The men and women of the Harvard University Police Department (HUPD) protect Harvard's campus from wrong-doers, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.

In the course of their duties, they deal with everything from armed robberies and shootings to medical transports and intoxicated students.

As the year 2000 draws to a close, The Crimson hopes to offer a compendium of some of the most inane and oddest calls HUPD has received and responded to this year.

While these calls were received over the course of the year, they will be presented, in tribute to James Joyce and Ulysses, over the course of a single day:

12:19 a.m.--HUPD checked on someone sleeping in the basement of Lowell House. Officers determined that although at one point the individual had been a guest of a House resident, the guest was no longer wanted. He was sent on his way with a trespass warning. (9/26)

12:38 a.m.--HUPD and Cambridge rescue units respond to an out-of-control "Duck, Duck, Goose" game in Winthrop House. One student was knocked unconscious. (12/12)

1:29 a.m.--HUPD units checked to make sure the night staff at University Health Services (UHS) was all right, after no one there answered the phone. (2/3)