[from Carnegie Mellon University's newspaper "The Tartan", April 30, 2001, from the Crime and Incident section]
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<b>Well-Being Check, 4/21/01, 11:09PM -- </b> An RA on campus reported that one of his residents had been missing for approximately 24 hours. The RA had made multiple attempts to contact the resident with negative results. Five officers responded to the dormitory and met with a representative from Student Life and the RA who had filed the report. All of the officers traveled to the student's room and knocked, receiving no answer. The door was unlocked and an attempt to gain entry was made, but the door was barricaded from the inside. An officer was able to get a verbal response from the student inside the room. After removing the clothes dresser that had been blocking the door, the student permitted the officer to enter the room. The student explained that he had a big project due for a computer science class and wanted to be left alone so that he could complete the project on time. The student said that he was not on any type of medication and that he was not contemplating harming himself. The RA confirmed that the student in question did often spend long hours working on projects.