"It will be up to [the] discretion [of the BATteam] when to cut someone off," Lustbader said.
Three Harvard police officers will providedsecurity for the party, Malleis said.
"In dealing with University Hall and themasters and senior tutors, it was clear that a BATteam would be necessary to ensure that people whoare drinking are over 21 and that people who enterare house members or guests," he explained.
Members of Kirkland House have affectionatelydubbed the event "The River Rave." Lustbader saidyesterday.
Rising sophomores will not be invited due tospace concerns. Eliot House dining hall officiallyaccommodates approximately 350 people, Malleissaid.
But Castanada says the guest list for the partycurrently exceeds 1000, although she estimatesthat only about 400 will attend.
The house committees did not intend this firsttest of the new alcohol policy to coincide withpre-frosh weekend, Malleis said.
"It's one of the few weekends we can all dowithout interfering with house formals or houseactivities," he said