For the uninitiated, Sex Power God is the annual fundraiser thrown by Brown University’s Queer Alliance. In 2005, the event came under heavy scrutiny when conservative political pundit Bill O’Reilly aired raunchy footage taken at the event on Fox News and 24 students ended up in the hospital.

Since then, event coordinators have taken great strides to ensure the safety of attendees by tightening security and moving the fundraiser to a more secure venue, Alumnae Hall.

However, despite these necessary precautions, each subsequent year was met with a handful of hospitalizations. Last year, it was five; this year, it was nine.

The Brown Daily Herald reports:

Event coordinators called Sex Power God a success, citing poor weather as the event's only difficulty. "It went off without any hitches," coordinator Zach Marcus '10 said.

A total of nine students were transported by Emergency Medical Services Saturday night because of intoxication, said Vice President for Campus Life and Student Services Margaret Klawunn. Three of those - two Brown students and one non-Brown student - were transported directly from the event.

[…]"If you're going to dance, if you're going to hook up with someone, if you're just going to play with glowsticks ... we provide the music and the safe space."

For some reason, the words “safe place” do not come to mind when “nine hospitalizations" are mentioned.

Still, when an event attracts nearly 600 students a year, I suppose nine incidents are within reason – but one would be hard-pressed to not consider that a “hitch.”