{"id":119428,"date":"2020-11-06T20:41:50","date_gmt":"2020-11-06T19:41:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/?p=119428"},"modified":"2026-01-20T10:24:41","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T09:24:41","slug":"stricter-security-for-xior-and-hatta-after-illegal-halloween-party","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2020\/11\/06\/stricter-security-for-xior-and-hatta-after-illegal-halloween-party\/","title":{"rendered":"Stricter security for Xior and Hatta after illegal Halloween party"},"content":{"rendered":"

Security in the Xior building on campus Woudestein has been tightened after the police shut down a large Halloween party last Saturday. All the students living in Xior and the Hatta building have received a warning letter from the university and their landlord.<\/p>\n

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On Saturday evening, the police found around 150 students in the atrium of the Xior building. One student who wishes to remain anonymous (name known to the editors) witnessed the party. \u201cA few students invited people to join them in the communal area at nine o\u2019clock, knowing that security usually comes and closes the building at ten o\u2019clock. There were a lot of people, talking, playing games, drinking and having fun. There was no attention to social distancing or following the coronavirus rules. First-year students want to meet people, which is now very difficult. Security arrived as expected and people ran away to hide in various rooms.\u201d<\/p>\n

Cat and mouse game<\/h2>

When the police tried to end the party, a cat and mouse game ensued between students and police on campus, according to the student. The police apparently issued several fines.<\/p>\n

Since the incident, security in the student complex has been tightened. Security personnel had already been closing communal areas in Xior from ten o\u2019clock in the evening to prevent groups forming. This will now be done earlier. \u201cThe entire team will now monitor whether all the measures are being respected and remind students of their responsibility in this respect,\u201d says Robin Cremers on behalf of the landlord of Xior.<\/p>\n

'Irresponsible and unacceptable'<\/h2>

The university has also sent a letter to the students living on campus. In the letter, which is in the possession of EM, the university reminds students of their \u2018civic duty\u2019 to comply with the government\u2019s measures aimed at tackling coronavirus and to take responsibility as representatives of Erasmus University. \u201cIf the rules are not obeyed, we will be forced to take stricter measures,\u201d says the letter to mainly international students.<\/p>\n

In a response to EM, the university says that it finds the behaviour of the students concerned \u2018irresponsible and unacceptable\u2019. Earlier on Thursday, community police officer Shelley van de Veen told EM TV that student parties put great pressure on the Rotterdam police force<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Watch the broadcast with the police back here:<\/h2>
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