Binghamton Fraternity Brother Killed in Car Crash

BU Student's Death Hits Fraternity Hard

By Patrick W. Connelly
Co-Editor, The Frat Boy News

A Lambda Phi Epsilon brother at Binghamton University lost his life early Saturday morning in an off-campus car crash about two weeks before he planned to graduate.

Willie "Strobe" Poon, 22, of Staten Island, N.Y., had attended "Slope Day" at Cornell University before the accident, reports said.

He and four others were headed from Cornell back to campus before the one-car accident, reports said. The car's driver, Binghamton student Rolyden C. Liu, 20, was charged with driving while intoxicated and vehicular homicide, police said.

Lambda Phi Epsilon canceled its formal dance Saturday night after Poon's death.

Binghamton's Newest Frat Creating Positive Image on Campus

BU Fraternity Fosters Good Deeds

Binghamton University's newest fraternity, Theta Delta Chi, is promoting a positive image for all Greeks to follow on campus.

The brothers are still trying to become a recognized organization at the campus, but have participated in hundreds of hours of community service by volunteering at soup kitchens and nursing homes and picking up trash.

"You usually read about drunk students doing irresponsible things," David Bolatin, a Theta Delta Chi brother, told a local New York newspaper. "We're trying to make a better name for our students."

The university has 41 fraternities and sororities recognized on campus, and Theta Delta Chi hopes to be next.