Word: bans
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...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...
Students at MIT had mixed opinions about fraternities and alcohol yesterday evening. "I don't think they should totally ban alcohol from campus, but obviously something has to be done," said junior Marisa J. Kirschbaum. "This kind of thing shouldn't ever have happened...
...response to the weekend's tragedy, Gilon said the council on Sunday night approved a complete ban on alcohol at the Greek societies and off-campus housing...
...addition to the alcohol ban, Gilon said that the InterFraternity Council is beginning a top-to-bottom review of its practices...
Except in Korea (and for another year or so outside the Guantanamo naval base in Cuba), the U.S. uses only "smart" mines that disarm or destroy themselves, usually after 48 hours. The U.S. has its own ban on exporting mines and in the past 18 months has scrapped 1.5 million of them and will get rid of another 1.5 million by 1999. Meanwhile, since 1993 the Pentagon has spent $150 million on demining and training deminers around the world. Such efforts cost more than money. The nine Americans killed two weeks ago in a midair collision over the Atlantic...