Saturday, November 22, 2014

Slow Saturday Special: Globe Buries Burch Story

I didn't see it anywhere, did you?

"A West Virginia University student found unconscious and not breathing at a fraternity house died Friday, a day after the school ordered a halt to all activities at fraternities and sororities, officials said.

Nolan Michael Burch, 18, died two days after officers were called to the Kappa Sigma house and found someone performing CPR on him.

His death was confirmed by Amy Johns, a spokeswoman for WVU Healthcare. Burch was being treated at the system’s Ruby Memorial Hospital.

Morgantown Police Chief Ed Preston confirmed that Wednesday night’s incident was alcohol-related, but he could not comment on whether alcohol caused Burch’s death.

Friends and family made the five-hour journey from Burch’s home in Williamsville, New York, to the hospital to be with him.

The Morgantown chapter of Kappa Sigma had been suspended since mid-October because of other violations of the fraternity’s code of conduct, according to a press release from Leo Brown, director of chapter services at Kappa Sigma.

The suspended fraternity activity at WVU is in place indefinitely. The suspension follows Wednesday’s incident as well as a Nov. 6 incident in which three students were arrested and 16 were cited by police for causing a disturbance.

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Related: The Fratfalls of M.I.T. 

At least they got a good football team this year.