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Colorado State: Sigma Pi (woman found dead at house)
From the Rocky Mountain News
Woman found dead at CSU frat By Julie Poppen, Rocky Mountain News September 6, 2004 FORT COLLINS - A college-age woman was found dead in a rarely used storage room on the second floor of the Sigma Pi fraternity house Sunday evening, sparking a police investigation and shock among members of the fraternity at Colorado State University. Fort Collins police said the woman was fully clothed and there were no obvious signs of trauma to her body or of foul play. Fort Collins police officer Gary Shaklee said there were no obvious signs of drug or alcohol use near the body, either, but police are calling the death suspicious. Shaklee said a fraternity member who doesn't live in the house found the body about 6:20 p.m. in the room, which has a few couches in it. Police believe the woman had been dead at least 12 hours, making it likely that she had been in the house since the previous evening. No house party was held at the house Saturday night because many of the fraternity members attended the University of Colorado-CSU game in Boulder or gathered with friends to watch it, Shaklee said. At 8:30 p.m., police were still waiting for a search warrant, but already had sealed off the room, in the rear of the red brick, colonial-style building with white columns. Fraternity members allowed police to begin examining the scene before they received the warrant, Shaklee said. Less than three hours after the body was found, three young women, visibly shaking and crying, sought information from police about their roommate. She was missing, they said, and was last seen at the Sigma Pi house Saturday night. They said the woman is a CSU student but not a member of a sorority. Police said they have a good idea about the woman's identity but had not yet confirmed it. Link is Here |
:eek: That's crazy!
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This is to sad to hear about.
This will put a pall upon the Sigma Pi Chapter there.:( One can only hope that with a full investigation , there will be no wrong doing on the part of the Chapter. Of course, I am sure there will be repercusions from the Local Population, The School, and the Hdq. |
Update: Dead Woman Identified
According to an ABC affiliate in Denver, the dead woman has been identified as Samantha Spady, age 19, of Beatrice, Nebraska.
http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news...11/detail.html Very sad news; my deepest sympathy to her family and friends. |
According to my old station here in Denver, she was Class President and Homecoming Queen at her high school in Nebraska.
Friends say it wouldn't be like her to drink that much -- but Ft. Collins and Colorado State authorities seem to be leaning toward alcohol -- although pointing out that final toxicoligy results won't be available for some time. She was apparantely not a member of a sorority. CSU Greeks had to face a suicide at our chapter last year when one of our brothers shot himself. Tough times. |
i live in fort collins and my sister is a csu student. it's hitting everyone pretty hard. both greeks and non-greeks alike. if anyone has any questions feel free to pm me.
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how sad for all concerned.
thoughts and prayers are with all. |
Damn. this is never a good thing to hear about. I feel very sad for her parents and sisters that have to deal with us.
The men at the Sigma Chi house have to be very on edge right now as if this turns out to be due to their negligence, they will almost certainly lose their chapter (which would be highly deserved if they had caused this). |
ktsnake- It was the Sigma Pi house, not Sigma Chi.
This is such a tragic thing. My thoughts and prayers go out to her family, friends, the Sigma Pi chapter, and the campus. |
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Link CSU frat house tragedy Female student had blood-alcohol level 5 times legal limit By Sarah Langbein and Ann Carnahan, Rocky Mountain News September 7, 2004 FORT COLLINS - A Colorado State University student found dead at a fraternity house had a blood-alcohol concentration more than five times the legal limit for drivers in Colorado, a police source said Monday. Samantha Spady, 19, a sophomore business major from Nebraska, had a blood-alcohol level of 0.43 percent, the source said. A Sigma Pi fraternity brother giving his mom a tour of the house at 709 Wagner Drive on Sunday found Spady fully clothed on the floor of a second-story lounge. Police believe she may have been dead for 12 hours before authorities were called. There were no signs of trauma to her body, and she was not sexually assaulted, police said. The high school homecoming queen, class president and cheerleader moved from Beatrice, Neb., to Fort Collins nearly a year ago on the advice of friends. Adam Tatro, 23, and Chase Bruhn, 22, friends from high school who attended the University of Northern Colorado, suggested to Spady she attend college in Colorado, they said Monday. "We told Sam this was a great place - get away from all of the crap in Beatrice," Bruhn said. "She thought it was a great place." The men described her as a bright young woman - innocent and sweet. "She was a friend who definitely had more to offer," Tatro said. "It's a disappointment." Bruhn last spoke to Spady on Thursday or Friday through an instant message conversation on the Internet. Bruhn asked her about weekend plans. "She was going to hang out," he said. "There were some parties." Police are looking into the possibility that Spady and a friend were involved in a single-car accident during the weekend on Harmony Road. Officials believe that Spady was drunk at the time, abandoned her car and called a member of Sigma Pi for a ride. It's unclear whether Spady continued to drink at the fraternity house, just west of campus, before she was escorted to the sofa-filled lounge to sleep off the alcohol, police said. People occasionally checked in on Spady, saying that she was unresponsive, but they thought she was passed out. After the discovery of Spady's death, Sigma Pi brothers were asked to leave the two-story, brick house for the night, and the flag was flown at half- staff. "This is something a lot of us haven't dealt with before, a close personal friend dying," said Darren Pettapiece, president of the Sigma Pi chapter at CSU. "We're a close group of friends who will be there for each other no matter what." Spady's four roommates at their home near campus declined to speak about their friend. Members of Chi Omega sorority, which Spady had resigned from, wore blue ribbons. "The university counseling center is making these (ribbons) and distributing them around campus," said Lindsay Sharp, president of Chi Omega chapter. "They were passing them out in light of this, just a bad thing for the Greek community in general. We're all just pulling together." CSU sent counselors to speak with students and their families. Tatro and Bruhn drove from Greeley to the fraternity house Monday, looking for answers. They wanted to know how this happened and why no one took Spady to the hospital. There has to be more to the story, they said. "This just doesn't seem like her at all," Tatro said. "Sam, she was a smart girl. If you knew her at all through high school, she wasn't getting in trouble. She wasn't out doing stupid things. She was an all- around nice girl. This was out of character." Bruhn added, "She was the one who knew when to go home when she knew she'd had too much (to drink)." The men were upset by brief laughter coming from members of the fraternity, who had been somber for most of the day. "It's disturbing," Tatro said. "They seem to be having a good time. Someone died in their house." |
People need to look out for each other. I'll be honest, looking back, there days I wonder how the hell did I survive my first two years of college. People need to use common sense.
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That is so sad. I will pray for her family and the Sigma Pi's...
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This article has some different information. For once it sounds like no one is jumping to the conclusion that the fraternity *must* have been somehow responsible for her death. If anything, this article makes Sigma Pi sound like they were doing the right thing by possibly picking her up when she was too drunk to drive and checking on her occassionally.
It's so sad that a girl with a promising future had to die due to alcohol. :( .....Kelly -------------------- Student Found Dead At Colorado Fraternity House Report: Student's Blood Alcohol Was 5 Times Over Legal Limit POSTED: 10:31 am EDT September 7, 2004 UPDATED: 2:25 pm EDT September 7, 2004 A college student from Nebraska was found dead over the weekend at a fraternity house in Colorado. Authorities say alcohol likely played a role in the death of the Colorado State University student. Published reports state Samantha Spady's blood-alcohol level was 0.43 percent, more than five times the legal limit for driving in Colorado. Her body was found in an unused room at the Sigma Pi fraternity house on Sunday. Autopsy results show no signs of physical trauma, but that alcohol contributed to the 19-year-old's death. Spady was not sexually assaulted, and foul play was not suspected, police said. Toxicology tests were also planned but those results won't be known for 10 days. Police were reportedly investigating whether Spady and a friend were involved in a one-car accident over the weekend. Officials believe that Spady was drunk at the time, abandoned her car and called a member of Sigma Pi for a ride. It's not clear whether Spady drank at the fraternity house on Saturday night, but police believe members of the fraternity occasionally checked on her and thought she had passed out. Fraternity president Darren Pettapiece said there was no party at the house that night -- the night of the big in-state football rivalry with the University of Colorado -- and no one he had spoken with had admitted drinking with Spady. Members of the fraternity are trying to deal with the tragic events. Pettapiece said the fraternity members have always been responsible when it comes to alcohol abuse and risk management. The Greek community on the CSU campus banned all parties involving alcohol at fraternity and sorority houses. Parties with alcohol are allowed only in third-party locations, such as bars or hotels, and guest lists must be submitted to the Greek Life office, according to a school official. A fraternity member was giving his mother a house tour when they found Spady's fully-clothed body in an empty sofa-filled lounge on the second floor. Witnesses said that there was no vomit near her body and no drug and alcohol paraphernalia around her. CSU officials are waiting for Fort Collins, Colo., police to complete their investigation before deciding what action to take. Police estimated that Spady died Sunday morning so she may have been in the empty room about 12 hours before they were called. Spady's friends in Nebraska said they were shocked about her mysterious death. The college sophomore was an honor student, head varsity cheerleader, homecoming queen, and senior class president before graduating from Beatrice High School in Beatrice, Neb., in 2003. Family friend Nile Dragoo called Spady "bubbly, refreshing, a breath of fresh air," who would light up a room as soon as she walked in. Her family and friends are suspicious of the circumstances surrounding her death and say it's unlike her to binge drink and go into a frat house by herself. "This just doesn't seem like her at all," said Adam Tatro, a friend from high school. "Sam, she was a smart girl. If you knew her at all through high school, she wasn't getting in trouble. She wasn't out doing stupid things. She was an all-around nice girl. This was out of character." Spady was a former member of the Chi Omega sorority, just down the street from Sigma Pi, and had many friends in Sigma Pi. Spady was majoring in business and came from a prominent family in Nebraska. Her father, Rick Spady, owns several businesses, including Spady-Runcie, a car dealership in Beatrice, a town of about 13,000 located about 40 miles south of Lincoln, Neb. Friends say she moved to Fort Collins to attend CSU so that she could get away from the small-town life she knew and explore different life experiences. A neighbor said Spady's parents were vacationing out of state when they got word of their daughter's death and immediately headed to Fort Collins. College drinking may be worse than people think. A new study shows that drinking 24 drinks at a time is not uncommon among some college students. The survey of college students in California found that among 1,000 male college drinkers, there are 50 or more occasions per month in which 24 or more drinks may be consumed. Results from the Prevention Research Center of the Pacific Institute also indicate that 10 percent of the time, female college drinkers may have 12 or more drinks and 20 percent of the time, male college drinkers may have 12 or more drinks. Past research on binge drinking has looked only at consumption of five drinks or more, without quantifying how much more. Distributed by Internet Broadcasting Systems, Inc. The Associated Press contributed to this report. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. |
Chapter Suspended pending investigation
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Fraternity suspended after student's death By: James Baetke September 08, 2004 The Sigma Pi fraternity national headquarters has suspended its CSU chapter in lieu of an investigation surrounding a CSU student's death at the house over the weekend. Police responded to a call Sunday night at the Sigma Pi fraternity house, 709 Wagner Drive, where a female CSU student, Samantha Spady of Beatrice, Neb., was found dead in an unused room. Mark Briscoe, executive director for the national Sigma Pi organization, flew in from Tennessee on Tuesday to offer his condolences and to survey the situation in person. "I'm here to be here with them the next couple days, to meet the brothers, to talk to them and find out what was going on and make sure that we're cooperating with the authorities that are doing their investigations ... so that we can help them along with that," Briscoe told Campus Television. Anne Hudgens, executive director for Campus Life, said the move to suspend the fraternity is not uncommon considering an investigation of this magnitude is still underway. "Sigma Pi has temporarily suspended the house pending the investigation by their national chapter. It is a pretty standard procedure to have a national charter seize fraternity functions during an investigation," Hudgens said. CSU is waiting for the complete results from the investigation to draw any conclusions about Spady's death. In the worst-case scenario, if the fraternity is found of any wrongdoing in the police investigation, CSU could withdraw Sigma Pi from university recognition. According to Hudgens, Briscoe met directly with her and university officials to offer his support. "(Briscoe) expressed his concern, shock and grief with the loss with one of our students," Hudgens said. Hudgens said one of the university's main roles is to give support to the family and friends who grieve over Spady's death. Counselors have been ready since the discovery of Spady's body, and Hudgens said the day after her death the university primarily dealt with supporting the campus and community. "The University Counseling Center has been outstanding in providing help to what our students need," said Yvonne Paez, CSU Police Department public information officer. |
Sam was one of my highschool friends and my next door neighbor. I dont really know what to say except its really sad.
and she was in a house, she was a chi o at colorado state. |
Today's CU Column
(I think Sigma Pi Natl. probably had to do something, but suspending the chapter may send the wrong message, since nothing has come out other than an underage girl, with a blood alcohol level about 4.0 (0.8 is the legal limit in my state) passed out and died in a seldom-used room, probably after walking to the house following an auto wreck.
(Similarly, when ever a policeman is involved in a shooting, the news reports that Officer AAAAA's gun was taken away, and he was assigned to desk duty. (I think that both suspensions make the chapter/person look guilty. There'll never be a news story/TV report that the chapter or the officer has been reinstated.) PS: I saw a story which said the girl had resigned from her sorority. ---------------------- Today's CU Column: September 08, 2004 diane carman Many are to blame in CSU death By Diane Carman Denver Post Columnist When a dead body turns up in a fraternity house after a football game and nobody seems to know how it got there, something's wrong. And when the body is found to have more than five times the blood-alcohol limit for driving legally in Colorado - even though she was too young to buy alcohol and the fraternity is not supposed to be serving booze - somebody's in trouble. That is why it has been difficult to get the whole story of how a 19-year-old honor student died early Sunday morning at the Sigma Pi fraternity house at Colorado State University. First, everybody had to sober up. Then everybody had to lawyer up. From the details available, it's apparent that all on her own Samantha Spady demonstrated some bad judgment. Then, when she lost consciousness from intoxication, her friends failed to rescue her. She was dead for several hours before anyone even noticed. So, obviously, there's plenty of blame to go around here. Her parents, like the parents of an estimated 1,400 other promising young people who die in alcohol-related incidents on college campuses every year, will struggle to understand how it happened. And college administrators will respond with still more rules, more counselors and more educational programs aimed at preventing more deaths. On Tuesday, CSU president Larry Penley said that CSU "is not alone in dealing with the issue of alcohol abuse." "I believe the university must take action to examine our campus climate," he wrote in a letter addressed to the campus community. He promised to appoint a task force this week to investigate campus alcohol abuse and to develop a plan to address it. Meanwhile, Linda Kuk, vice president for student affairs, e-mailed the students reminding them of the campus services to treat alcohol and drug abuse, and saying, "Please take care of one another and be safe." Getting wrecked in college is hardly new. And while their sense of helplessness is obvious, if college administrators want to keep enrollment up, they can't allow a perception that they are ignoring the problem to gain any traction. But it defies easy solution. In 2002, eight members of the University of Wyoming track and cross country teams were killed when another student, who was drunk, slammed into their Jeep. The drinking continues. The California State University system outlawed naming campus events after beer companies after a student on the Chico campus died of alcohol poisoning. The drinking continues. And the death in 1978 of Chuck Stenzel, an Alfred University student who was locked in a trunk and told to drink a pint of whiskey, a six-pack of beer and a quart of wine in a fraternity hazing incident, was so shocking it sparked a nationwide anti-hazing, anti-drinking movement. Still, the drinking continues. At the same university 24 years later, Benjamin Klein, 21, died in an alcohol-related incident at a fraternity house. While college administrators, regents and legislators keep trying to find a way to get through to them, ultimately it's all up to the students and their parents. Last week in New York, the Republicans spoke of the "soft bigotry of low expectations" that contributes to the poor performance of children in inner-city schools. It also applies to kids who behave so irresponsibly on college campuses. The same laws of physics, biology, chemistry and unintended consequences apply to them, no matter how fortunate they have been all their lives. It's not asking too much to expect them to understand that. In fact, it's the least we can do. Diane Carman's column usually appears Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday. She can be reached at 303-820-1489 or dcarman@denverpost.com . |
such a tradegy. my thoughts and prayers to the familiy and friends of the young woman.
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Actually, according to FCPD and CSUPD they have not released the toxicology reports and therefore have not said exactly what her blood alcohol level is.
James Baetke The Collegian Police reported Tuesday that the female CSU student found dead at the Sigma Pi fraternity house Sunday evening was involved in a single-car accident the night before. Rita Davis, Fort Collins Police Services spokesperson, said 19-year-old Samantha Spady was coming home after the CSU football game and lost control of her vehicle in Fort Collins. “The day after her death we received a call about an abandoned vehicle. Samantha had driven that car that evening,” Davis said. Davis said the timeline from when Spady was picked up from the scene of the accident and when she was found dead at Sigma Pi the next day is still under investigation. The national organization for Sigma Pi suspended the CSU chapter until the investigation clears the house of any wrongdoing. Darren Pettapiece, president of the Sigma Pi chapter at CSU, said reports that someone from the fraternity house picked her up from the scene are untrue.“The investigators are still detailing her last hours,” Davis said. There were no signs of obvious trauma nor was foul play a factor in her death, Davis said. Giving a tour to his mother, a Sigma Pi fraternity member who did not live in the house at 709 Wagner Drive stumbled upon Spady’s body Sunday night. A coroner investigator and police responded to the scene around 6:30 p.m. The Larimer County Coroner’s Office said Spady’s cause of death has not yet been determined but said officials cannot rule out that the accident may have contributed to her death. “I do know that through the investigation we will investigate the car accident,” said Debbie Reifdorff, a deputy coroner for the coroner’s office. “If the car accident was involved in the death it will be on the death certificate.” “The cause of death is pending,” Reifdorff said. More information should be available by the end of the week. Although preliminary results show that Spady’s death may be alcohol-related, it is still unclear until the final autopsy results are finalized, Reifdorff said. <b>Although some reports have stated Spady’s blood-alcohol level as five times the legal limit, FCPS, the coroner’s office and the CSU Police Department have all denied officially releasing that information. “We do not have (her blood-alcohol level),” Davis said. Reifdoff said her office never releases preliminary information like that. “I do not know where that information came from,” she said. Yvonne Paez, public information officer for CSUPD, said that to her knowledge, CSUPD does not have that information, and if it did it would not be released unless it was public information.</b> Students and faculty across the campus and residents in her hometown of Beatrice, Neb., are in shock. “The whole (fraternity) house is in shock. It is a somber place right now,” said Pettapiece, who will remember her beautiful smile and caring personality the most. Jason Sutter, Beatrice High School’s principal, knew Spady since the eighth grade and watched her grow up in high school as a cheerleader, National Honor Society member and homecoming queen. “Sam was a leader. She was one of our best students in her class. She very much enjoyed school and was well respected,” Sutter said. Chet McGrury, owner of Silver Screen Video in Spady’s hometown of Beatrice, employed Spady for about two years. “She was a real neat girl, a real popular, friendly kid,” McGrury said. “She had real potential. She was going places.” |
Sigma Pi terminated at CSU
FORT COLLINS - Colorado State University announced the termination of the Sigma Pi fraternity as a student organization Thursday.
The decision was backed by CSU's student Intrafraternity Council and the national Sigma Pi organization. Sigma Pi's national organization had revoked the group's charter earlier in the week. The university based its decision on several rule violations over the past year, some alcohol-related. The decision cited recent incidents of hosting unauthorized parties and serving alcohol at the Sigma Pi fraternity house. Serving alcohol is a violation of university-fraternity rules. The group's infractions also included serving alcohol to minors. On Sunday, CSU sophomore Samantha Spady was found dead inside the Sigma Pi house. Spady died of an apparent alcohol overdose. Also on Thursday the student presidents of campus fraternities and sororities will meet to discuss changes in the Greek community to address alcohol abuse. The meeting is at 6 p.m. in the Cherokee Park room of the Lory Student Center. The university is also moving forward on creating a university-community task force to examine Colorado State's programs and policies in dealing with alcohol abuse. Task force members are being appointed this week. Link http://www.9news.com/acm_news.aspx?O...7-c589c01ca7bf |
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It is a shame, she was a gorgeous young woman
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Can someone help clear this up for me? I understand the Sigma Pi chapter had previous risk management issues, but if they had nothing to do with her consumption of alcohol, were not having a party, etc., why was their chapter closed due to this incident?
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I'm wondering the same thing too DZHBrown.... also like someone else asked why she resigned.
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Now, in a more cynical (or maybe realistic) vein, I'd guess -- but can't prove -- that the international publicity and the general campus conditions (Delta Sigma Phi alleged to have had recent risk management violations; riots; widespread and publicized concerns about the possibility of campus problems stemming from the U of Colorado - Colorado State game) combined to cause Sigma Pi and the university to decide that closing the chapter was a wise course of action. In addition, I'm rather curious about the language of the "expression of sympathy" on Sigma Pi's web site. It refers to Ms Spady as a "daughter and dear friend." Is it possible that her father is a Sigma Pi? If so, that might have been another (unacknowledged) factor in deciding to close the chapter. Finally there's the issue of the reports that Ms Spady had been dead for around 12 hours before her body was discovered. IF anyone in the house knew she was there, and knew that she was seriously impaired in some way, twelve hours without checking on her seems like an awfully long time, and may also have been considered. We may, of course, never know exactly what happened or the precise combination of reasons for closing the chapter. |
One quick point of clarification. News stories here have indicated that members checked on her "several" times but assumed she was passed out. I don't know how many times I've heard of that happening.
To go a step farther with cynical speculation, you would have to think that at least part of the alcohol was served to her at the house. Maybe not, but I would consider the likelihood fairly high. The fact that the chapter had previous Risk Management problems but weren't closed down is probably an indicator that they were fairly minor, but they can use the former them as a "reason" for jerking the charter without admitting any complicity in Spady's death. Otherwise, why would they close the chapter after such a short investigation and before any university or police reports were issued? I'm guessing there's a lot more to the story than we know. |
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Oh no. I'm sure they checked on her and assumed she had passed out. I've heard that in other places, including a death at our chapter at Ohio State. In retrospect, it's always a bad assumption. It's important to be sure the person is breathing, and if there is ANY question, get medical help immediately.
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I have to agree that checking on someone includes making sure he or she is breathing. It's not much of a check if that isn't done, if you ask me. That's why I brought up the 12 hours.
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The real truth is that anyone who has passed out due to alcohol should not be left alone at all. There are numerous cases of someone rolling over in his/her stupor, throwing up and drowing in their own vomit.
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If it was not a typo, 8.0 means She was totally dead with that much Alchohol in Her system.
Whether She was checked on or not just shows that if there was a party going on, then there just might have been Booze there and no one was going to check on her. This is totally a saddening situation for a lovely person. Hoping a wake up call is sounded. there will be a lot of crap in the newsmedia so just wait and see what happens on that end. |
Gotta be a typo, Tom.
The original reports here were something like 4.0. Legally intoxicated in Colorado is .8. Now the officials are saying that they're waiting for the toxicology reports -- so it would appear that someone in the Ft. Collins PD or the CSUPD may have opened their mouth a little prematurely. |
Just a little alcohol level education... ya'll are getting your decimal places wrong. .08 is the definition of drunk in Michigan (and many states, some are still at .10). I had read that hers was .43.
45 states and the District of Columbia have a .08 BAC per se law —AK, AL, AR, AZ, CA, CT, FL, GA, HI, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MO, MS, MT, ND, NE, NH, NM, NC, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VT, VA, WA, WI and WY. (Updated: Nov. 20th, 2003) 5 states still define intoxicated driving as .10 BAC per se -- the most lenient definition of drunk driving in the industrialized world. Some info from an alcohol awareness website: Blood Alcohol Level Affect On Body 0.02 Slight mood changes 0.06 Lowered inhibition, impaired judgement, decreased rational decision-making abilities. 0.08 Legally drunk, deterioration of reaction time and control. 0.15 Impaired balance, movement, and coordination. Difficulty standing, walking, talking. 0.20 Decreased pain and sensation. Erratic emotions. 0.30 Diminished reflexes. Semi-consciousness. 0.40 Loss of consciousness. Very limited reflexes. Anesthetic effects. 0.50 Death. Caution Death has been documented to occur at levels as low as 0.35. Remember, each person is different. Also, the absence of symptoms does not guarantee safe or low blood alcohol levels. With regular drinking a person develops a tolerance to alcohol that will reduce the outward appearance of high blood alcohol levels. http://www.radford.edu/~kcastleb/bac.html chart of drinks to blood alcohol level According to the chart above, a woman had 10 drinks in a short period of time, and weighed between 100 and 120 would be around .43 I think comments in the articles about this being out of character for her are naive. Alcohol deaths occur at all colleges and universities, even those who only take the "cream of the crop" students with very high GPAs and outstanding high school records and those schools all have students who binge drink to dangerous levels. Not only "bad people" or "bad students" binge drink. I do think they are jumping to conclusions that she was served alchohol at the house. BAC continues to rise after you stop drinking because the alcohol is still being processed through your system. Dee |
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One of my very good fraternity friends is a paramedic and thank God he was there the two times that little girls drank too much adn passed out in the driveway because the rest of the guys don't have the balls to say "Hey maybe we should call an ambulance?" Actually what they should have the balls in doing is refusing to let in high school aged girls anymore cuz all they care about is getting way trashed to impress college fraternity "men". Sorry about the tangent, but anyways whenever anyone is way drunk to the point of not being able to stand up, he makes sure to take their pulse and whatever. If he weren't there those 2 times, who knows what could have happened to those girls. |
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Clearly, you are correct about the decimal places. Thanks for the post -- it is most useful. As for the young woman being given alcohol at the house, that is pure speculation, but history of Alcohol and Risk Management violations and the fact that Sigma Pi Nationals pulled the charter so quickly wave red flags to me after having been a division officer and hearing about numerous chapter problems. I certainly hope that you're right and I'm wrong on this -- but I really don't think that will be the case at the end of the investigation. |
The Saturday, September 11, 2004 Denver Post has an article that says the night Spady died was "not the first time she dramk heavily." The article quotes the Fort Collins police chief as saying, "I know there was alcohol in the [Sigma Pi] house. Lots of it."
According to the article the police chief also indicated that she "went to at least two other houses where she drank before she ended up at the Sigma Pi fraternity house." Article is at http://www.denverpost.com/Stories/0,...394284,00.html |
Exlurker, I don't if anyone else had this problem but when I tried your link it came up as invalid.
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wrigley, I apologize. I went back and fixed it in my post, so it should work now.
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Sometimes the "good kids" and the "cream of the crop" are exactly the ones who will drink the most and find themselves vomiting, unconscious, or dead. Those good kids are the ones who didn't break out of their shells in high school or who were afraid to misbehave while their parents were around. Now that they're at college, feeling liberated and safe in their new environment, they're inclined to do stupid things. They don't know where their limits are, and they'll drink as much as possible to get drunk as quickly as possible.
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