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In spite of increased efforts to improve student safety at the Harvard-Yale tailgate this year, the number of students transported to University Health Services (UHS) and area hospitals more than doubled compared to the 2002 Game, the last time the competition was at Harvard.
David S. Rosenthal ’59, director of UHS, said yesterday that 25 students were transported to the hospital for alcohol-related incidents. Another 30 were treated at the first-aid tent set up in the middle of Ohiri Field, where the undergraduate tailgate was held, Rosenthal said.
In 2002, 10 students went to UHS and area hospitals for alcohol poisoning. One admittance was a near-death case that involved an undergraduate.
As students recover from the inevitable Harvard-Yale post-haze, the numbers are also about to roll in—that is, the number of alcohol-related admits to University Health Services (UHS). Though this year’s tally will not likely rival the near-death of one student...
“They offer us an ambulance to UHS,” LaVoi adds.