"There were crushed beer cans all over," said Christopher Davis '98. "It was covering the whole ground. It was a very wet party."

But this party was more than just wild, students said.

"It kind of seemed close to a riot zone," said Engstrom. "It was their campus, and the [Boston College] students were trashing it in celebration.

"They started fires on the grass," Engstrom continued. "They lit beer cases, then went into houses and got furniture to destroy and add to the fires."

But Nicole A. Barry '98 said the party ran dry early Saturday night. "Finally, we just walked into someone's dorm and they were like, 'Sorry, we have no more alcohol.' There were cases and cases of empty beer cans," she said.

By many accounts, the big Harvard affair Sunday night was a punch party at the Fly Club. Although Fly Club President Robert M. Carlock '95 did not give an estimate of how many people attended, he said the club had around 100 punches.

Carlock refused to disclose specifies.

"I'm just not really comfortable talking about the details of the punch," he said last night.

Although an assistant at University Health Services (UHS) said no drinking-related admissions took place this weekend, the Harvard Police blotter reported two instances of alcohol overdone in the same Mather House room. Police brought both students to UHS.

A resident of the suite refused to comment yesterday afternoon.

Sources from Harvard Police report that drinking-related incidents have been less prevalent this year than in the past.

"There haven't been as many drinkers this year. The last two years, in fact, have been very weak years for drinking," said a veteran officer who asked not to be identified.

"What I've seen in the Yard in particular has been very slow," the officer added. "I'm kind of surprised. But wait till Head of the Charles weekend comes, and we'll judge then.