Five Ohio State students were arrested at an annual Halloween block party in Athens this weekend, according to police.

Of the 79 people arrested by the Ohio University and Athens police departments, 46 were identified as college students, police said.

Most of the people arrested were charged with disorderly conduct and underage drinking, police said. There was also one apparent attempted suicide, a fight that required emergency medical attention and one armed robbery.

“The only university that had more students arrested (than Ohio State) was Ohio University” which had 27 arrests, said Rick Mayer, chief of Athens police.

Steve Kremer, assistant vice president of Student Affairs for OSU, said the arrests are disappointing.

“We certainly wouldn’t expect that our students would go into another community and law enforcement resources would have to be expended on them,” he said.

Kremer said for many students, they think what happens in Athens, stays in Athens, but that’s not the case. Those students arrested may still face sanctions from the university, he said.

Eric Six, an undecided sophomore, was among the hoard of OSU students who made the pilgrimage to Athens on Saturday.

“I grew up in Athens so I’ve been going ever since high school,” he said.

Six made the trip with seven of his friends, including five fellow OSU students.

Court Street, the main throughway in Athens, was closed to traffic Saturday and reopened at 5:15 a.m. Sunday, according to police.

It was filled with live music and a huge crowd of people partying in their Halloween costumes, said Six, who wore a tight velvety red and gold gown. But, he said, no open alcohol containers were allowed on the street.

“There’s little parties all around but Court Street’s like the big party,” he said.

Although it’s gotten tamer over the years, he said.

Police noticed the same thing.

“The crowd at Court and Washington never reached the density that it has in past years,” Mayer said in a statement.

The total number of people arrested went down from last year’s 95 arrests. Only six were OU students, and Mayer said he believes only one was an OSU student.

“It seems like the rules get more strict every year,” Six said.

Last week, Ohio University put out a release detailing parking and residence hall visitation restrictions.

Each residence hall student is allowed one guest who must be registered and wear a wristband to be allowed in the residence halls, according to the release. About 4,000 guests were registered over the weekend, it said.

“One of the things that all universities have to work with are the phenomena for being a magnet for a certain weekend,” Kremer said. “Ours is Michigan Week.”

Similar to Michigan Week, there was an increased police presence for Halloween in Athens. There were 30 uniformed officers on foot, 20 mounted officers, two outside K-9 units and several plain clothes alcohol investigators, Mayer.

“There’s always a lot of police,” Six said. “But if you don’t draw attention to yourself they usually won’t give you any problems.”