The condition of the male first-year student who fell out of a second-floor residence hall window has been upgraded to fair and he has been removed from the University Hospital's intensive care unit.
The student, whose name is not being released, was sitting on a second-floor windowsill on the south end of Lefevre House when he fell out at about 8 p.m. Saturday.
He suffered head trauma and has been in University Hospital all week.
The student has been moved out of intensive care and is awake and talking, according to his father, University spokeswoman Louise Dudley said.
University Police have confirmed that alcohol was involved in the incident and have completed their investigation of the incident, ruling the fall an accident.
Residents of Lefevre and Metcalf House, which is attached to Lefevre, said talk about the accident has died down.
"A lot of people have been trying to put their two cents in about what happened," said Metcalf resident Pepper Watkins, as he walked out of Metcalf House yesterday afternoon. "But lately there's been very little mention of it."
Many residents were reluctant to comment because they said they were not allowed to talk to the press about the incident.
They said they were also not allowed to say who told them not to comment.
The University is investigating the incident and the police have given the case to the Commonwealth Attorney's office.
This is the second case in which a first-year student has fallen from a window in an alcohol-related incident.
First-year Engineering student William Donovan jumped from a second story window at a Chi Phi fraternity party Sept. 23. Donovan suffered nose, cheek and rib injuries.
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