Vuvuzelas Banned from Harvard-Yale Game

The Department of Athletics will be prohibiting vuvuzelas—the South African horns that gained popularity after the World Cup this past summer—inside Harvard Stadium during this Saturday's Harvard-Yale Game.

In an e-mail with the subject line "Vuvzelas not permitted at Harvard/Yale," Associate Director of Athletics Timothy W. Wheaton wrote that the vuvuzelas would "both disrupt play on the field and detract from the overall fan experience for many spectators."

Some members of the Harvard University Band and the Yale Precision Marching Band have expressed concern about the effect the vuvuzelas would have on their performances, but as recently as last week, Wheaton said that the vuvuzelas would be permitted.

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