At least seven of nine University of Colorado underage female students who were hospitalized over the weekend after a night of heavy drinking attended parties held at two fraternities, a year after a fraternity pledge died from alcohol poisoning, police said Monday.
Police issued nuisance party citations to the Sigma Pi and Phi Kappa Tau fraternities for the parties late Friday and early Saturday, Boulder police spokeswoman Julie Brooks said.
“To have this many hospitalizations for alcohol on any given night is unusual,” Brooks said. “It’s too early to talk charges, (but) it’s unusual enough that we need to take a stronger look at it.”
University spokeswoman Pauline Hale said, “We’re very disappointed to hear of this, although we are encouraged that medical help was sought, that at least part of our message was getting through.”
Last September, Lynn Gordon “Gordie” Bailey Jr. was found dead inside the off-campus Chi Psi house in Boulder after a night of heavy drinking.
