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From Denver's Channel 9 News website:

CU suspends all Greek events pending investigation into student's death
Paola Farer (Web Producer)
Created: 9/19/2004 10:54 AM MDT - Updated: 9/19/2004 5:48 PM MDT

BOULDER - All social activities at University of Colorado fraternities have been suspended after the death of an 18-year-old pledge, the Inter-Fraternity Council said.

The body of Lynn Gordon Bailey Jr. of Dallas, Texas, was found at the Chi Psi fraternity house on Friday morning. Some members said there had been a party at the house the night before.

A formal cause of death hasn't been announced yet. A preliminary report from the coroner's office may be released Monday.

Flowers were left on the steps of the Chi Psi house over the weekend.

"Gordie's death will be a life altering occurrence for each of the young men in Chi Psi and it's extended family," said Sam Bessey,Chi Psi Fraternity Executive Director.

CU students received an e-mail in which Chancellor Richard Byyny writes, "We are of course concerned about any possibility of the involvement of alcohol in the this tragedy."

The fraternity's national organization suspended its Boulder chapter pending the outcome of the investigation. Members will still be allowed to live at the house, however some have opted to move in with friends or into dorms on campus.

Bailey, who went by "Gordie," was majoring in business and was a freshman member of the university lacrosse team. By all accounts, he was happy in Colorado where he loved the outdoor life and had already made plenty of friends.

His family released a statement Saturday. "We are heartbroken over the tragic loss of our son and brother, L. Gordon (Gordie) Bailey," it said. "Gordie's life has been short but he lived it fully with humor, affection, optimism, integrity and honor.

"Our tragedy is widely shared by all who have had the privilege of knowing him."

There will be a memorial service for Bailey at the Chi Psi house Sunday at 9 p.m.

Bailey's aunt, Lynn Feldman, told The Denver Post, that her nephew was a great student and athlete. She said he was not a big drinker and wouldn't cave into peer pressure.

The Post also talked to John Reese, theater director at the Deerfield Academy in Massachusetts, where Bailey went to prep school. He said Bailey was captain of the football team at Deerfield and was active in theater, with a lead role in The Crucible last year.