THE INDEPENDENT VOICE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SINCE 1896 • VOLUME CXXVII, NO. 32 Monday, October 12, 2020 COVID-19 Tracker Current 203 176 10 CONFIRMED CASES AT Residential Cumulative Cumulative Staff Cases UCONN STORRS Cases as of 6:25 p.m. on Oct. 11 8 Residential Cases Commuter Cases Former UConn student, fraternity brother dies by Luke Hajdasz Class of 2019 graduate Alden High School in 2015 and was STAFF WRITER Piper was roommates with the captain of their football
[email protected] Rogers his sophomore year in team. Chandler Hall in West Cam- A GoFundMe page has been Former University of Con- pus. He recalled fond memo- set up in Rogers’s memory. All necticut student and Sigma Chi ries of what he called his “best donations will go to Shatter- Gamma Omega fraternity broth- friend.” proof, a Norwalk, Connecti- er Ryan Rogers died on October 3 “In the center of the quad cut-based nonprofit dedicated at the age of 23. sat a gazebo that no one really to helping those suffering from “Gamma Omega mourns the paid much attention to until addiction. At the time of writ- loss of Brother Ryan Rogers,” Ryan started going there,” Pip- ing, total donations amount to an Instagram post by Sigma er said. “Slowly more and more $2,660, $660 above the $2,000 Chi said Tuesday. “Ryan was people would come and enjoy goal. an intellect and a kind-hearted Ryan’s company until it be- Rogers is survived by his individual. He possessed many came a nightly activity to pay parents, Bruce and Mary, a values that perpetuate fidelity, the gazebo a visit.