Why couldn't frosh go to Frosh Week?

An abnormally high number of students required urgent medical attention during Frosh Week this year, especially first-year students. Because of the high numbers, the eating clubs did not allow first-years into parties on Monday night.Police responded to at least 30 calls of students who required urgent medical attention, either in the campus infirmary or the local hospital, between Friday night and Tuesday morning.A male student was carried out of Quadrangle Club on a stretcher early Monday morning after he slipped on the dance floor, a Quad officer said. His leg was not broken, and he is now in good health. The floors in the club were slippery because it was raining and people's shoes were wet, the officer said. The officer denied that the floor was wet because of spilled drinks."He was jumping up and down and he was dancing," the officer said.Another student, a male first-year, vomited while he was leaning on the counter of Hoagie Haven, according to multiple eyewitnesses at the Nassau Street favorite. Officers of the University's Department of Public Safety, or PSafe, called an ambulance for him.PSafe called ambulances for 10 students between Friday and Tuesday morning, University spokesperson Michael Hotchkiss wrote in an email to the Press Club. The town police were involved in ambulance calls for an additional four students on Prospect Avenue alone, Chief of Police Nicholas Sutter said.PSafe officers brought 16 students to University Health Services, also known as McCosh, Hotchkiss said. Hotchkiss did not know how many students came to McCosh without the help of the police.John Kolligan, Jr., executive director of UHS, deferred comment to Hotchkiss.The clubs barred first-years from their parties Monday night after extensive discussions involving the club presidents and Bryant Blount, an Assistant Dean of Undergraduate Students who serves as a liaison between the university administration and the eating clubs.Blount asked the clubs to either not open at all or not let in first-years because of the high number of students sent to McCosh and PMC in the previous days. The clubs, which are technically independent of the University, agreed to ban first-years for the night.Blount did not respond to a request for comment.McCosh was close to capacity with students for much of the weekend, Hotchkiss wrote. Contrary to rumors, UHS did not reach maximum capacity and send students straight to PMC."While most of the 15 beds in the McCosh infirmary were filled Saturday night into Monday morning, there was no disruption to the level of care available to students," Hotchkiss said.Hotchkiss also said that students should call the Department of Public Safety's emergency number, (609) 258-3333, if any of their peers are so drunk that they need medical attention.Sophia Cai contributed reporting to this article.