2 UCLA STUDENTS HOSPITALIZED; OFFICIALS LOOKING INTO PLEDGE HAZING.Byline: Lisa Van Proyen Daily News Staff Writer UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX police and campus officials Thursday were investigating possible fraternity hazing activities after two students were hospitalized, one in critical condition with kidney failure kidney failure or renal failure Partial or complete loss of kidney function. Acute failure causes reduced urine output and blood chemical imbalance, including uremia. Most patients recover within six weeks. , authorities said. The critically injured student, identified as Marshall Lai, 18, a freshman from Northern California Northern California, sometimes referred to as NorCal, is the northern portion of the U.S. state of California. The region contains the San Francisco Bay Area, the state capital, Sacramento; as well as the substantial natural beauty of the redwood forests, the northern , was hospitalized at UCLA Medical Center UCLA Medical Center is a hospital located on the campus of the University of California, Los Angeles in Los Angeles, California. It is rated as one of the top three hospitals in the United States and is the top hospital on the West Coast according to US News & World Report. on Monday with kidney failure, breathing problems, dehydration and internal injuries, said Robert Naples, assistant vice chancellor vice chancellor n. Abbr. VC 1. A deputy or an assistant chancellor in a university. 2. A deputy to or a substitute for a head of state or an official bearing the title chancellor. 3. for student affairs and campus life. The other student, a 20-year-old sophomore from Orange County, whose name was withheld at the request of his family, suffered from exhaustion and dehydration, and was released from the same hospital Thursday, Naples said. The type of injuries inflicted on the two students indicate the ``intense physical activity'' that pledges sometimes undergo, such as running long distances and extensive exercises, Naples said. ``I can't tell you for sure if this is a hazing incident, but we are looking into it,'' Naples said Thursday. ``That's one of the theories at this point.'' Alcohol does not appear to be a factor in the incident, Naples said. However, officials at University of California, Los Angeles UCLA comprises the College of Letters and Science (the primary undergraduate college), seven professional schools, and five professional Health Science schools. Since 2001, UCLA has enrolled over 33,000 total students, and that number is steadily rising. were waiting for further hospital tests. Authorities believe the incidents may have begun on campus Monday, the first weekday of spring break, and ended at a beach before the two were transported to UCLA Medical Center, Naples said. Doctors reported the incident to campus police Monday night as the two were in the emergency room, officials said. Naples' office was then notified. Both students lived on campus, but the Asian-American fraternity they are believed to have been pledging, called Omega Sigma Tau Omega Sigma Tau (ΩΣΤ) is an Asian-american fraternity, founded in 1966 at UCLA. External links
Before the incident, Lai notified his mother in the San Francisco Bay Area “Bay Area” redirects here. For other uses, see Bay Area (disambiguation). The San Francisco Bay Area, colloquially known as the Bay Area or The Bay that he would not be returning home until mid-week because he would be involved in ``some sort of fraternity act,'' Naples said. ``She was kind of surprised that it would be anything negative.'' Most fraternity rushing activities - or pledging to join a fraternity - occur in the fall, although some are carried out in the springtime, Naples said. Founded in 1966 as the first Asian-American fraternity in the nation, Omega Sigma Tau now boasts about 80 members at UCLA, Naples said. In its goals, the fraternity says it decided to lengthen its pledging term from a quarter to a year in 1972 in order to ``establish a greater maturity and bond within pledge classes and between big and little bros,'' according to a fraternity online page. Efforts to reach the fraternity were unsuccessful Thursday. UCLA holds strict laws against any incidents of punishment and harassment or forceful acts that create humiliation and pain, Naples said. Daily News Staff Writer Heesun Wee contributed to this story. |
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