An unidentified Drexel student was injured outside of the Pi Kappa Phi fraternity house Saturday morning at approximately 1 am.
According to multiple students, the Drexel student was intoxicated when he arrived at the fraternity house and did not consume any alcohol after arriving. The fraternity was holding a closed rush event at the time.
"He wandered onto our porch," Pi Kappa Phi President Patrick Linneman said. "He was subsequently recognized as not being a part of the brotherhood."
Scott Reikofski, director of the Office of Fraternity and Sorority Affairs said that an investigation will be carried out to ensure that Pi Kappa Phi was not responsible for the student's fall.
The Office of "Student Conduct will be starting [the investigation] tomorrow, when the office re-opens," Reikofski said.
The Drexel student was asked by the brothers to leave, along with his two companions. The student reportedly missed a step when leaving the house, causing him to fall onto the sidewalk.
College freshman Stephanie Castellano was leaving the party through the back when the student fell.
"A lot of people started rushing out, all of a sudden," Castellano said, noting that police cars, ambulances, and fire trucks were assembled outside the house.
"Brothers that were outside called medical personnel, who responded appropriately," Linneman said. "Paramedics assured me that he was fine."
The injured student was treated, though officials at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania said they could not comment on any patient's condition.
This incident caused some concern in the campus community partly because of its slight resemblance to a September incident involving College junior and Pi Kappa Alpha brother Matt Paris.
Paris was critically injured after falling over a railing at the Psi Upsilon house, and spent several weeks at HUP.
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