By Christian Bell

News Editor

The long-anticipated ``Names & Faces'' campus directory finally arrived this past week, but distribution was stalled after it was revealed that anonymous pranksters had successfully defaced nearly 2,000 copies of the so-called ``bodbook.''

Distribution began Wednesday morning, but was quickly halted when administrators discovered that the books contained a sticker superimposed over a random student or faculty picture. The sticker contained a picture of President Byker with a caption mocking a MasterCard commercial.

While the prank was apparently done in good fun, the administration did not view it as such. Administrators shared their frustration with each other in the Student Development office, where opinion waffled on exactly what to do with the defaced books. The stickers do not come off the pages easily, and often cause damage to the picture beneath them.

The directories were all recalled with the help of students and Mail Services, and as of press time, they were last seen being loaded onto a white truck.

In an exclusive interview with Chimes, the pranksters, known only as ``Calvin Cats,'' shared information on how, when, where, and why the pranks were carried out.

Chimes: Approximately when did the attacks take place?

Calvin Cats: The attacks took place at night, after the [Commons Annex] building was locked. We had a person stay in the Commons Building, and they let the rest of us in. Campus Safety apparently doesn't check locked rooms - perhaps they should think to do so in the future.

Chimes: How many Names and Faces books did you modify in total?

Cats: Exactly 1,995 books were modified (we used 95 sheets with 21 stickers per sheet). The stickers were put on random pages so that they would be hard to get out. We tampered with 49 boxes.

Chimes: Was there any method to how you chose the faces to put the stickers over?

Cats: None at all - most of the time. We knew that the ones we hit would be for students, so we mostly hit students. Some profs got stickers, though.

Chimes: Did you anticipate that Byker would be as upset as he was?

Cats: No we didn't. We thought that he'd be pretty cool with it. We thought he would be a bit pissed `cause we put his face up in all the bodbooks, but he's just a goofy-lookin' guy. Plus, everyone thinks of Byker as the major power guy at Calvin, so it was nice to mock him. Apparently Campus Safety is also pissed, `cause we were ``breaking and entering,'' but we didn't touch anything besides the books, and we did very little damage. If they need to get better security for their [stuff], they need to [complain to] Campus Safety, not us. Aren't we doing them a service by showing them how weak their security is?

Chimes: Do you have any other tricks planned?

Cats: Yes. Next time we'll probably release demands.

Chimes: How would you classify the difficulty of what you did?

Cats: It was fairly difficult. We thought that Campus Safety would bust us at least seven times, but they didn't seem to notice fifteen people sitting in Bob [Crow's] office for four hours or 15 people moving boxes from John [Britton's] office to Bob's office. We had to be extra careful in how we taped them back up, so that we could get some of them distributed. We made sure that we were below the desks so that weren't highlighted by the white curtains and we closed them.

Chimes: How many of you are involved in this?

Cats: Sixteen, Fifteen ``stampers'' and a lookout.

Chimes: How long did you spend planning this?

Cats: It took a bit of time. We needed to get the stickers printed, we needed gloves and, how shall I put it, ``access.'' Our group has a network stretching though the campus, so we were able to get the resources that we needed.

Chimes: Finally, ``Cats,'' what's your slogan?

Cats: "Cats" was an inside joke within our circle of friends, the founding members, so we just went with it. Our slogan is "Reforming Calvin, One Administrator at a Time."