She's viewed the same scene four times in the last four years.

But this was by the far the worst.

Patricia Johannes had only one word to describe a slimy attack on Beaumont Tower on Sunday morning — horrifying.

"It was just a horrible, shocking scene to walk up and see the eggs all over the tower and the doors — yolks everywhere," said Johannes, an on-call Agricultural Economics employee.

"I am shocked, I am angry, I am sad."

At 8:30 a.m. Sunday, Johannes, who also is an assistant carillonneur, or bell player, arrived to find the MSU landmark had been violently egged on its north side.

Johannes said the remnants were fresh but not hardened, indicating the egging had occurred the night before.

MSU police Sgt. Florene McGlothian-Taylor said she had not yet received the police report Monday.

Paul Swartz, a grounds supervisor, said vandals have chosen the site in the past, but the attack was the worst he's seen in his 15 years working for MSU Grounds Maintenance

"For some reason, they pick Beaumont," he said. "Maybe it's because it's so secluded, but they pick it.

"It's really a shame, because it's hard to clean off without damaging the brick and stonework. It's really a destructive act."

A two-person grounds maintenance crew worked for hours on Monday to power wash and deodorize the tower, Swartz said.

"I would like to see it curtailed or stopped because it is causing damages," he said. "When we clean it with power washing, it changes the stone."

Johannes said the visibility of the tower, which was built in 1928 and stands 105 feet tall, is reflective of the entire university.

"This is the landmark that is used on the stationery of the majority of the departments," she said. "It is shown on TV when they talk about MSU.

"Beaumont Tower is probably the landmark of MSU — along with Sparty — but there is more of Beaumont on the stationery of MSU than Sparty."

Ramy Goueli, a biochemistry sophomore and president of Tower Guard, saw the scene firsthand as well and had several theories as to who executed the attack.

"I don't know if the Hoosiers would come and do that to us — I think it may be local," Goueli said.

"Maybe it was because of the Halloween weekend, but I don't think this is a statement," he said. "This is just some sort of stunt because people walk by (the tower) every day."

As an MSU alumna, Johannes said she felt personally attacked by the egging and found it difficult to concentrate during her routine carillon practice after contacting the proper officials.

"I don't understand why someone would chose to desecrate something as old and such a symbol of campus," she said. "It's appalling that someone perhaps got so drunk to do that or think it was so fun to desecrate one of the landmarks of the university.

"I would have liked to have caught them doing it."