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Old 05-24-2005, 10:12 PM
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Re: Re: When will a fraternity die

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Originally posted by TSteven
. . . please provide a link to the article. Or at least provide some details such as when and where . . . .
Please see the May 24 Daily Barometer student paper of Oregon State U. A 20-year-old (i.e., underage) young man dived headfirst into a makeshift pool with about 17 inches of water in it. He's in critical condition -- fractured vertrebra and possibly spinal cord injury. There allegedly was drinking involved. The "pool" reportedly was for a party.

http://barometer.orst.edu/vnews/disp.../429353a64dbac

You can get other reports by going to Google News and typing in something like

oregon fraternity critical

or something along that line.

When I saw the news this morning, I thought pretty much what g41965 mentioned: there's the potential for a lawsuit here. Of course, right now I'm just hoping for the best possible medical outcome for the young man.

Edited to add the address for another story from station KATU:

http://www.katu.com/news/story.asp?ID=77356

Also edited to remove the implication that the injured man was a member of the fraternity.

Last edited by exlurker; 05-24-2005 at 11:35 PM.
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