A national investigation shows while hundreds of college students have been injured or killed in hazing incidents, pledging hasn’t changed much.
formed a committee to come up with solutions to the combat the dangerous and ongoing threats to students who want to join Greek life. He hired an independent law firm to investigate the culture of hazing on campus.with Stone’s parents and vowed to unite with them in their mission to eradicate hazing.
But the recent actions of Bowling Green to address hazing are a rare exception, an InvestigateTV analysis of 342 hazing cases at 35 large public universities shows. Most student groups punished for hazing typically receive restrictions to their social activities, probation or a suspension. Stone was ordered to chug a bottle of Evan Williams bourbon, which he did in about 18 minutes, according to the lawsuit. He died three days later of alcohol poisoning.
In the past two decades, more than 60 young men have died while attempting to join a fraternity, InvestigateTV has found. The “reality is, universities in this country do a very good job of reacting after the death of the serious injury by expulsions and revoking charters,” Foltz familysaid. “But they don’t do enough before this occurs. So hopefully this is a message loud and clear that universities need to participate and participate in a big way in the effort to stop hazing on college campuses in this country.”
“Lip service, educational meetings, presentations, they’re all great. Anti-hazing weeks on campus, they’re fine. But we know they don’t work and more has to be done,” Elliott said. “We need leadership on university campuses to step up and do a whole lot more than they’ve done up to now.”“He’s going to show everybody in the country that his university is taking the steps needed to make sure his students are safe,” Mr. Foltz said.
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