Word: alcoholism
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Over a year after a pledge at MIT's Phi Gamma Delta fraternity died from alcohol poisoning, MIT has revoked the diploma of Charles H. Yoo, a 1998 MIT graduate who was the fraternity's pledgemaster at the time of the incident...
According to Burke, MIT revoked Yoo's diploma because University officials believed Yoo had purchased alcohol for the event and created an atmosphere in which students felt compelled to drink...
...Burke said that although Yoo was in charge of the event, he did not purchase the alcohol or coerce students to drink...
...beer that they alleged Mr. Yoo purchased was from a prior event," Burke said. "And it was clear from the information that came about that there was no specified amount of alcohol" pledges were required to drink...
According to police reports at the time of the incident, however, the first-year student, Scott Krueger, was forced to drink vast quantities of alcohol at a Phi Gamma Delta party. He fell into a coma at the fraternity, and three days, later, passed away...