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Originally posted by 33girl
You've got it backwards - it is the school's trying to take "control" that makes them liable to be named in a suit.
And with the Sam Spady case in particular, it's not been determined that she drank IN the fratenity house - just that she died there. If she had died in the bathroom of the science building, or in a dorm, would they close it?
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Heartily disagree. If they have rules they'll be taken to court for not enforcing them strongly enough -- if they don't have rules, they will have suits for not having rules. At least in the first case they have some control over their own destiny.
And it has been
absolutely proven by the police in Ft. Collins that Sam Spady drank beer and then changed over to flavored vodka shots when she returned to the fraternity house.
ETA the following from the Rocky Mountain News is the end of the "time line" the local police investigation put together of her last day:
"Two hours later, Spady would make her final stop at Sigma Pi, a house where she had concluded drinking nights before by passing out, the police said.
Change in demeanor
Twenty-five people had gathered in
the brick fraternity house near campus, and
Spady switched back to beer.
But as the crowd dwindled to about 10 at 3:30 a.m., Spady began what would be her final descent. Taking swigs from
one or two bottles of McCormick's vodka, the former Nebraska high school honor student and homecoming queen's demeanor changed. She became visibly drunk and slurred her speech, Deputy Coroner Beers said.
About an hour before sunrise, Spady could no longer stand. She couldn't make sense when she spoke.
Two men who didn't live in the fraternity house put Spady's arms around their necks and carried her to an unused bedroom converted into a lounge."
