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We had a death at Fullerton last year and I cannot begin to describe the impact that it has on a chapter.
Kids today are, I believe, less accustomed to death than they were in the past. Instead of grandparents dying while you were in grade school, now that is postponed until yoy're in your thirties. Those emotions are not brought to the surface until far later in life.
There was a suicide at Maryland nine years ago and it was a heart wrenching time for the U of Md system as well. It is a huge campus but as you noted, everyone supported our chapter there. In fact, years later I met a greek affairs advisor here in Californiawho had been a student at Maryland at the time and we spoke at some length regarding the death of our Brother there at Maryland.
Unfortunately there is no way to ease the process at Georgetown - it has to work itself out and thattakes time.
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