Seven people were arrested, two cars overturned and many more damaged in Boston, according to the Boston Police Department, after the Red Sox beat the Oakland Athletics in the American League Division Series Monday night.

With Northeastern’s close proximity to Fenway Park and a three-game series this weekend against the Yankees, Interim Vice President for Student Affairs Ed Klotzbier and Director of Government Relations Jeff Doggett are worried that students’ safety, as well as their image in the community, may be at risk.

“We want to make sure students understand that as excited as they may get … they have to act appropriately in this neighborhood,” said Klotzbier.

As soon as the game ended, students rushed out onto the streets. Screaming and chanting could be heard throughout the campus and beyond. On the corner of Brookline Avenue and Lansdowne Street, between 20 and 30 fans clung to a raised billboard while many more crowded in the street. Many onlookers wore Northeastern paraphernalia.

“We can’t stop students from going out and doing this, but these are the type of students that we are going to have to deal with,” Doggett said.

Students who are known to have disturbed the peace in the neighborhood or violated any other part of the Northeastern Code of Conduct will be referred to the Office of Student Conduct and Conflict Resolution (OSCCR) and the appropriate action will be taken.

Violators may face probation, suspension or even expulsion.

“The university takes this stuff extremely seriously,” Doggett said. “Does that mean we’re going to get every single student who does something? Probably not, that’s unrealistic.”

However, Klotzbier said, “We’re going to try.”

Northeastern officials received between 10 and 15 complaints from Boston residents Monday night.

According to Doggett, the university has used pictures, videos and eye-witness accounts to identify students behaving inappropriately in the past, including when NU students flipped over a car on Hemenway Street during post-Super Bowl celebrations.

Though Klotzbier said that the university is “not trying to scare anybody,” he wants students to know what repercussions they will face if they behave inappropriately.

“This is a neighborhood,” Klotzbier said. “There are real people living side by side. If you’re going to do something stupid, there might be a price to pay for that behavior.”

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