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Associated Press - November 10, 2009 1:24 PM ET
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - The Phi Delta Theta fraternity at Drake University has suspended three members as an investigation gets under way into their roles in an alcohol poisoning case.
A new member of Phi Delta Theta, identified by Des Moines police as 19-year-old Nathan Cody Erickson, was hospitalized Sunday for alcohol poisoning. He was later released.
Authorities say they are looking into whether Erickson may have been sickened during a hazing.
Phi Delta Theta International Fraternity vice president Bob Biggs says in a statement Tuesday the organization is working with Drake University in the investigation.
Other fraternity officials say the Drake chapter's social calendar has been canceled until further notice.
Founded at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio in 1848, Phi Delta Theta International Fraternity has 276 chapters and alumni clubs in the United States and Canada.
Information from: The Des Moines Register, http://www.desmoinesregister.com
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