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Originally posted by mmcat
how sad....
it appears no one has learned anything at all.
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Of course the most important thing involved here is keeping everyone safe, but the other thing to consider is how someone, or a group of someones, actions affect others -- in this case, the entire Greek System at Colorado. In truth, these actions could have an even greater effect as other administrations at other institutions watch what is going on in Boulder vis-a-vis the IFC disregarding the new Administration rules, etc.
Here's the story from AP. Read the last paragraph. This incident plays right into the University's hands...
"BOULDER (AP) - At least seven of nine University of Colorado underage coeds who were hospitalized this weekend after a night of heavy drinking attended parties held at two fraternities, a year after a fraternity pledge died from alcohol poisoning, police said Monday.
Police issued nuisance party citations to the Sigma Pi and Phi Kappa Tau fraternities for the parties late Friday and early Saturday morning, Boulder police spokeswoman Julie Brooks said.
"To have this many hospitalizations for alcohol on any given night is unusual," Brooks said. "It's too early to talk charges (but) it's unusual enough that we need to take a stronger look at it."
After-hours phone messages left at the fraternities' international headquarters were not immediately returned. Adrian Fryxell, 20, president of Phi Kappa Tau, did not immediately answer an e-mail sent by The Associated Press.
Police responded to the first call of a sick woman at a sorority house at about 1 a.m. Saturday. Another call came in from the same sorority house a short time later of a woman passed out in a hallway.
"We figured there were other girls transported (to hospitals) by other means," Brooks said. Police checked the hospitals and found three other women who were hospitalized after heavy drinking.
Two additional sorority members -- one found at her apartment and another who was transported to the hospital -- were also found by Boulder police.
Campus police were also investigating two additional cases, bringing the total to nine.
Brooks said eight of the nine were either 18 or 19 years old. Their blood-alcohol level was not released but Brooks said officers, who have the discretion to take intoxicated people to a detox center or place them in the custody of sober people, felt the women needed to be hospitalized.
It was also unclear how much or where the women had to drank. One woman told police she only remembered having one drink.
"We're very disappointed to hear of this," said university spokeswoman Pauline Hale, "although we are encouraged that medical help was sought, that at least part of our message was getting through."
Last September, Lynn Gordon "Gordie" Bailey Jr. was found dead inside the off-campus Chi Psi house in Boulder after a night of heavy drinking.
In response to the death, the university asked sororities and fraternities to change several policies, including delaying freshman rush until spring semester and requiring all houses to have live-in advisers. The 16 fraternities cut ties with the school instead, forgoing many privileges given to other student groups, including free use of campus facilities and publicity on university materials.
School officials also advised parents to discourage their students from rushing in the fall.
"It underscores the need as we have outlined in our agreement for fraternal organizations for the need for live-in advisers... and the need to defer the rush for the spring season when freshman have enough experience to make a wise decision."