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Pabst, Pamphlets and a Petition: A Harvard-Yale Tailgate in the Trump Era
Pabst, Pamphlets and a Petition: A Harvard-Yale Tailgate in the Trump Era
Students and alumni set aside rivalries at the 141st Harvard-Yale football game on Saturday to summon support against attacks on higher education under the Trump administration.
Yale fans cheering from the stands during the annual Harvard-Yale football game. Christopher Capozziello for The New York Times
By Mark Arsenault
Reporting from the Yale University campus in New Haven, Conn.
Nov. 23, 2025, 5:01 a.m. ET
In the hours before the 141st meeting of the Harvard and Yale football teams on Saturday, a vast and raucous tailgate party sprung to life across grassy fields on the Yale University campus. Students and alumni dressed in Harvard crimson and Yale blue played cornhole, grilled chicken, devoured bagels, swilled Pabst Blue Ribbon and drank wine straight from the bottle.
Sticking out only slightly were Regina Schwartz, a Harvard alum, who was dressed as a turkey (an informal Harvard mascot); and Erica Newland, who graduated from Yale and its law school, cosplaying as a Yale bulldog, inside a full over-the-head mask, like a superhero impersonator working for tips in Times Square.
Their mission amid the revelry: Persuading partying football fans to “stand firm against attacks” on higher education, as their handouts said.
Erica Newland, a Yale graduate, worked the tailgate party in a bulldog costume, passing out information to students and alumni. Christopher Capozziello for The New York Times
“Do you want to stand up for academic freedom and the First Amendment?” Ms. Schwartz asked a group of students, shouting above a cacophony of portable sound systems, each playing songs with different beats. “How would you feel about doing that?” ... “Good?” came one reply.
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Senator Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut handed out information at a tailgate party highlighting academic freedom. Christopher Capozziello for The New York Times
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As for the game, Yale upset Harvard, 45-28.
Students and alumni set aside rivalries at the 141st Harvard-Yale football game on Saturday to summon support against attacks on higher education under the Trump administration.
Yale fans cheering from the stands during the annual Harvard-Yale football game. Christopher Capozziello for The New York Times
By Mark Arsenault
Reporting from the Yale University campus in New Haven, Conn.
Nov. 23, 2025, 5:01 a.m. ET
In the hours before the 141st meeting of the Harvard and Yale football teams on Saturday, a vast and raucous tailgate party sprung to life across grassy fields on the Yale University campus. Students and alumni dressed in Harvard crimson and Yale blue played cornhole, grilled chicken, devoured bagels, swilled Pabst Blue Ribbon and drank wine straight from the bottle.
Sticking out only slightly were Regina Schwartz, a Harvard alum, who was dressed as a turkey (an informal Harvard mascot); and Erica Newland, who graduated from Yale and its law school, cosplaying as a Yale bulldog, inside a full over-the-head mask, like a superhero impersonator working for tips in Times Square.
Their mission amid the revelry: Persuading partying football fans to “stand firm against attacks” on higher education, as their handouts said.
Erica Newland, a Yale graduate, worked the tailgate party in a bulldog costume, passing out information to students and alumni. Christopher Capozziello for The New York Times
“Do you want to stand up for academic freedom and the First Amendment?” Ms. Schwartz asked a group of students, shouting above a cacophony of portable sound systems, each playing songs with different beats. “How would you feel about doing that?” ... “Good?” came one reply.
{snip}
Senator Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut handed out information at a tailgate party highlighting academic freedom. Christopher Capozziello for The New York Times
{snip}
As for the game, Yale upset Harvard, 45-28.