So who drives home?

One option for those who didn't choose to drive home was the Yale-run campus shuttles, which took spectators from the Yale Bowl back to the main campus. But the physical risks in boarding a shuttle after the game were comparable to those involved in driving with a drunk.

There was no crowd control to speak of. One shuttle employee and one police officer were faced with the unenviable task of dealing with a crowd of about 1000. They couldn't, or wouldn't, do the job, and several serious injuries almost occurred as would-be passangers trampled each other in an attempt to board the buses.

WHEN THE GAME returns to Cambridge next year, Harvard can show its superiority to Yale by doing a few easy things. It can post signs and make announcements discouraging drunk driving. It can have trained and bonded bartenders at University-sponsored after-game parties--bartenders who know when to say when, unlike friendly alumni. And it can make sure resting-places anf taxis are available for those who drink too much to drive home right away.

And the next time the game is at Yale, the Elis should organize the after-game shuttle service better. If they don't, someone will get hurt.

There's only so much a university can do. If students and alumni at the next Harvard-Yale game want to get drunk and puke or drive home, they can. I just won't be there to see them, I think it's gross.

Ira E. Stoll '94 drank apple cider from the Undergraduate Council picnic at last month's game. He doesn't think he'll attend another Yale game for a long, long time.