Before we get started with this week’s installment, we would like to make a public safety announcement. As you probably already know, Metro transit police are conducting a campaign to warn about the safety problems that arise from wearing iPod headphones while commuting. We here at DCist are truly concerned about all our readers’ safety, so we encourage you to put away the iPod and listen to the conversations going on around you. And if, by chance, you happen to overhear something strange, funny, or clueless, we would love for you to send it to us at overheardindc (at) gmail (dot) com.

Quote of the Week
Logan Circle, with ambulance and fire truck parked on the street:
EMT to a man on the bench: “So you called 911 for a cigarette?!?”

After the jump, student activism, public drunkenness, and some items from the historical files.