Student’s body found inside OU fraternity house Top of page
Rochelle Hines Reported that the body University of Oklahoma student
Blake Adam Hammontree
was found inside a fraternity house.
The university’s president said drinking may have played a role in
the death. "OU President David Boren said he plans to immediately cease the operations of
the fraternity and close the house within two weeks for the rest of the academic
year." Also, President Boren announced plans to appoint a 13-member group of administrators, faculty and
students to advise on further steps that could be
taken to avoid future
such tragedies. Publication Date: October 6, 2004 OU fraternity member arrested for furnishing alcohol Associated Press Top of page Article Reported that police arrested University of Oklahoma fraternity member
Cody Barrington
for allegedly furnishing
alcohol to a minor on the night 19-year-old pledge
Blake Adam Hammontree
consumed a fatal amount of
alcohol. Also
reported that
Blake
had a blood alcohol level of 0.42, five
times the legal limit for intoxication. No longer an ex-frat Top of page OU reinstates Sigma Chi The Norman Transcript By Tony Pennington Ripples Still Felt On Campus From Pledge's Death
Reported that the death of a fraternity pledge at the University of
Oklahoma three years ago is still having an impact on drinking on the
school's campus as evidenced by alcohol-related citations and
anti-hazing banners are flying outside a number of fraternity and sorority
houses.
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