Student dies from injuries

By Brian Duggan and Jessica Estepa                      Article

Tuesday, October 2nd, 2007

Reported that University of Nevada, Reno student Mike Pietrzak was declared brain dead after he fell down a flight of stairs  in an off-campus house.  According to police, Pietrzak was drinking alcohol before the Nevada-UNLV game and then went to the off-campus house where he continued to drink with five friends watching a football game on television.  Police said that Mike's blood alcohol content was well above the legal limit.

UNR student brain dead after a fall down stairs
Oct 5, 2007 02:19 PM                                  Top of  page                              Article

Reported on Michael Pietrzak's death after a fall.

(Copyright 2007 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

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Binge drinking rising on campuses     Article

By Jessica Estepa

Tuesday, October 9th, 2007

Reported that Michael Pietrzak's fate was just one of many such tragedies related to alcohol abuse by college students. The article cited the following facts from the report, “Wasting the Best and Brightest: Substance Abuse at America’s Colleges and Universities,” rby the National Center on Addiction:

• - 22. 8 percent of students binge drink frequently
• - 22.6 percent of students who drink on 10 or more occasions in the past month
• - 29.4 percent of students who get drunk three or more times in the past month
• - 48.2 percent of students who drink to get drunk

A survey of University of Nevada, Reno students revealed the following:

• - About 20 percent of students said they drink three to five times within the last month
• - More than 15 percent of students said they binge drank once over the last two weeks
• - About 15 percent of students said they binge drank three to five times over the last two weeks
• - 64.5 percent believe alcohol is a central part of students’ social lives

Brian Duggan and Clint Demeritt contributed to this report.

This entry was posted on Tuesday, October 9th, 2007.

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