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“Nothing good comes from alcohol and drugs," he said, “the party, always" ends.”
Skinner said that in high school he was a varsity letter man in basketball, baseball, golf and wrestling. He showed pictures of a robust young man, weighing 180 pounds, in sports uniforms. He said his high school grade average was 3.0 - an A- and he easily won admission to Radford College in 1997 at 17-yearsof-age.
He had already started drinking and using drugs in high school, but like many people he “thought nothing can happen to me.”
At Radford, he joined a fraternity and his drinking and partying increased. His marks slid from a 3.0 to a .800, an F.in three semesters and he was suspended from school.
Skinner said he joined the National Guard and the military training gave him the discipline to go to a community college and get his marks high enough to be readmitted to Radford. He was still drinking and partying.
The fateful summer before he was to return to Radford, Skinner said he and a friend went to a fraternity brother’s wedding. The date was June 10, 2000—”the day I will never forget,” he said.
He and his friend had agreed not to go to the reception, but stayed anyway. Later his friend said he had to leave, but Skinner stayed, drinking and partying.
A group suggested continuing the party at a pri
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