hold Phi Psi very close to us and even if it’s just an attack on our house, it’s an attack on us,” Goldsmith said.

He said the residents of the Phi Psi house have been making more of an effort to keep the doors locked at night since the Jan. 17 incident.

“Normally we had a more open-door policy with visitors,” Flerchinger added. “[Locking the doors] goes against our culture. Normally, we like welcoming people in.”

Flerchinger said he believes the Jan. 17 incident and the egging are related.

“I don’t think those two things are random, within a month of each other,” he said. Flerchinger said he does not know why the Phi Psi house has been vandalized recently, but he was “shocked” that a second incident occurred Feb. 5.