Press & Sun-Bulletin (Binghamton, New York), March 25, 2006, Saturday

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Press & Sun-Bulletin (Binghamton, New York)

March 25, 2006 Saturday 1 Edition

SECTION: LOCAL; Pg. 1B

HEADLINE: Report awaited in student's death

BYLINE: RAHKIA NANCE, rnance@pressconnects.com

BODY:

The family of a Binghamton University student who died suddenly over spring break may establish a scholarship in his memory, BU officials said Friday.
Corey Mattison, 18, was found dead March 14 at his home in New Hartford, near Utica. The New Hartford Police Department, which investigated the case, said the death wasn't suspicious and is awaiting toxicology reports from the coroner's office, Sgt. Michael Inserra said.
Oneida County Coroner Mark Bentz didn't return phone calls seeking comment on the cause of Mattison's death.
BU had not received information about the cause of Mattison's death, said Ryan Yarosh, a spokesman for the university.
Rodger Summers, BU's vice president for student affairs, said he and other BU faculty attended Mattison's funeral and calling hours March 18. Mattison's family plans a memorial service on campus in May, Summers said.
Calls to the Mattisons' New Hartford home were not immediately returned.
"We were very shocked to hear of Corey Mattison's untimely passing," Summers said in a statement. "Corey's death is a tragic loss to our campus community, and I would urge his friends to visit the University's Counseling Center should they feel the need to talk."
Mattison had just learned he had been accepted into Cornell University and wanted to enter the university's School of Industrial and Labor Relations, said Brad Hart, a junior at BU and a friend of Mattison's.
"He was a good kid," Hart said. "It's been really hard for everybody to have to deal with."
Hart, a transfer student, said he met Mattison during the first day of classes during the fall 2005 semester. The two lived in the same on-campus residence hall.
"He would always spend every moment of the day doing something productive," Hart said. "That's the biggest lesson I could ever learn from him."