LANSING, Mich. (WILX) – There’s been a minimum of one college hazing loss of life yearly since 1969. When police responded to a name for medical help on the Pi Alpha Phi Fraternity at Michigan State final November, it induced Greek chapters to deal with hazing extra aggressively.
Background: 3 charged in hazing loss of life of Michigan State College scholar
East Lansing Police mentioned Phat Nguyen died from ingesting an excessive amount of alcohol. This isn’t the primary time a university scholar has died from hazing — however this incident has some Greek chapters taking a more in-depth have a look at themselves.
“Step one actually is simply ensuring it doesn’t occur to start with. That’s actually the one means you possibly can actually stop it as a result of there’s probably not a necessity for it and there,” mentioned Jacob Stinson, President of Tau Kappa Epsilon. “There actually simply isn’t a lot goal,”
Stinson mentioned his fraternity doesn’t haze their pledges as a result of it’s simply not value it, in his opinion.
“The reward of getting an expanded good friend group and issues like that for nevertheless lengthy you’re in school isn’t value having to do all kinds of this additional stuff and, in some circumstances, die for it,” mentioned Stinson.
Hazing has been round for a whole bunch of years. It’s been utilized by fraternities and sororities, sports activities groups, army items, even road gangs. Nonetheless, public opinion has since turned towards it lately and it’s additionally a violation of the Scholar Code of Conduct at MSU, and plenty of different faculties.
“It actually simply falls on the chapters at this level. There’s loads of private accountability that must be taken and I feel we do a great job of that by simply being clear with individuals,” mentioned Stinson.
He mentioned the college did their half — the Pi Alpha Phi chapter was disbanded and privileges had been revoked. And he mentioned as Tau Kappa Epsilon President, he’ll be ensuring nobody in his fraternity is being secretly hazed.
“Apart from simply not doing it, the primary factor is, I feel actually sort of repeatedly taking the temperature I assume with our pledge courses, actually simply checking in ensuring all the things’s all good with them and that they’re all having enjoyable,” mentioned Stinson.
Hazing is against the law in Michigan underneath Garret’s Regulation. Michigan State College officers mentioned they’ve a strict zero-tolerance coverage relating to hazing. Three college students from MSU have been charged with one rely of hazing-death and three counts of hazing-injury following the loss of life of Phat Nguyen. They’ll be again in court docket for a preliminary examination on June 23, 2022 and will get 15 years in jail, if convicted.
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