June 1995

The Texas Cowboys are banned from the University of Texas at Austin until the year 2000 as a result of hazing activities which led to the death of Gabriel B. Higgins. According to a June 23 article in the Chronicle of Higher Education, Higgins, a sophomore pledge, was drinking heavily at an intiation picnic when he drowned in the Colorado River.

September 1995

Matthew P. Garofalo, a first-year at the University of Iowa, is found dead in his fraternity house. A pledge to the Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity, Garofalo dies after inhaling his own vomit following a night of drinking activities. His blood alcohol level was 0.188. Following Garofalo's death, a four-month alcohol ban was imposed by the University on Greek organizations, and the campus chapter of Lambda Chi Alpha was suspended, said The Chronicle of Higher Education in Sept. 1995 and Jan. 1996.

September 1995

At the University of Colorado at Boulder, fraternities banned alcohol at all social events in their houses, said a Sept. article in The Chronicle of Higher Education.

Feb. 10, 1996

Valerie Cole, an 18-year-old student at Raford University, is found dead in her dorm room the day after she attends two fraternity keg parties. A medical examiner later reports that Cole, who had a blood alcohol content of 0.31, died of alcohol poisoning, said a Feb. 27 article in the Washington Post.

Feb. 24, 1996

After drinking heavily, Christopher T. Mirchi, a 21-year-old Radford University student, dies in a fraternity house fire. Mirch's blood alcohol content was 0.25, more than three times the legal limit for drivers in Virginia. Officials believe that alcohol impaired Mirch's ability to sense smoke and flee the fire, reported a Feb. 27 article in the Washington Post.

April 1996

University of Wisconsin police cite 134 students for underage drinking and disorderly conduct at a Sigma Pi fraternity, reported a May 12 article in the Chronicle of Higher Education.

April 1996

An 18-year-old first-year at Duquesne University passed out and was taken to a hospital after consuming 16 shots of alcohol. Her blood alcohol level was two and one-half times greater than the legal limit for drivers. Two fraternity members were later banished from university housing for their roles in encouraging the incident, according to a May 2 article in The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

May 1996