"UHS is a medical treatment center, so the student has a right to privacy. But, when we're involved in the transportation of a student, we're under no such constraints," says HUPD Chief Francis H. "Bud" Riley.

In fact, members of the men's swim team report that they were disciplined because one of their underage teammates was interrogated by police--while on his way to UHS--about a party at which he got drunk.

Erik B. Patton '02 said he got sick after attending a swim team party and going to The Grille. Two friends found him drunk, stumbling around the Yard, and called HUPD to have him transported to UHS.

When the police arrived, the two friends told the police where Patton had been that night.

Patton said a proctor who accompanied him to UHS, after also being notified by the two friends, contacted Assistant Dean of Freshmen Philip A. Bean. Bean then asked Patton about the details of the evening.

Disciplinary action was taken against several members of the swim team involved in planning the party, according to several members of the team.

"UHS never tells you that you're going to be interrogated and questioned if you're sick, so that you can rat out your friends," says Charles B. Cromwell '02, a member of the swim team.