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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Wilson graduate dies after binge drinking at fraternity
Teen enrolled at N.J. college for a change of atmosphere.
By Kevin Butler, Staff writer
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Freshman at Rider dies after drinking
Gary DeVercelly became comatose after a party at a frat house. Authorities look to see if hazing was a factor.
By Chris Newmarker
Associated Press
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Party Turns Deadly for College Freshman
Memorial Service Saturday
By Nora Muchanic
LAWRENCE TWP., N.J. - March 30, 2007 - Rider University students are stunned by the news that 18-year-old freshman Gary DeVercelly of Long Beach, California died Friday morning as a result of alcohol poisoning.
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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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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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Alcohol poisoning kills Rider freshman
Friends say student knew night of drinking was ahead
Saturday, March 31, 2007 BY DARRYL R. ISHERWOOD
LAWRENCE -- Gary DeVercelly knew when he walked into the Phi Kappa Tau fraternity house Wednesday night that he was going to drink heavily.
A hometown friend told The Times that the Rider University freshman confided to his girlfriend that he would be drinking Absolut Citron -- an entire bottle. The lemon-flavored vodka is his fraternity "family's" drink of choice, he told her, and he and his "big brother" would be drinking together.
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College mourns loss of a 'sweet kid'
Many express hope his death will spur others to drink responsibly
Saturday, March 31, 2007 BY ANDREW KITCHENMAN
LAWRENCE -- The mood was somber across the Rider University campus yesterday as students began the grieving process for fellow student and friend Gary DeVercelly, even as they struggled to make sense of his death.
Resident assistant Dhwani Shelat said she knew DeVercelly from his frequent visits to the floor of the dorm where she lives. She said she didn't believe that anyone forced him to drink the large quantity of alcohol that led to his death. Like others, she saw his death as a heartbreaking loss.
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Rider U. freshman who drank too much at a frat party dies
Saturday, March 31, 2007 BY TOM HESTER AND MARY JO PATTERSON
Star-Ledger Staff
An 18-year-old Rider University freshman who collapsed after drinking to excess at a fraternity house party on campus died yesterday, one day after being rushed to a Trenton hospital.
Gary DeVercelly of Long Beach, Calif., died at 10:50 a.m. on Capital Health System's Fuld campus, said Casey DeBlasio, spokeswoman for Mercer County Prosecutor James Bocchini, whose office is investigating whether hazing played a role in DeVercelly's death. DeVercelly was a pledge of Phi Kappa Tau fraternity.
DeBlasio said an autopsy will be performed to establish the cause of death, but suggested binge drinking was to blame. The Rider college newspaper, quoting an unnamed university official, has reported DeVercelly drank three-quarters of a bottle of Absolut vodka in 15 minutes.
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