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He died several days later. [35][36] October 28, 1905. Stuart Lathrop Pierson. Delta Kappa Epsilon. Kenyon College. Gambier, Ohio. Hit by train. Pierson was killed while being initiated into a fraternity. He was sent to a railroad track as part of a hazing ceremony, and killed by an unscheduled train.
Brian Marshall (Trial) The Penn State fraternity hazing scandal is an ongoing issue within the Greek life system at Pennsylvania State University. The scandal encompasses hazing, binge drinking, and secretive ritualistic behavior. The scandal includes the separate deaths of college students Joseph Dado, [1] Marquise Braham [2], and Timothy Piazza.
Hazing is an age-old practice and can be traced back to Ancient Greece when Plato observed it among his students in fourth-century B.C. Athens, according to Hank Nuwer, a journalist and author of ...
Sep. 15—WILKES-BARRE — U.S. Rep. Glenn "GT" Thompson, R-Bellefonte, this week led the effort to advance H.R. 5646 — the Stop Campus Hazing Act — through the House Committee on Education ...
Timothy's parents, who were interviewed for the new A+E series "Houses of Horror: Secrets of College Greek Life," weren't particularly worried when their son told them he wanted to join a fraternity.
On November 3, 2017, Florida State Univesity junior Andrew Coffey was killed by acute alcohol poisoning after participating in Big Brother Night, a fraternity event hosted by Pi Kappa Phi. Coffey was found unresponsive on a couch the morning after the event, and his death became part of a national wave of criticism of fraternity hazing practices.
After more than 100 deaths since 2000, it’s time to finally end college & sports hazing in America
Death of Maxwell Gruver. Maxwell Gruver died in a hazing ritual while pledging at the Louisiana State University chapter of Phi Delta Theta. He reportedly had condiments thrown at him while reciting the Greek alphabet and answering questions about the fraternity, and was forced to drink 190 proof alcohol if he made mistakes. [1]