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University of Idaho Learn to like hangovers-9/21/10 Student’s experiences with hangovers including is reflection: “It was only in retrospect that I realized how lucky I had actually been. By the time my dorm neighbor had agreed to walk my drunk friend and I around campus, I could barely stand. Had he been more forceful, my neighbor would have probably succeeded in taking me to the hospital that night. The hangover that followed did not disappoint. While I managed to avoid more severe consequences, the price I paid for that night lasted for almost an entire week.”
University of Idaho Can’t tolerate alcohol on campus—4/4/10 “It is easy to expunge one's own responsibility to one's student body by pointing to individual and parental responsibility for this shameful neglect. It is likewise easy to point to the freewheeling attitudes on many other college campuses when it comes to tolerance of alcohol abuse. What can no longer be ignored is the widespread use of alcohol on the University of Idaho campus and the seemingly casual disregard by those in charge.”

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Lawsuit filed over girl's fall from Idaho fraternity house-9/9/11

 Claim state that the University “should be held responsible for the student's September 2009 fall from a third-story fraternity house window.”  “The lawsuit states the defendants didn't do enough to ensure safe conditions at the fraternity and didn't do enough to prevent underage people, including Andaverde, from consuming alcohol.”

 
 

Recent Alcohol-Related Tragedies involving University of Idaho Students

Daniel Miller, 23, April 25, 2009, University of Idaho  How and why? Daniel Miller Miller died after a night of drinking. Daniel and a group of friends began in a bar and later played drinking games in an appartment.  Daniel had a blood alcohol level of .45.
Wyatt T. Smith, 17, November 12, 2011, University of Idaho How and why? Benson lost his life in an automobile crash.  The driver, a fellow student who also died, was intoxicated at the time of the accident.  Four other student passengers were injured.
Benson J. Sternberg, 18, November 12, 2011, University of Idaho How and why? Benson lost his life in an automobile crash.  The driver, a fellow student who also died, was intoxicated at the time of the accident.  Four other student passengers were injured.
 
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