[DeltAlum]

Fraternal News is full of stories about this today from the Denver papers, Boulder Daily Camera and Colorado Daily, the CU newspaper.

To paraphrase:

It sounds like the chapter did everything it could, including registering the party in advance, having security people at the door and student medical staff at the party.

The victim signed in at about 11:30 and left at around 1:30 AM. He reportedly returned to his dorm at around 3:00 AM. He was allegedly arrested earlier this year for being drunk and refusing to take a breathalizer when he tried to enter a local restaurant. He listed "alcohol and painkillers" on Facebook as among his interests. That has been removed.

He was a high school honor student and athlete in the Denver metro area.

As is noted in posts above, the CU IFC has banned alcohol at all fraternity parties until the investigation is complete. You might remember that the IFC refused to meet certain university demands after last year's death of Lyn Gordy Bailey. The IFC has no official university recognition at this point if I recall correctly.

As usual, toxicology tests are being evaluated, but it will take up to "several weeks" to get results according to the Boulder County Coroner -- who said there were no signs of trauma on Gomez body.

Beside the fact that any death of this kind is tragic, this will not help the cause of the CU fraternity system -- even if the chapter is completely cleared. It's unfair, but true. I only hope that it can be conclusively proven that Gomez didn't drink at the party because he was underage.