Which could only have been Yale men.
In all seriousness, though, compared to a Michigan-Ohio State game, fan behavior at the Harvard-Yale game is more akin to that at a local Pop Warner game (which in some areas, can have wild behavior as well). 
Absolutely. Buckeyes are uncivilized barbarians.
This feels like an appropriate place to share my own BS senior prom story…
The all-girls BS I attended always had their senior prom on the night of graduation. That way, if there were issues with alcohol and etc, it would not affect the graduation status of the seniors. The year I graduated one of the day student’s parents offered to throw a “supervised” after-prom party on their private island. They arranged for charter bus transportation from our prom location to the private ferry that took 50 girls plus their male prom dates to the property. The island had a large main house with a guest house that had at least a dozen bedrooms, maybe more. There was a pool, tennis courts and lots of wooded area where it was easy to hide. (Think American Pie movie after-prom party).
Word got around quickly that the charter bus drivers would not interfere with anything going on on the bus. Most of us had bottles of something stashed in our overnight bags, so the drinking began on the bus. By the time we got to the island many kids were already drunk. Once we arrived there was lots of food, soda and water. We were told that if they saw any open containers they would be confiscated. However, as long as we were drinking from cups no questions would be asked.
Looking back, it’s amazing that everyone got through that night without a major incident. There were some awful hangovers the next morning, and I think maybe there was one scare involving the pool, but that was it. When I think about that party from a parent’s perspective, I can’t believe that someone knowingly took all that risk to host such a party. I guess maybe they felt it was better than all of us trying to find a more secret location? Liability laws have changed drastically over the past 20 years, so I think it would be hard to find someone willing to throw that kind of party these days.
I agree with @chemmchimney that drugs and alcohol can be found anywhere that there are teenagers. The difference however, is in the culture. The point is to avoid places where there is peer pressure, younger kids partaking, a perception that adults are “looking the other way”, the presence of hard drugs, etc. When my son was applying, he spoke to many of his older sister’s friends who attend a wide range of different BSs. They were surprisingly consistent in telling him which schools, in their opinion, have a “problem” with drugs & alcohol. Try to talk to CURRENT students and ask plenty of questions. In our experience, they were more than willing to give my son very frank & unfiltered answers.
K2 learned many valuable life lessons during his FY at college but at least he had the good sense to monitor his social media at all times . His employer and coaches are “friends” and follow him… so he has always been careful (borderline obsessive) about photos and content.
I do feel sorry for kids today though… I really do. I can’t even imagine social media or phones with cameras when I was young . Honestly? That would’ve ruined everything … with maybe the exception of one or two Frank Zappa concerts . 
I do, however, have a framed 8 x10 photograph of me on stage ( The Bottom Line ) singing with Flo and Eddie sitting on top of my piano. When people ( who visit for the first time ) ask me if I sang with the band ( LOL )… I’d love to fib and say yes, but I was actually dragged up on stage ( against my will ) and a friend happened to capture the moment with an old fashioned camera- which happened to be my camera! I remember developing the film in my dark room … thinking Holy Crap… Let’s put it this way… it was a far cry from a magical moment like when The Boss brought someone up on stage to dance … so we’ll just leave it there.
But I digress…
To get back on the thread topic ( I’m so sorry! ) … FWIW - One thing that I meant to include in another post was how impressed I was when I heard that my kids reached back to former BS mentors, advisors and coaches… You know- when things were in various stages of going off the rails.
I didn’t know that during but it was nice to hear when all the dust settled because it really helped them and people were definitely there for them. Just wanted to include that because I think it says a lot about the strong bonds formed at BS and how fortunate BS kids are to have those wonderful support systems after they leave. Seriously- How great is that?
I know my kids are truly grateful for the advice/ support they had received during their first year of college, and after we heard about it… waaay after the fact - we were beyond grateful , too. 
DD is a recent graduate from public school. Plenty of public school kids who are exemplary in high school go WILD in college too. (Thankfully not DD…so far.) And, each time, I am shocked!
I’m in my 50s and I STILL reach out to my 8th grade Math/9th grade Bio teacher for advice. Dragged the whole family to the opposite coast to visit him and his wife a couple of summers ago, @PhotographerMom
What about vaping at BS? My girlfriends here at home all complain that vaping is what the “bad crowd” is doing at all the local high schools, be they public, private or parochial.
My son says kids vape. Last summer (pre-BS) he was at a lacrosse tryout with all older age groups, and he said kids were talking about vaping there too. He’s been pretty sheltered and was shocked at the time.
I know at my kids’ school, the BS gives a chance for students to “turn someone in” as needing help before they get caught, treating substance use more as a medical condition that needs treatment not punishment. Do they all do that?
I think it is fairly common. It was called Sanctuary, at least informally, at my kids’ school.
They take that approach at Salisbury as well – “Good Samaritan” policy, I believe. My sense was it’s intended for someone who’s in immediate danger, so that concern for the health and safety of other students trumps fear of getting in trouble.
My kid’s BS had a sanctuary policy too. I’m pretty sure a kid could turn him or herself in as well.
One thing my kid’s BS did that I liked was that they would periodically have dorm sweeps. They would announce the sweep in advance and put a big trash barrel in the hall. The kids had something like 20 minutes in which to dump any contraband they were holding into the barrels before inspection. There would be no consequence for anything that ended up in the barrel. After that the dorm parents would thoroughly check the rooms and anyone found in possession of forbidden items such as cigarettes, alcohol or drugs would be in big trouble.
The sweeps would usually happen after vacations, when kids were most likely to have contraband. It seemed to me that it discouraged kids from bringing drugs and alcohol back from vacation and cleaned the dorms of a great deal of problem items while not having to bust large numbers of kids.
I have no doubt some drugs and alcohol survived. Kids are crafty, and there are always the woods, but at least it was a start.
In my experience the times BS kids were most likely to get into trouble was when they were off campus, either at home or when visiting a friend. It’s tough to get drunk at BS. There are too many eyes on you. Much easier to get blistered at an off-campus party when you’ve checked out to stay with a friend for the weekend.
Vaping is a problem EVERYWHERE!!!
DS and I recently had a candid discussion about this. Exeter did a survey and something like 86% of the kids had vaped in the past month.
He said the school doesn’t know what to do about it because almost everyone there would be in the ASAP (sanctuary) program. It is a true epidemic. Don’t believe for one second that your kid is immune from it.
My older son is in a suburban public school and vaping is rampant at our high school. Kids are doing it all day long in the restrooms. Medical lock down last week so they could extract a 10th grade girl who had taken four zanax pills.
Vaping looks so stupid. My kids agree (and they are not angels).
Nicotine is pretty addicting.
In my kids’ BS, NYC was close enough that lots of kids would get there on weekends by train and rent a hotel room together. Lots of parents give permission and don’t ask to be notified. Students didn’t need to bring alcohol and drugs back onto campus taking unnecessary risks.
A lot of schools have rules whereby the schools rules apply even when off campus so although partying off campus does lessen the risk, it is still a risk.
Sounds expensive @preppedparent . Seems to me that the availability of cash would be a big factor in how much kids partake in these vices. That certainly kept me in a box when I was a teen ($5 a bag??? Too rich for me and mine given we were putting a quarter’s worth of gas at a time into our very used cars.)