Complex sentence: What "The New York Times" termed a "homecoming bacchanal" made regional news in 2002 when scores of students reportedly arrived drunk at the dance, with 5 being sent to the hospital for acute alcohol poisoning and 28 receiving suspensions.
Split into simpler sentences: What "The New York Times" termed a "homecoming bacchanal" made regional news in 2002 and sent five students to the hospital with acute alcohol poisoning. Scores of students reportedly arrived drunk at the dance, with 28 of them receiving suspensions.