BOULDER, Colo. -- Another candlelight vigil is planned Monday night for a University of Colorado student who was found dead Friday morning inside a fraternity house near the CU Boulder campus.

Lynn Gordan Bailey Jr. was found inside a common room at the Chi Psi fraternity house. He was a freshman business student from Dallas who had just pledged with Chi Psi.

Bailey's cause of death has not been released but published reports say Bailey may have died as a result of alcohol poisoning.

An unidentified person called 911 Friday to ask for help. The person told the 911 operator that Bailey had been drinking and didn't seem to be breathing.

On Sunday night, hundreds gathered for a candlelight vigil in front of the fraternity house. Some honored Bailey in silence while others talked about him, describing the 18-year-old as a compassionate friend, a standout athlete and a committed student.

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The service included a poem, a moment of silence, and a lighting of candles. Bailey's stepbrother said he wanted to be at the vigil to comfort his brother's friends and to try and help them get over their guilt.

"Guilt is a useless emotion," said Tom Kendall, Bailey's stepbrother. "Everyone has learned from this. He would want you to leave here with a smile, maybe a heavy heart, but a smile ... (Gordie) didn't have a mean bone in his body. He was incredibly kind and warm. Enjoy life and sharing it with others."

Bailey's family released a statement saying, "We are heartbroken over the tragic loss of our son. Gordie's life may have been short-lived, but he lived it fully. With humor, affection, optimism, integrity and honor."

Bailey had been invited to join three CU fraternities and had settled on Chi Psi, his family said. He chose to attend CU in part because he loved the outdoors.

Pastor Tim Milner said Bailey had called his mother only hours before his death and said he was having the best day of his life. He had just learned a day or two before that he had won a spot on the CU lacrosse team -- quite a feat for a freshman.

Milner said Bailey "lived life to the extreme. He loved lacrosse, he loved you guys, he loved the fraternity."

Following Bailey's death, all social activities at CU Greek houses were suspended indefinitely and the CU chapter of the Chi Psi fraternity was also suspended.

Bailey is the second Colorado college student found dead in a fraternity house in two weeks. On Sept. 5, Colorado State University sophomore Samantha Spady was found dead in the Sigma Pi house. An autopsy showed that she had a lethal blood alcohol level of .436 percent, and had consumed between 30-40 alcoholic drinks within an 11-hour time period.

There were no obvious signs of trauma to Bailey's body, although there were smudged ink marks on his face, police said. Although it's not clear what was drawn on Bailey's face, college students have been known to take markers and doodle on the faces of those who have passed out from drinking too much.

Students who attended the pledge party at the fraternity house Thursday night said there was a lot of heavy drinking at the party.

Gov. Bill Owens said Bailey's and Spady's deaths should serve as wake-up calls.

"We need to take the scourge of alcoholism very seriously, realizing it can kill, not just on the roads, but it can also kill as we've seen on these universities," Owens said.

Monday's candlelight vigil will be held at 9 p.m. at the Dalton Trumbo Fountain Court on the north side of the university memorial center.

A similar memorial is planned for a later date at Deerfield Academy in Deerfield, Mass., where Bailey had graduated this year.