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Originally Posted by jon1856
While doing an unrelated search, found this news update:
AP NewsBreak: Rider administrators warned about hazing?
By CHRIS NEWMARKER,
AP
Posted: 2008-06-04 14:42:50
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - The parents of a dead Rider University student are now claiming that school administrators were personally warned about dangerous hazing at a fraternity chapter blamed for their son's death last year.
Lawyers for Gary DeVercelly Jr.'s parents filed a motion last week to expand their lawsuit against the university to include two school administrators, Ada Badgley and Cassie Iacovelli.
The lawyers say the administrators were told of excessive drinking during pledge season but did nothing to stop it at the on-campus Phi Kappa Tau house........
http://news.aol.com/story/_a/ap-news...04144209990042 |
First, not to diminish this young man's death in any way, but the parents need to recognize that their child made a foolish decision. Perhaps
they should have been more aware of what their child was doing as an
adult on campus. Second, "during pledge season"? Am I wrong or did this occur after the students had been initiated?
Restricting alcohol on school grounds is great, but it really only serves to protect the administration from ridiculous lawsuits like this one. Students will drink regardless, on any campus. Anyway, isn't Rider a private school? If so, parents have much more access to the admininstrators AND the students than they might at a state school.
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