Halloween is supposed to last for one night only. At Yale University (motto: "Light and Truth") it has dragged on considerably longer. As hap-pens at many American univer-sities, Yale administrators sent an advisory e-mail to students before the big night, requesting them to refrain from wearing costumes that other students might find offensive. Given that it is legal for 18-year-old Americans to drive, marry and, in most places, own firearms, it might seem reasonable to let students make their own decisions about dressing-up-and to face the consequences when photographs of them disguised as Osama bin Laden can forever be found on Facebook or Insta-gram. Yet a determination to treat adults as children is becoming a feature of life on campus, and not just in America. Strangely, some of the most enthusiastic supporters of this development are the students themselves.
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机译：万圣节应该只持续一晚。在耶鲁大学（座右铭：“光与真”），它拖了很长时间。在许多美国大学发生这种情况时，耶鲁大学的管理人员在大夜之前向学生发送了一封咨询电子邮件，要求他们不要穿其他学生可能会感到反感的服装。鉴于18岁的美国人开车，结婚以及在大多数地方拥有枪支是合法的，因此让学生自己决定换装并在拍摄照片时面对后果似乎是合理的。伪装成本·拉登（Osama bin Laden）的人永远可以在Facebook或Insta-gram上找到。然而，决心将成年人当作儿童正在成为校园生活的一个特征，而不仅仅是在美国。奇怪的是，这一发展过程中最热情的支持者是学生自己。
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