BY MENGHAN JIN

In print | Published November 4, 2010

The night of the Halloween party is usually the busiest Saturday night for Public Safety, but this year’s party, which was held in Sharples, was relatively tame, with only three reported incidents.
“If you look back at … Halloween parties for the past five years, this was as good as any, perhaps better than most, so far as accidents, injuries, alcohol [and] police [involvement] go,” Director of Public Safety Owen Redgrave said.

According to Redgrave, at 12:22 a.m., Public Safety responded to a report that an intoxicated student had fallen off the cereal counter in Sharples. She was subsequently rushed to the Springfield hospital by ambulance and treated for a sprained ankle.

The incident will be handled as an accident and the student will not receive a citation for underage drinking.

Earlier in the night, public safety also responded to two unrelated reports of two students with alcohol poisoning, one at 12:08 a.m. and one at 12:19 a.m.

Both students were taken by ambulance to the hospital. Since one of the students was under 21 and highly intoxicated, she will receive a citation.

All three students are currently in fine condition.

Redgrave attributes the decline in number of incidents to the location of the Halloween party this year.

Apart from last year, previous Halloween parties have been held at the Mary Lyons dorm. Many incidents usually occurred from students walking back to campus intoxicated and out in public streets and sidewalks, Redgrave said.

Swarthmore Chief of Police Brian Craig also noticed this trend. “The activity is much reduced from when it was at Mary Lyons,” he said. “It is a lot less than what we’ve experienced in the past.”

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