1997_10 The Daily Collegian October 1997

              THE DAILY
COLLEGIAN
Wednesday, October 1, 1997
News
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Drinking binge at fraternity house kills Boston student
By Michael Ellis
Reuter
BOSTON — A freshman stu¬
dent at the Massachusetts Institute
of Technology has died after slip¬
ping into a alcohol-induced coma
following a drinking binge at a fra¬
ternity house, hospital officials said
Tuesday.
Scott Krucger, 18. of Orchard
Park, N.Y. was placed on life sup¬
port at Beth Israel Deaconess Medi¬
cal Center in Boston after the Fri¬
day night party. He died late Mon-
Speakers
day, said Patti Jacobs, a spokes¬
woman for the hospital.
Police said he had a blood alco¬
hol level that was more than five
times the legal driving limit after a
drinking binge at the Phi Gamma
Delta fraternity..
Officials at MIT, one of the top
universities in math, science and
engineering in the United S'.atcs.
indefinitely suspended the frater¬
nity where Krucger drank and said
they were considering measures to
curtail underage drinking.
The Boston Herald reported that
the boy's parents told police their
son did not drink. That led investi¬
gators to speculate he may have
been forced to drink a large quan¬
tity of alcohol as part of a frater¬
nity hazing ritual, the Herald said.
"It's initiation week at the school
but nobody is saying whether this
was part of the initiation. No one is
talking." a source told the newspa¬
per.
The MIT freshman was found
unconscious aud not breathing in
the basement of the fraternity house
amid empty liquor bottles and
vomit. Boston police said. The po¬
lice said the department's'homicide
unit now will be looking into the
case. j
Kruger's.high sch<x)l principal
said he was an "outstanding young
man. academically and personally."
who placed in the top 10 among his
graduating classc of 325 students.
"Here.was a student who ex¬
hausted oufTOath courses." Robert
Farwcll, principal of Orchard Park
High School, told Reuters in a tele¬
phone interview. "Scott was a quid
leader. He led by example,"
MIT President Charles Vest <»t
fered his condolences to the
freshman's family and said in .i
statement that Kruegcr was .i
"bright and talented young man
"We must redouble our eTibrts
to educate our community about the
risks and consequences involved in
drinking, and do all that we can to
see that this kind of tragedy ncvci
happens again." Vest said.
Continued from page 1.
ruary 24. Carol Gillligan on March
3, Loretla LaRoche on March 25.
and Robert K. Massie on April 21.
As the former president of Costa
Rica. Nobel Peace Prize Winner,
and recipientrof the Philadelphia
Liberty Medal, Oscar Arias
Sanchez has been called one of the
foremost world leaders in the late
twentieth century. Because of his
past, as well as continuing, efforts
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* Leadership: Making a World of
Difference." is the title of the No¬
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business and non-profit sectors.
. NAACP Image Award for Out¬
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Campbell, will be lecturing on Feb¬
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in addition to the publication of sev¬
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"In a Different Voice" is the title
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moral and world views. As the re¬
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