Eight students recovering from alcohol poisoning were released from the hospital late Sunday following a dance party at Occidental College, the latest in a string of drinking party casualties over recent years at the school.
The on-campus "Splatter Dance'' at Bell Field was described as a "paint-themed dance party'' on the school's website. It was the second Occidental party this month to send drunk students to hospitals, according to news reports of an alcohol-drenched toga party earlier in October.
Los Angeles firefighters showed up shortly after midnight. The party, which was set to run until 2 a.m., was shut down.
The youths were taken to hospitals with alcohol poisoning symptoms, firefighters at the scene said.
Students are known for pushing boundaries, but they don't always show the best judgment, said Jim Tranquada, a spokesman for Occidental College.
It was not clear when the students became intoxicated. No alcohol was served at the dance and drugs were not involved, Tranquada said. Students were also searched before they entered the party, he said.
Seven students were treated and released from the hospital, Tranquada said. The eighth was believed to have been released but that could not be confirmed, Tranquada said.
The students could face disciplinary action.
Thirteen students were hospitalized after the 2010 toga party at an Occidental sorority house.
Occidental, founded in 1887, is one of the area's elite, private liberal arts colleges, with about 2,100 students.
President Barack Obama attended Occidental from the fall of 1979 to the spring of 1981, before transferring to Columbia University in New York City.
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