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...crowd was slightly smaller than last year, when 200,000 came to watch the annual regatta...
Gordon said the crowds reduced the pressure on those competing in the regatta...
...today's reality is, alas, much different from the boatfests of yore. In recent years, the regatta has turned into a weekend of drinking and attempted debauchery for prep-school students who swarm to the banks of the Charles. Ask any of them about which university won which race, and they probably won't be able to give you a sober answer...
...about Head of the Charles weekend. The administration wrote to more than two hundred private high schools and colleges in the area, explaining that Harvard cannot accommodate all of their students, but measures like that are basically ineffective. Students from all over the country will still come to the regatta, and they'll still overrun Harvard Square, whether their Harvard peers have midterm exams...
...shame that the yearly regatta has turned into nothing more than an annual convention of horny high schoolers. But like the once pure waters of the Charles, the weekend has degenerated into a beer-soaked, overly crowded mess...