Last Tuesday, several unidentified Brown students, who reside somewhere in Vartan Gregorian Quad A, hurled a carton of eggs and two apples at Bernard Ciotti, a part-time grounds worker, from their dorm room window.

Ciotti, who is older than 60 but refused to disclose his exact age to reporters, was blowing leaves outside of the building when the attack occurred.

What could possess someone to hurl dairy products at an elderly man? No clue, but perhaps, Brown itself is the real culprit here. After all, what else is there to do in Providence? [Hint: Nothing.]

The Brown Daily Herald reports:

The Community Assistants were informed of the incident about an hour after it occurred via e-mail, said George Mesthos '09, one of the CAs in Vartan Gregorian Quad B. Per the suggestion of one of the residents, the CAs have purchased an apology card to give to Ciotti with signatures from the residents.

"This is not the way workers at Brown ought to be treated," Mesthos said, adding that he's "glad to see that students are reacting to this as being unacceptable, even if it is an isolated incident."

It’s good to see the Community Assistants do the right thing by extending an olive branch to Ciotti.

Hopefully, the perpetrators are apprehended and punished accordingly – before they strike again.