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Austin American-Statesman Saturday, September 1, 19S4 Heatstroke is blamed for cadet death 6' OCTAGON ACRYLIC 6' ROUND HOT TUB BIO A grand HOT TUB HD220 Eqp. Jury is expected to review the death of Bruce Ward Goodrich, Free Del. 100 Miles Fiberglass Limited Quantities Custom Satl-Contamed 4 HD 220 Equip" 4 FREE Delivery 100 Mile 4 Skirl Not Inducted ALD $1188 MANY SHAPES OPEEJ LATE By PETE SZILAGY1 C- Amrici-Sttmn StH An autopsy has shown that a Texas University Corps of Ca- dets member who was ordered to do calisthentics and to run through the campus apparently died of a heatstroke after the Incident Bruce Ward Goodrich, 20, a r. sophomore engineering student from Webster, N.Y, was awakened at 2:30 a.m. Thursday and ordered to run through the campus by three juniors who are members of the corps.

He and another sopho-more Cadets member also were told to do pushups and situps. WHILE RUNNING back to the dormitory, Goodrich reportedly collapsed, but was encouraged by the other students to keep running, school officials said. Goodrich was placed In a dormitory shower to revive him. Police were called, and Goodrich was taken to SL Joseph Hospital In Bryan after cardlopul- monary resuscitation. He died at 3:45 p.m.

The exercise under orders last-" ed about an hour, said Robert Wiatt, security director. Wiatt said details of the case will be presented to a Brazos County grand jury this month. He said the students could be charged with In- voluntary manslaughter or face university disciplinary action, which could be suspension or expulsion. Dr. J.C Lee, who performed an autopsy, said Goodrich apparently died of a heatstroke, but toxicology DAYS ONLY, SIZES COLORS MON.

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Campus flags are at half-staff. Col. Donald Burton, corps commander, said the corps is in a state of "shock and mourning." Goodrich transferred to this semester from a community college In New York. He was being subjected to what the Corps of Cadets calls motivational exercise, in which freshmen and sophomores are ordered by juniors and seniors to do pushups and other calisthenics. The Corps of Cadets, which comprises about 6 percent of the student body, is a quasi-military student group not associated with the Reserve Officers' Training Corps.

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