2 Dartmouth fraternity members and a sorority have been charged in death of a student : NPR

Two members of a Dartmouth School fraternity and a sorority have been charged within the loss of life of a scholar who was discovered lifeless in a river over the summer season after attending an off-campus occasion the place alcohol was allegedly served to individuals who had been underneath 21.

Gained Jang, a 20-year-old who was a scholar on the school and a member of the Beta Alpha Omega fraternity, attended a celebration off campus in July held by Alpha Phi, a sorority, the Hanover Police Division in New Hampshire stated in a statement Friday. The division stated Jang and a lot of the different attendees had been underneath 21 years outdated and ingesting alcohol that was purchased and served by Beta Alpha Omega members who had been over 21.

After the occasion, a number of attendees determined to go for a swim within the Connecticut River, however when a heavy rainstorm occurred lots of them left in teams.

“Nobody in these teams observed that Jang was unaccounted for. It was confirmed through a number of interviews, to incorporate Jang’s household, that he couldn’t swim,” Hanover police stated in an announcement.

An post-mortem report later decided that Jang’s reason for loss of life was drowning, in accordance with police. His blood alcohol degree was .167, the division stated. That quantity is greater than twice the state’s authorized quantity allowed for drivers 21 and older.

Jang was an undergraduate scholar from Middletown, Delaware finding out biomedical engineering and was a scholar mentor, in accordance with The Dartmouth. Scott Brown, dean of the faculty, stated Jang “wholeheartedly embraced alternatives at Dartmouth to pursue his educational and private passions,” in accordance with the paper.

Two members of Beta Alpha Omega fraternity had been every charged with a misdemeanor for offering alcohol to individuals underneath 21 years outdated. The Alpha Phi sorority was additionally charged with a misdemeanor violation of facilitating an underage alcohol home, the police additionally stated.

Neither Alpha Phi nor Beta Alpha Omega responded to a request for remark.

Dartmouth School stated each the Alpha Phi chapter on campus and Beta Alpha Omega had been “instantly suspended” after Jang’s loss of life and an inside investigation was launched. The suspensions are nonetheless in impact “pending the outcomes of Dartmouth’s inside investigation and conduct course of” that the faculty stated continues to be underway.

“Dartmouth has lengthy valued the contributions that Greek organizations deliver to the scholar expertise, when they’re working inside their acknowledged values and requirements,” the faculty stated in an announcement to NPR. “These organizations, in addition to all Dartmouth college students and group members, have a duty to make sure Dartmouth stays a secure, respectful, equitable, and inclusive group for college students, college, and workers.”

The faculty additionally stated that due to federal regulation it “can not touch upon particular person disciplinary issues.”