Fifteen Minutes: Whatcha Gonna Do When They Come For You?

Don't mess with Harvard students! Recently, two perps found out the hard way that undergrads here can bring da ruckus.
By J.a. Rubin

Don't mess with Harvard students! Recently, two perps found out the hard way that undergrads here can bring da ruckus. Here, profiles of the two crime fighters:

Matt Barber

Height: 6' 1''

Weight: 200 lbs

Incident: Tackled robber trying to escape with woman's wallet.

Feelings: "I wasn't intimidated. He was kind of like a skinny little scrawny dude--[I] didn't really hesitate."

Fighting Experience: None.

Takedown method: "He was trying to jump the rope [in Harvard Yard]--I dove after him and got him from behind."

Influences: "Maybe Hulk Hogan when I was 6--[I'm] not a big wrestling fan, it kind of pisses me off."

Roy Kaiser

Height: 5' 10''

Weight: 70 kg

Incident: Tackled would-be robber in his dorm room in Thayer.

Feelings: "It was fun."

Fighting Experience: Playing rugby on Zimbabwe's national team. "[Fighting is] very similar to playing rugby."

Takedown method: "Just a good tackle around the hips."

Influences: Jono Lomu, famous New Zealand rugby player.

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