[2] In the early hours of November 5, 2001, 18-year-old University of Miami student Chad Meredith, who had earlier that evening attended a Ludacris concert, drowned in Lake Osceola while attempting to swim across the lake while intoxicated with two fraternity brothers from Kappa Sigma fraternity, where he was a pledge.

But following Meredith's death, the University of Miami made swimming in the lake punishable by expulsion.

[3] Police reports later cited Meredith's dangerously high blood alcohol content in conjunction with dropping water temperatures and exhaustion as primary factors in his death, and two fraternity members who accompanied him were criminally charged with "negligence, breach of fiduciary duty, and breach of duty to aid and/or rescue.

"[3] The final civil settlement of $12.6 million over the incident was considered one of the largest in the nation related to fraternity hazing fatalities.

[1] To combat decreasing oxygen levels and halt greater damage to the ecosystem, the university installed a fountain at the center of Lake Osceola to improve aeration and increase species diversification.