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Show FRIDAY, MARCH 29, THE DAILY UTAH CHRONICLE Med Examiners Say Alcohol Caused UMD Freshman's Death planned and held against the stated rules of the university and against the stated rules of the frat house. My son MICHELLE ROTHMAN The Diamondback University of Maryland COLLEGE PARK, Md. The state medical examiner's office named acute alcohol intoxication as the cause of University of Maryland freshman Daniel Reardon's Feb. 14 death, but details about complications surrounding Reardon's death have not been released to the public because of the ongoing police investigation. Officials at the state medical examiner's office said Reardon's manner of death was undetermined and his level was greater than the state's legal limit of 0.08. Washington Adventist Hospital recorded levels as high as 0.50, Reardon's father, Daniel P. Reardon, said in an Associated Press article. The full autopsy report will take about two more weeks to complete, at which time it will be released to the police, said Shirl Walker, administrative aid to the state medical examiner. The report will not be made public until the police investigation is complete. Reardon, 19, a boarder at the Phi Sigma Kappa fraternity house who signed a bid to join the chapter, was hospitalized after being found unconscious in a lounge area of the house early Feb. 8. He died a week later. The night before Reardon was found, new chapter members and an inductor a previously initiated member of the fraternity met in a room of the house at 7 Fraternity Drive. Inside the room new members drank bourbon while learning about one another, some fraternity members said last month. "This was a supervised, needless tragedy," Reardon's father told The Associated Press. "It was organized, blood-alcoh- ol became a tragedy because of it." Police previously had named alcohol a factor in Reardon's death and are examining the circumstances surrounding the death, including the possibility of hazing. The police report won't be completed until the autopsy report is released to police, University Police Spokesman Capt. Paul Dillon said. "It's kind of hard to present anything to a state's attorney or a grand jury or whatever we want to do with it without an official report from them," Dillon said. If the police report finds evidence of hazing, criminal charges could be filed against members of the former chapter, and Reardon's family could bring civil charges against the fraternity's national organization, said Douglas Fierberg, a Washington, D.C., lawyer. Phi Sigma Kappa's national headquarters revoked the university chapter's charter, and the chapter's former house has been vacant since March 9. Many, including Reardon's parents and the police, speculated alcohol played a role in the fatality before the official cause of death was determined. Cathcart, George university spokesman, said the news is no surprise to him. "Nothing really new about this has come out this week," Cathcart said. "It's been reported for quite some time. We still don't know the circumstances surrounding the events that night, at least not officially." The university still is awaiting a police report before it takes any action, Cathcart said. The Associated Press contributed to this report. U WIRE 2002 3 Students From Same Colleges Can Dwell Together This Fall ADAM BENSON Chronicle News Writer Officer's Circle will be the site of the Us newest form of student housing beginning in the fall of 2002. Ten houses will all be aligned with a particular academic track at the U. The concept of theme housing is nothing new to universities across the country, but at the U, it is an exciting new prospect for students. "The idea tweaked when we started renovating the area," said Curtis Grow, associate director of residential in the 1870s to house the families of officers in Fort Douglas, the other nine houses, located at the east end of Stillwell Field, have been vacant since 1991. "Students who lived there absolutely loved it," Grow said, reopened in the fall of 2001, the Kennecott House has not yet been aligned with a college. College of Humanities Assistant Dean Christian Anderson shares Grow's optimism and excitement about the new housing opportunity. "I think it's going to be wonderful because the students will be living and studying together..! think the friendships they'll make in that environment will go on for years," Anderson said. Anderson is currently accepting applications from students who want to live in the Tanner College of Humanities house. The college is offering a tour of its house from 1 to 2 p.m. on Monday. The other houses already aligned are the Crocker Science house, the Cummings Honors house, the Eccles Business house, the Eccles-JonFine Arts house and the Law have not yet been house. houses Three Quiriney es . aligned mum donation of $1 million must be made by an alumnus of that college. At least $750,000 is then spent on re mod- eling and renovating the house and the remaining money is spent on scholarships and other student incentives. "We will have 12 students living in the house, and each one of them will receive a $1,000 scholarship,' Anderson said. "We really want this to be an academic experience that is rich and different from ?.ny other experience the students have had." Students in the humanities house must have a minimum GPA of 3.0 and at least 24 credit hours in order to qualify. Additionally, every student needs two references and must write a short essay describing how living in the .house would enrich his or her academic experience. "We hope it'll be an honor for students who live there," Grow said. One of the most unique aspects of theme housing is the interaction between residential living officials and the college. The Office of Residential Living will work jointly with colleges on student activities, but ORL will be in charge of maintenance and upkeep. "We hope this will be a unique environment where students can support one another," Grow said. Initial renovations began in 1994 when the Kennecott Copper Company donated funds to the U to reopen one of the houses. Kennecott donated funds for one of the unaligned houses. The Kennecott House was the blueprint used in renovating the other houses, according to Grow. The single homes will house 12 to 14 students each, with four to six bathrooms in each unit In addition, each house has seminar rooms and a dining and study room. Though the Kennecott House has been occupied since 1994, it was shut down from 1999 to 2000 as construction began around the area. abonsonchronicle.utah.edu Before a house can be aligned with a college, a mini continued from page 1 Andrew Chamberlain who ran for Senate from the College of Engineering, Russ Moody who ran for Senate from the College of Social and Behavioral Science, Jane Barrett and Paul Ellis who ran for Assembly from the Gradu "It's time to get to work," she said. "I think 300 votes can be made up, we're going to give it our all." Only five candidates for Student THE Am. ate School of Architecture and Layne Pcdcrscn from Engineering will not be on the final ballots. 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