Three students from Alpha Beta Zeta fraternity were admitted Sunday morning to the local hospital for alcohol poisoning. The students were said to have been at a party at the ABZ house.
Press Martin, a junior in engineering from Shethar, New Hampshire, and Rob Smith, a sophmore in business from here in town, were released from the hospital on Monday morning. Al Amalek, a freshman majoring in liberal arts from Nashville, TN, is still there and listed as in critical condition.
The university issued the statement: “Our initial investigation indicates that these young men were at a party in the ABZ house. A number of witnessed say alcohol was being consumed by them. Based on that we are suspending the fraterntiy and all its activity on campus.” We have not decided how long the suspension will last.”
People are getting more concerned with drinking at fraternity parties these days. Recently a couple of students, one at LSU and one at MIT, have died from alcohol poisoning. Two weeks ago, University president Harvey Smithville restated policy banning alcohol from fraternity houses located on campus property or within campus environs. “Any fraternity in which the members have alcohol will be immediately suspended,” Smithville said.
Jan Mize, from the university’s public relations department, said that usually a suspension like this one that comes from these circumstances is for about a year. The university is thinking of increasing its police patrols of fraternity houses on the weekends due to incidents such as this one.