Drinking at fraternities has become a serious problem: one student at LSU and another at MIT have died due to alcohol poisoning.
Three more students from the Alpha Beta Zeta fraternity were admitted to a local hospital Sunday morning, diagnosed with alcohol poisoning. Press Martin, from New Hampshire, Al Amalek, from Tennessee and Rob Smith, from Fairfax, were the three students admitted. Martin and Smith were released Monday morning, but Amalek is listed in critical condition.
According to Busy University, the three students were seen at the ABZ fraternity house and multiple witnesses confirmed they were consuming alcohol. “Based on that we are suspending the fraternity and all its activities on campus,” Jan Mize, a representative from the public relations department, said. According to Mize, a suspension like this typically lasts for one year.
“Any fraternity in which the members have alcohol will be immediately suspended,” said university president Harvey Smithville. “A second offense within a year will result in the banning of that fraternity for five years.”
“We wholeheartedly agree with President Smithville that alcohol has no place at fraternity parties,” added Interfraternity Council president Bart Addison. “I am shocked that this incident has occurred. I believed that everyone was adhering to the University’s policy. However, I do not believe that the entire fraternity should be held responsible for the actions of a few.”
Because of these recent incidents, the university is considering increasing police patrols of fraternity houses on the weekends.
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