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Winthrop House Master Paul D. Hanson, who also chairs the masters’ committee, said the masters felt that kegs in the Houses unnecessarily compromised the safety of undergraduates...
...Hanson said the ban was due to the 2000 Harvard-Yale game, when there were “clear signs that that type of alcoholic beverage at the game was detrimental to the spirit of the game.” He said there were several instances that weekend when intoxicated students were endangered—with some even falling from the trucks rented for tailgates...
...Hanson said that while the masters considered some of the petition’s safety concerns, they ultimately decided that kegs posed a greater threat to student safety...
...When kegs are delivered, you usually get into the mentality that the kegs need to be emptied,” Hanson said. “There were injuries connected with keg delivery...
While Chopra said he hopes yesterday’s decision by the masters will not end student discussion of the ban, Hanson said he thinks it highly unlikely the petition—if submitted—will be successful...