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Published: 01/8/10

Everclear Alcohol Incident at Drake University May Lead to Ban in Iowa

By  Amy Lynn Wanek - Politics Daily
Everclear Alcohol Incident at Drake University May Lead to Ban in Iowa

What started as a typical Saturday night for a Drake University student turned into a life-threatening nightmare when he drank so much of a potent liquor called Everclear that his blood-alcohol content hit .50, six times the legal limit of .08. Nathan Erickson, a freshman pledge of Drake University's Phi Delta Theta fraternity, spent the evening of Nov. 7, 2009, drinking 151-proof Everclear at an unofficial frat house referred to as "The Carter." Early Sunday he was found passed out on the couch by Alexander Timm, a Phi Delta Theta resident, who was returning home from a night of bartending. ...

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