Rider Student Dies After Fraternity Drinking Binge
(CBS/AP) LAWRENCE, N.J. A Rider University freshman died Friday after excessive drinking at a fraternity house on the university's campus, a hospital spokesman said.
Gary Devercelly, 18, of Long Beach, Calif. died at about 10:50 a.m. at Capital Health System's Fuld Campus in Trenton, said Don MacNeill, a hospital spokesman. Devercelly had been in critical condition at the hospital.
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Hundreds gather to show their support for Rider freshman
JOE D’AQUILA, Staff Writer
03/30/2007
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A dream on hold
Rider freshman caught up in moment, friends say
Friday, March 30, 2007 BY LISA CORYELL
LAWRENCE -- Gary DeVer celly, a laid-back, fun-loving California kid, has dreams of making it big in sports and academics on a small college campus.
But the Rider University freshman, comatose yesterday after a night of binge drinking, may have lost himself in the excitement of pledging a fraternity, friends say.
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Rider student dies after fraternity drinking binge
CHRIS NEWMARKER
The Associated Press
LAWRENCE, N.J. - A Rider University freshman died Friday at the Trenton hospital where he was admitted a day earlier after drinking excessively at a fraternity house on the private university's campus.
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Drinking culture plagues colleges across the nation
Friday, March 30, 2007 BY ANDREW KITCHENMAN
Heavy beats spinning from a disc jockey in the corner. Students dancing in a basement, sipping on beers from dozens of 30-packs. The games begin: beer pong, flip cup and "who can funnel the most beer, the quickest?"
That scene is a typical Wednesday night at the Phi Kappa Tau house at Rider University, according to several students yesterday, who described the fraternity members as some of the biggest, and most fun, drinkers on the Lawrence campus.
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