Northwestern University police have increased patrols around the school library after several students reported being hypnotized and, in one instance, sexually assaulted.
The Daily Northwestern newspaper reported that a female student told police that on July 22 a man at the library asked if she would assist him with a research project. When she agreed, the man hypnotized her. He then "spoke to and touched the victim in an inappropriate manner," according to a community crime alert, the paper said.
