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I think Mr. and Mrs. Holz did their daughter, and the community, a huge disservice by trying to help Marnie avoid the consequences for her hazing participation. At the same time, she was not one of the participants who received criminal charges. She was in the wrong place at the wrong time and her name is known to the world because of her parents' bad judgement.
While I can certainly understand groups of women not wanting an overindulged baby as part of their sisterhood, I also think that Marnie deserves to be able to put her and her parents' mistakes behind her and get on with the rest of her life. I guess the only thing I'd worry about is whether the house that gave her a bid thought what happened in Northbrook was no big deal; that sure isn't anyplace I'd want my daughter to be!
I hope Marnie's learned some humility in the process, she sure didn't find any public support for her legal battle. She missed prom, she missed graduation; those consequences fit the crime, and for an 18-year-old were pretty severe. Everything happens for a reason, maybe Marnie's going to learn something from her new sisters that her parents were incapable of teaching her at home.
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