[7thSonofOsiris]

It never ceases to amaze me at how, during such a tenuous moment, some of us can seem to forget about what makes the moment so tenuous and fragile to begin with. This moment is not about one guy cussing out another guy. This moment is not about the party life at a southern university, because the issue of drug abuse is pandemic throughout most of America's universities and colleges. It's not about the issue of Risk Management alone, but to some degree, this moment will make every organization and its Headquarters take a strong viable look at its policies and protocols. What we do have is, a family that is due our deepest and most sincere condolences, which must be coupled with our own senses of constraint, remembering to respect the situation enough not to pile on the un-necessary speculations, our self-imposed investigations and our unfounded derivations. We have a fraternal chapter that needs the full scope of our knowledge, in some instances sadly enough, our experiences with similar incidents, and definitely our support, and none of this needs to be weakened by an attitude of empathy, but more importantly, the foundations of what is birthed out of this situation, must strengthened by an attitude of continued education about what led to this incident. We have the responsibility of not putting assunder, by casting dispersions in all directions, the legacy birthed from the life of a young man, that was taken much too soon. We must remember to stand with an air of dignity and honor, as we say goodbye to a fallen brother. Not just a brother in the, "my fraternity brother" sense and usage of the word, but rather, a brother in this journey called life.

Peace,
the 7th Son of Osiris