This weekend and last, there were numerous UFL sightings in the fraternity area.

Unauthorized Fraternity Loop vans were seen trying to pick up students and deliver them back to campus.

The actual Fraternity Loop had been running from midnight to three Saturday and Sunday mornings on a trial basis for the past three weekends.

Fraternity Loop driver Matt Poffenbarger (junior-division of undergraduate studies) sighted the Loop impersonators the last two weekends and said one Loop driver got one of the fake Loop's license numbers.

Steve Boyd, Undergraduate Student Government fraternity senator, said he knew of one complaint about the fake loops. He said he was concerned that sexual assault or kidnapping could be involved with the unauthorized vans.

Rich Snyder, a group leader at Fleet Operations Facility, had no knowledge of the fake Loops, but said any student doubting the authenticity of a Loop bus or van should look for the Loop sign on the van.

But drivers do not have identification badges stating that they are Loop drivers, he said.

In the future, students should look for things such as money containers and clipboards, since drivers must log all passengers on the Fraternity Loop.

The University Department of Safety did not receive any complaints and, to the best of its knowledge, there has never been a problem with any type of false services at the University, said Mark Wurst, part-time dispatcher.

State College Bureau of Police Services also was unaware of the unauthorized vans and were unable at press time to search their records for complaints of the "phantom" Loop.