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Pace University Student Dies From Seizure

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Students, faculty and family are mourning the death of a Pace University Student who died at the University's Pleasantville campus Wednesday night.

A spokesman for the University says friends of 25 year old Luke Arneson of Walden found him in his room as he was having the seizure around 5 p.m. Wednesday evening. He was pronounced dead a short time later.

Officials say Arneson suffered from epilepsy. He was a former marine who had served in Iraq. Students at Pace say they're hoping to hold a memorial for the well-liked student on campus.

Arneson's death comes less than two months after the death of another Pace University student, 20 year old Danroy Henry, who was shot by police outside a bar in Thornwood. The circumstances of his death are still under investigation.

(Luke Arneson and unidentified female friend in Facebook photo)