Students Removed From Frat House After Death
School Converts House To Residence Hall
POSTED: 1:39 pm EST November 6, 2008
CRAWFORDSVILLE, Ind. -- Wabash College said Thursday it had removed some students from a fraternity house in which a student died last month from alcohol poisoning.The college terminated a lease of the property that formerly housed the Delta Tau Delta fraternity."This decision was reached after considerable investigation and conversation," said Wabash President Patrick White. "From recruitment to the beginning of pledgeship and through traditions and ritual, we have discovered at Delta Tau Delta a culture and practice of ungentlemanly behavior and irresponsible citizenship."The building at 603 W. Wabash Ave. will be used as a residence hall. Students under age 21 who live in the building were permitted to stay. Those over 21 were offered alternative campus housing, school officials said.Johnny D. Smith, 18, of Tucson, Ariz., died at the fraternity house on Oct. 5. An autopsy determined that Smith died of accidental alcohol poisoning.
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