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Originally posted by TLAW
I was slow to mention that the fatalities that we hear of seem to be very recent because I had only recently started to pay attention to black greek life these last couple of years. I do think it quite interesting that they do seem to coincide with the inception of MIP. Though far from an expert on intake history, I daresay MIP might have unwittingly helped birth the monster it was supposed to abort.
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TLAW
To my knowledge, there has been only one fatality since intake as a direct result of hazing. That being the Kappa pledge at SEMO in 94 0r 95. There were two deaths in the 80's related to pledging and both of those involved people with defective hearts. So in effect, there has been one death (one too many) as the direct result of physical abuse. Contrast that to 15 football players dying of heatsroke in just two years (most in high school or college). Of course, there are too many hazing related injuries. Way too many, especially from stupidity and callousness.
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