Discuss “Alcohol-related incident to blame in Pitt student's death”
The recent death of a University of Pittsburgh student due to intoxication could have an impact on the Carnegie Mellon community. Leland Holly IV, a 23-year-old junior at Pitt, was pronounced dead on February 11. As a result, the Division of Student Affairs at Carnegie Mellon is wondering if students on campus know enough about alcohol consumption.
Holly, a computer science major, fell down a set of concrete steps at a party hosted by fellow students the previous night in Greenfield. Witnesses told Pittsburgh police Holly had been drinking.
Friends thought Holly had passed out, as Holly had a history of doing so after consuming large amounts of alcohol.
It was only later the next day that police responded to calls that the student was dead....
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Nov 20, 2006 at 02:44 PM
Just a quick note. Alcohol also impairs students from hearing fire alarms and waking when there is a real emergency. Off Campus housing has resulted in the deaths of many college students across the U.S. I urge you to do a search on an article that was in USA today in the year 2000. Your extended college community, Univ of Pittsburgh, CMU has seen two deaths of students in fires since August of this year 2006. Please keep in mind that excessive alcohol abuse kills in many ways.