A simple fix to stop hazing
By DAVID LITTLE
A student chugs a bottle of blackberry brandy during a fraternity initiation and dies in the basement after passing out and choking on his own vomit.
A student dies in a car accident after returning from a fraternity initiation at the Sacramento River. The driver of the car had marijuana and cocaine in his system.
A student is rushed to the hospital with a blood alcohol level of .496, more than six times the legal limit, after passing out in conjunction with a fraternity initiation ritual. Somehow, he lives.
A student dies when he is forced to drink large amounts of water and exercise strenuously in a cold room during a fraternity hazing.
All of this has happened in a little more than four years at Chico State University.
I'm tired of fraternity apologists dismissing it as boys being boys.
It's time to call it what it is criminal.
And it's time to put an end to it, one way or another.
The best solution? Eliminate fraternities altogether. Just get rid of them. The university will survive. I promise.
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