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Old 10-29-2004, 01:15 PM
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DU Suspended at U of Oklahoma (Alcohol)

From a news report:

"For the second time this school year, a University of Oklahoma fraternity has been suspended.

This comes after a pledge had to be taken to the hospital with alcohol poisoning. It happened at the Delta Upsilon fraternity. The 18 year old student hasn't been identified. Investigators say he was at a Big Brother-Little Brother party at the fraternity when he went to his dorm room highly intoxicated.

The student was treated at the Norman hospital emergency room and released to his parents.

OU President David Boren ordered the immediate suspension of the fraternity. "


And from the Ocotber 29 OU student paper:

"Alcohol committee considers 'strike-out' policy
In its second meeting, Boren's panel also discussed dry housing.
Sarah McEntire - Daily Staff Writer
October 29, 2004

OU President David L. Boren and his alcohol advisory committee discussed Thursday morning’s fraternity-related alcohol incident, the possibility of dry off-campus housing and a “strike-out” policy at their second meeting Thursday afternoon.

The Presidential Advisory Committee on the Problem of Underage Drinking and the Use and Abuse of Alcohol was created after the alcohol-induced death of OU freshman Blake Adam Hammontree, a Sigma Chi fraternity pledge, on Sept. 30.

A Delta Upsilon fraternity pledge member was taken to Norman Regional Hospital’s emergency room Thursday morning after police found him intoxicated in his dorm room after attending a big brother-little brother party, according to OU Department of Public Safety.

Boren said he could not believe Thursday morning’s incident occurred so soon after Hammontree’s death.

“The tragedy has not had an altering effect on behavior,” Boren said.

He said this incident “underlines, again, the importance of this task and the magnitude of the challenge.”

OU Provost Nancy Mergler said she agreed this case added meaning to the committee’s purpose.

“It highlighted the importance of what we’re doing,” she said.

One prominent topic at Thursday’s meeting was the possibility of a dry policy, an issue which continued from the committee’s first session.

“One of the major discussions was whether we should have dry off-campus housing,” Boren said.

He pointed out that currently, on-campus housing is “largely dry,” with drinking only allowed in single-occupancy rooms of residents 21 years of age and older.

Boren said the committee questioned how much regulation the university should place on off-campus events.

“We talked about whether or not to ban all organizations from holding alcohol-related activities,” he said.

To address the issue of alcohol abuse on campus, the committee also discussed a host of options, including a “strike-out system” that Boren said other universities already use.

“Some universities have ‘three or four strikes and you’re out’ policies,” he said.

Boren said a first strike would be something like an off-campus charge of driving under the influence of alcohol or public intoxication.

“We will seek the cooperation of local law enforcement,” he said.

Boren said a second strike would merit parental notification.

“The federal law, which deals with student privacy, makes an exception for notification of drug or alcohol-related offenses,” he said.

A third strike would put the offender out of the university for a suspension period of at least one semester, Boren said.

Boren said whatever decisions the committee does reach, he hopes the solution will become a “model program” for the alcohol problem that is “so entrenched in our society.”

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