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Originally posted by exlurker
Please see the May 24 Daily Barometer student paper of Oregon State U. A 20-year-old (i.e., underage) Sigma Chi 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.
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First off, my thoughts and prayers are with Mr. Manning and his family.
Second, thank you exlurker for the link. I did a Google search and it didn't produce anything current and/or specific to this topic.
Now to address the original post, this may be important to note from the article.
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The party at Sigma Chi was registered with OSU's Office of Greek Life, according to university officials. They said the standard risk management checklist -- designed to ensure safety at Greek functions -- had been completed prior to the event.
Larry Roper, vice provost for student and academic affairs, said Manning was not on the official guest list for the event. An official guest list was submitted by the fraternity prior to the event, as is required by the Office of Greek Life.
John Manning [biological brother of the injured gentleman] said his brother has friends at the fraternity.
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So even with the proper risk management checklist completed, this gentleman was at this party. And as such, his actions may have put this chapter at risk. Thus simple compliance may not be enough. It seems like more adherence to the rules are needed to insure these unfortunate - and potential life threatening events - do not happen. Otherwise, the alternative may not be that good.
We shall see.