A young person's death is a tragedy in everyone's eyes. The vanquishing of the bright future of a young man, because of silly over-indulging in alcohol is saddening, dismaying, disheartening.
The letters on this young man's sweat shirt were not Sigma Phi Epsilon -- this time. But this tragedy happened to all fraternity members everywhere, regardless of campus, fraternity affiliation or year of graduation.
Please take the time to talk about this event, its root causes, and whatever we can do in our own chapters to ensure that our Brothers are informed and educated about the choices they make and that they press others to make. No one has to behave this way and by the time you're 18 - 22, you really need to know better and do better. *Let's all get better at making sure everyone understands that*.
22 NIU frat members charged in freshman's hazing death - chicagotribune.com
(Note: the video was removed becaus of an "autoplay" issue. It can still be found on the Chicago Tribune link abouve)
