[g41965]

Losing a young man just beginning to enjoy the prime of his life is a terrible shame. Evey year a new group of Freshmen hit the campuses of our colleges and Universities. We reinvent the wheel every year or two because the 18-19 year olds now enrolling don't remeber the stupidity we engaged in 5, 10 15 20 years ago yes stupidty and recreate our mistakes in the name of fun, chasing women and being free.
Nearly all 18 year olds live for the moment.
I'm frankly amazed more freshmen don't die, out of my 25 man pledge class I can remember at least 10 who passed out from drinking, I don't know what the answer is maybe deferred rush, maybe taking the romance out of booze by making it legal, all I know is that another set of parents is crushed because their wonderful son will never be able to be a part of their life again.
About six months ago I started a post expressing my concerns about letting my son pledge, I got some heat about the post, this type of event is the reason why every parent worries about their kids going greek.