DEAD STUDENT'S DAD ASKS SMU TO STEP UP DRUG ABUSE PREVENTION

Dean: School Offers Programs But Students Must Make Wise Choices

The father of a 21-year-old Southern Methodist University coed who
was the third student to die from excessive drug or alcohol use in
the last five months said Monday that the school needs to more
aggressively address substance abuse among students.

"Drugs are woven into the Greek system and the social fabric of the
university," Joseph Bosch said at a news conference at Dallas police
headquarters. "The administration is either unwilling or has been
incapable of addressing this issue, and we urge the administration of
the university to radically change their approach to this problem."

University officials say they are working to stop drug use on campus,
including appointing a task force on substance abuse prevention. But
students must make wise choices, officials said.

"We mourn with the Bosch family the tragic death of Meaghan," Dee
Siscoe, SMU's dean of student life, said Monday.

"Like colleges and universities across the nation, we are concerned
about illegal drug use among some students, habits sometimes
developed before they begin college," she said. "For this reason, SMU
offers numerous programs and services aimed at prevention,
education, assistance and enforcement."

"Essential to our efforts, however, is the commitment by students, as
young adults, to abide by laws and regulations and to make decisions
in their own best interests."

The Texas Rangers announced Monday that Ms. Bosch died from an
accidental overdose of cocaine, methamphetamine and oxycodone, an
addictive pain pill and respiratory depressant.

Ms. Bosch's family said they began noticing her drug use around
February, which is when friends said she began to withdraw from them.

She began to attend SMU in fall 2005, officials there said, after
attending classes at Collin County Community College and the
University of Arkansas. She graduated from high school in McKinney.

Ms. Bosch was found dead May 14 at a construction site in Hewitt near
Waco; her family reported her missing three days earlier.

It's still unclear how she ended up there. Police believe Ms. Bosch
was last with James McDaniel, 46, who was paroled in 2001 after
serving 22 years for a Dallas murder.

He is identified in police affidavits as a drug dealer who targets
SMU students and supplied Ms. Bosch with drugs. He denied he was a
drug dealer in an interview last week and was vague when asked what
he knew about her disappearance.

"These drug dealers go on and off campus at their will," Mr. Bosch
said Monday. "I think the university and law enforcement at the
university is aware, to some degree, what goes on, on their campus.
. There is no doubt in our hearts that this tragedy could have been
and should have been avoided."

On Dec. 2, Jacob Stiles, a 20-year-old sophomore from Naperville,
Ill., was found in his room at the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity
house on campus. He overdosed on a mixture of cocaine, alcohol and
the synthetic opiate fentanyl.

On May 2, SMU freshman Jordan Crist, 19, also from Illinois, was
found unconscious in an SMU dorm room and later died at a local
hospital. His death was ruled alcohol poisoning.

SMU officials said university police and local law enforcement
agencies investigate any possible violations of alcohol and drug use
in their jurisdictions, and SMU also enforces its student code of
conduct and residence hall guidelines through its judicial system.

"Those with drug policy violations are subject to fines, suspension
and expulsion," said SMU spokeswoman Patricia LaSalle. "Those who are
allowed to stay may be subject to drug testing as a condition of
continuing as a student at SMU."

Police affidavits say Ms. Bosch was spotted at Mr. McDaniel's house
apparently high on drugs the day before she was reported missing. The
next day, a witness said he saw Ms. Bosch unconscious and barely
breathing on Mr. McDaniel's bed.

The day before her body was found near Waco, Mr. McDaniel told the
witness to pretend not to know him if questioned by police, the
affidavits say.

Although Mr. McDaniel currently faces no charges in Ms. Bosch's
disappearance or death, he is being held while state officials move
to revoke his parole after finding guns in his home.

Mr. McDaniel has also been charged in a 2005 sexual assault case in
Dallas. The victim in that case, which is unrelated to the Bosch
inquiry, says Mr. McDaniel drugged and raped her.

When police searched Mr. McDaniel's two Dallas homes last month
looking for clues to Ms. Bosch's death, they found videos of Mr.
McDaniel having sex with women. Police are trying to identify the
women in the videos, which Mr. McDaniel has told police chronicle
consensual acts. Ms. Bosch is not in the videos.

The Bosch family and police are asking that anyone who knows anything
about Meaghan's death contact the Texas Rangers at 214-861-2360 or
Dallas police at 214-671-3584.