Good morning, Washington. It warms the cold cockles of our hearts that so many of you took the time to send us links to this story over the weekend. In case you hadn’t yet heard, Jersey City Council member Steven Lipski was arrested for urinating on some of his fellow audience members from the balcony of the 9:30 Club on Friday night. Lipski had been attending the Dark Star Orchestra show, and was reportedly quite drunk when 9:30 staffers saw him pee from above. If only the councilman had a little more experience with the venue, he might have known that it’s rather difficult to get away with taking an unauthorized photo in the 9:30 Club, let alone relieving yourself in plain view. For his part, Lipski told the New York Daily News, which broke the story, that he’s going to quit drinking. Probably a good call. So, we have to ask: were any DCist readers on the receiving end of Lipski’s golden showers? Let us know in the comments.

D.C. College Students Left Holding the Bag: The Examiner’s Bill Myers has a damning report on how District officials appear to have endangered the semesters of 2,500 college students. The federally funded Leveraging Educational Assistance Partnership grants are designed to help D.C. high school grads afford to attend a good state college, and are administered by the Office of the State Superintendent of Education. But due to the office having missed key deadlines, all of the local students signed up for the grant program are still waiting for their checks for this semester. A spokesperson for the state superintendent said that “invoices are being processed and schools will be paid shortly,” but given that it’s now well into November, that’s hardly reassuring.

Rash of Shootings in Petworth: City Desk kept track of the rash of shootings in and around Petworth over the weekend. Chief Cathy Lanier has since said that she has redirected citywide resources to Petworth, though not going so far as to institute a “Neighborhood Safety Zone.” So far there’s no word on whether any of the shootings in the area over the weekend were related.

Briefly Noted: Secret Service officer arrested in prostitution sting … Dale City volunteer fire fighter killed in training … Dunbar High freshman fatally shot in Northeast … D.C. Taxicab Commission started issuing applications for new cab driver licenses Saturday … Silver Spring man accused of stalking 15-year-old girl.

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