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"He was running into walls, couldn't talk and reaching for doorknobs where there wasn't one," Don Benz, president of the Kappa Sigma fraternity, said.

About 10:30 a.m., the student was taken to Gritman Medical Center. There, the doctor determined after a battery of tests, that the student may have meningitis and he was sent on to St. Luke's Hospital in Boise.

Kappa Sigma is taking measures to sanitize the house, and Benz advises anyone who has visited the the fraternity or is currently living in the house to take antibiotics as a precautionary measure.

Meningitis is a contagious disease that causes:

inflammation of the thin tissue that surrounds the brain and spinal cord, called the meninges. There are several types of meningitis. The most common is viral meningitis, which you get when a virus enters the body through the nose or mouth and travels to the brain. Bacterial meningitis is rare, but can be deadly. It usually starts with bacteria that cause a cold-like infection. It can block blood vessels in the brain and lead to stroke and brain damage. It can also harm other organs.

Symptoms are a sudden fever, a severe headache and a stiff neck. If you should get any of these symptoms, go to your health care provider right away.