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Following the near death of a student at the tailgates two years ago and an increased focus on underage and excessive drinking by the College and police, the tailgate this year was marked by increased restrictions.
Justin M. Craig ’07 said police confiscated his two beer funnels “because they thought it promoted binge drinking.”
As the University expands across the Charles River, Harvard has come under the scrutiny of the Boston Police Department (BPD), which is intent on strictly enforcing drinking rules at The Game’s tailgate as it does at other local colleges’ events.
All this means that the 99.9 percent of the student body, Yale included, who have not hitched a ride home from The Game in an ambulance is getting unduly scrutinized because of the actions of a few. For this tiny percentage of students, we implore you to take responsibility for...
While students may chafe under the increased supervision at the tailgates, it’s ultimately a self-inflicted wound. Students have only themselves to blame. The obscene drunkenness of a very small number of students during 2002’s tailgate, including the oft-quoted instance of a Harvard...