Another Colorado Student Dies...
 

While not a Greek this time, newspaper and broadcast reports yesterday say that alcohol probably caused the death of a sixth student at Colorado schools this year.

This one at Colorado State where Samantha "Sam" Spady died earlier this semester.

AND ANOTHER ONE
 

9 News reporting this morning that a UNC (Greeley) student was found dead early this morning...

No other details yet...monitoring this one closely.

All red states.

How is that relevant?

Re: AND ANOTHER ONE
 

With your "and another one" subject line . . i keep hearing that 80's song . . . "and another one gone and another one gone . . . and another one . . . ."

http://9news.com/acm_news.aspx?OSGNA...7-c589c01ca7bf

You might also want to read the sidebar story on other Colorado alcohol deaths. There is a link to it on the story on the link above.

Before college, do kids in your state just have incredible parties throughout high school or something?

-Rudey

Interesting thought. Colorado does tend to be fairly white collar.

However, at least two of the victims have been from out of state.

The latest victim is from here in the Denver area.

Not sure about the others.

Wasn't Samantha Spady from a tiny little town in Nebraska? I can easily see how someone from a tiny little town would party like it's 1999 the second she hits a college campus, but that's just me.

If the culture is there from partying throughout high school and into college...

Well that is what I would guess it is.

I see the same kind of kids who would have keg parties in high school. I see them deciding between the really great party schools. They hear about how fun it would be to surf, tan, and then hop in for a class at a school that is more like a resort or they hear about how princeton review ranked a school as a never-ending party. They drive in their mom's new SUV to keggers in the burbs and why should they stop in college? These kids might end up just going to these schools like Colorado.

I wonder what would happen if the school just sent in more cops to bars to ID folks and patrolled houses as soon as they heard noise sounding like a party.

-Rudey

I understand the logic, but some of the deaths were at places like Ft. Lewis College and Colorado College -- hardly known as party schools.

Yes, to another question above, Samantha Spady was from a small Nebraska community where she was "Miss Everything," including Homecoming Queen, Head Cheerleader, Class Officer and all of the other stuff.

I should add that there was a story on local TV last night that the now disbanded fraternity chapter where Spady was found has started an alcohol awareness campaign built around "Ace of Spades" cards (their symbol for Spady) which they are passing all over campus.

This second death at Colorado State has really shocked a lot of people. The people who live at the house where the latest victim was found, and the party was held, didn't even know him.

Very sad. Sounds like perhaps the entire community needs some prayers. It starts with the community and then spreads it way out to the university. My cousin goes to college in CO at Regis. Anyway, I will prayer for them all.

Maybe the campuses in Colorado should find another outlet for students to do something instead of drinking? No, I know, that's assinine. But the state seems to be racking up some numbers this fall, and it's pretty scary!

Disregard UNC student
 

Apparently, I was thankfully mistaken. No UNC student died over the weekend...

However, there was a news story about UNC last night on the news...it seems 14...FOURTEEN UNC students have been taken to the ER this semester for excessive alcohol.

Last YEAR, there were a total of 4 students. So there has been a significant increase in the numbers.

High School to College???
 

I tend to see the opposite happen from High School to College....especially with girls....the parents are strict in high school and they aren't allowed to go to parties, date, etc. then they go to college and go WILD.....at least in these parts.

I think I did my fair amount of partying at both, but never wild...my parents were never strict, so I didn't have that desire to go nuts once I got to college...