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...damages to the family of Scott Krueger, a MIT first-year who died of alcohol poisoning while rushing Phi Gamma Delta in 1997. In addition to the damages, the university endowed a $1.25 million scholarship and promised to drastically revamp its housing and drinking policies. For MIT, the settlement sheds harsh light on a negligent attitude that should have been fixed long ago. To colleges and universities across the nation, it is a concrete reminder they are responsible, at some minimum level, to provide a safe environment for their students...
...Consequently, many wide-eyed students seeking housing--and on a greater level, acceptance by their peers--find themselves vulnerable to the dangers and excesses of "rush week." Providing first-year housing should be part of any university's basic commitment to its students. Thankfully, as part of the recent settlement, MIT has agreed to provide all first-years with housing...
...Kruegers' lawyer, Leo V. Boyle, told the Boston Globe that the Kruegers will soon file a civil action suit against the local and national chapters of Phi Gamma Delta. Boyle said the settlement with MIT was unusual because the university apologized and gave monetary compensation even though the Kruegers neither sued nor promised the university confidentiality...
...important part [of the settlement] is not the money involved but the changes that are happening. And those changes are pretty visible," he added...
...Krueger settlement is the largest to date given by a university in a case of alcohol-related injury or death. In 1993, a $475,000 settlement was given in the death of and University of Nebraska-Lincoln student Jeff Knoll, a Phi Gamma Delta pledge who fell from the fraternity house's third floor window after being forced to drink large amounts of alcohol...