A student at Bowling Green State University is in critical condition following an alleged alcohol-related incident of alcoholism, which led to the temporary suspension of a fraternity.
Local CBS affiliate WBNS-TV reported that the incident allegedly occurred in On Thursday, Pi Kappa Alpha (PIKE) leaves the Ohio school campus.
The family’s attorney, Sean Alto, identified the student as Stone Foltz’s second student. The lawyer said ABC News Saturday that Foltz stays alive while doctors work to donate his organs.
The international organization of the fraternity told ABC that it was “horrified and outraged” by the incident, adding that the Bowling Green chapter has been put on administrative suspension.
University leaders said they will meet with students to determine the long-term future of campus fraternities and brotherhoods.
“As more details are confirmed, we will also pursue the permanent suspension of the Delta Beta Chapter, as well as the expulsion of all members of the International Fraternity chapter,” international organization Pi Kappa Alpha said, according to ABC.
The organization in its initial statement to the press incorrectly said Foltz had died.
“We extend our deepest and most sincere sympathy to the student’s family and friends and to all those affected by this tragic loss,” the statement read, which was subsequently updated to remove any suggestion that Foltz had died.
Alto described the fraternity’s initial statement that Foltz had died “insensitive and inappropriate.”
“The information keeps coming out, you just have to wait and pick up the facts,” Alto told ABC. “It’s horrible to do this before the family. They are focused solely on their son, their brother, their grandson. “
A post on social media from Foltz’s mother that Alto shared with the CBS affiliate in Toledo, Ohio WTOL he urged people not to promote misinformation on their son’s terms.
“Please be respectful, considerate and passionate,” he wrote. “Don’t post comments about the details of what you’ve heard. Stone is still with us during the process of donating his organs. Hug your children. And tell them every day how much you love them.”
The university has a strict anti-avenue policy which states:the BGSU community unconditionally opposes any situation created intentionally to produce mental or physical discomfort, shame, harassment or ridicule. ”
The school defines aversion as “any action or activity that has the purpose or effect of causing physical or mental harm, shame or anxiety or that is a violation of the law,” as well as “any action or situation that poses intentionally or unintentionally endangered by a student in connection with the initiation, affiliation, or maintenance of membership in any organization, club, team, or activity affiliated with the University. “
“It is not a defense of the violation of this policy that a person consented to the alleged novelty activity or that the alleged novelty activity occurred outside the University premises,” the policy adds.