Tag: Student deaths

UC Riverside Frat Pledge Dies, Police Investigate Hazing

Police are investigating whether hazing could have played a role in the sudden death of a 20-year-old University of California Riverside student last weekend. Tyler Hilliard died after going to a nearby mountain with other members and pledges of the Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity, according to his mother, Myeasha Kimble. Kimble told ABC News that […]

September 19, 2018

New Semester, Old Challenges for Fraternities, Sororities

A new semester brings new activities for thousands of fraternity and sorority members on college campuses across the nation – and opportunity for untold others to join their ranks. Although camaraderie, leadership opportunities and service projects are a big part of Greek-letter life, nothing gets their names in the news faster than a scandal.

August 24, 2018

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Mexican Authorities Dispute U.S. College Student Was Murdered

BOSTON – The family of an American college student who died on spring break in Mexico says he was murdered, but Mexican authorities say that’s untrue. The Mexican government told The Boston Globe Monday that Amherst College senior Andrew Dorogi was found dead on train tracks in Mexico City on March 15. The government says […]

May 8, 2018

College Student Killed After Falling from Party Bus, Being Hit By Cars

A 20-year-old college student was killed after reportedly falling out of an emergency window on a party bus in North Carolina. Polly Miranda Rogers was riding in a Charlotte Party Charter at around 10:30 Tuesday night when she fell out of the window and then was hit by two vehicles, according to Charlotte-Mecklenburg police. Rogers […]

May 3, 2018

Amherst Student-Athlete Dies in Mexico City

AMHERST, Mass. – A 2014 graduate of the private University School outside Cleveland who played football for Amherst College has died in Mexico City, devastating friends and family. Officials at the Massachusetts college said in a statement that senior economics major Andrew Dorogi died Friday. The cause was not provided. Dorogi, 21, played tight end […]

March 21, 2018

Bermuda Police Confirm Body of Missing St. Joseph’s University Student Found

HAMILTON, Bermuda — Police officials in Bermuda are confirming that they have found the body of missing U.S. student Mark Dombroski. Acting Assistant Commissioner James Howard of the Bermuda Police Services declined to provide certain details, include how authorities believe he may have died during a visit to the British Island territory. The discovery of […]

March 19, 2018

Georgia Student, 19, Found Dead in Dorm

TIFTON, Ga. – A freshman at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College in Georgia has been found dead. The Tifton Gazette cites a college release that went out to students Saturday morning that says 19-year-old Jeremy Bailey was found dead in a dormitory Friday night. The Morrow native’s death is under investigation by the Georgia Bureau of […]

February 5, 2018

When Study Abroad Ends in Death, U.S. Parents Find Few Answers

NEW DELHI — When Elizabeth Brenner’s 21-year-old son died while hiking during a study-abroad trip in India, she began searching for other cases and found only partial data and anecdotal records. “Nobody was keeping track of this at all,” she said. Brenner’s son, Thomas Plotkin, was one of the millions of American students who have […]

July 9, 2017

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