An Unfortunate Accident in the Dormitory
Published by hasan May 4th, 2008 in dorm.For the past week, I’ve been thinking a lot about an unfortunate accident that happened in my dormitory: An 18-year old freshman died of alcohol poisoning. As the circumstances of the accident have not been confirmed, I am not at liberty to talk much about how it happened or the different rumors I’ve heard. All I know is that someone young with a promising future ahead of him is gone. Even though I didn’t know who he was, I feel as though I lost a close friend. My deepest condolences go to his family in this difficult time.
For more information on alcohol poisoning and how to detect its symptoms (and possibly save a life), please read: This, this and this.
The president of Hitotsubashi University issued a statement about the incident one day after it happened saying that the police are currently looking into the reasons behind the death. He also extends his condolences to the grieving family. The letter (in Japanese) is pasted below, and can also be read on: http://www.hit-u.ac.jp/function/outside/non_coll/080428.pdf.
Once again, I am saddened by this tragedy and I extend my deepest condolences to his family.
学寮における学生の死亡について
27 日午前7 時過ぎ、東京都小平市学園西町1 の一橋大学小平国際キャンパス内の学
生寮内の部屋で、本学1 年生の男子学生（18）がぐったりしているのを友人が発見し
た。学生は救急車で病院に運ばれたが、死亡が確認された。
なお、前夜寮内で飲酒が行われていたもようである。
現在、警察で調査されているところであり、大学においても原因その他の調査を開始
したところである。
寮内での未成年者の飲酒は厳禁してきており、その指導を徹底して行ってきたにもか
かわらず、このような事態が生じたことは誠に遺憾である。
ご家族のつらいお気持ちを察するに大変残念でならない。
一橋大学長
杉 山 武 彦
平成20 年4 月28 日
so unfortunate …