NO JAIL TIME FOR TRINITY STUDENTS WHO WENT ON DRUG BINGE

HARTFORD, March 31 -(AP)- A dumbfounded Superior Court judge asked two
Trinity College seniors today why they had participated in a drug binge that
left a classmate dead only months before graduation.

"Why does a young man with brains, with a future. . . ." Judge Howard
Scheinblum asked, without completing the sentence. "What in the world
possessed you and your friends to make this drug cocktail mixed with
alcohol?"

"It was a severe lack of judgment," responded William Bachman, a student
from Natick, Mass., who has been suspended and may not graduate. "I wish
with all my heart I could take it back."

Judge Scheinblum ordered Mr. Bachman to undergo treatment for drug and
alcohol dependency, and ordered the other, Joshua Eaves of Downingtown, Pa.,
to participate in drug treatment. The judge also agreed to allow the two
students to make charitable contributions in lieu of community service.

The cases against the two students, who were charged with possession of
narcotics, were continued until the completion of their programs. If they
stay out of trouble for a year, their records will be wiped clean.

Mr. Eaves and Mr. Bachman, both 22, were among four roommates who were
drinking and using drugs in their dormitory room on March 17. The
authorities said the students had mixed prescription anti-anxiety drugs,
sleeping pills and a migraine medication.

One of the four, Joshua Doroff, 22, of Harrison, N.Y., died after friends
took him to the Hartford Hospital emergency room. The fourth student,
Clement Kaupp III of Mendham, N.J., was in critical condition for several
days. Mr. Kaupp, 22, is scheduled to appear in court on April 11 on a charge
of possession of narcotics.

In Mr. Bachman's case, the judge said he would grant the application for
treatment because the student had no prior record, there was no evidence he
had had anything to do with Mr. Doroff's death and it would enable him to
graduate. The judge also noted that the student had volunteered as a tutor.

Mr. Eaves's lawyer, Gerald Klein, noted that his client had been expelled
from college and had lost a close friend.

"If that's not shock therapy, then I don't know what is," Mr. Klein said.

After the court session, Mr. Eaves vowed to change his life.

"I miss my best friend very dearly," he said. "My life is at rock bottom
now, but at least I have a life."