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THE BALTIMORE SUN |By Victoria Knight at KAISER HEALTH NEWS | SEP 14, 2019 | WASHINGTON Alongside other "essential" household supplies for sale on Amazon, there's now a product offered that might give consumers pause: an at-home rape kit. The "PRESERVEkit," listed for $29.95, is intended for those who have been sexually...
Continue ReadingMontgomery Advertiser | Melissa Brown | September 11, 2019 Troy University officials and local police are investigating hazing allegations at an on-campus fraternity. Troy on Monday suspended the school's Sigma Chi chapter, a university spokesperson confirmed. "Troy University’s chapter of Sigma Chi fraternity has been placed on suspension effective Monday,...
Continue ReadingOn America's college campuses, there are epidemics we talk about and those we don't. There's sexual assault. There are fraternity hazing deaths. And in both cases, the attention of the nation usually turns to these issues only after a tragedy has occurred… after Penn State freshman Timothy Piazza dies from consuming 18 drinks in...
Continue ReadingEvery year for the past two decades, at least one young man has died in connection with fraternity hazing. Whether it’s alcohol poisoning, extreme physical labor, or physical injuries, dozens of lives have been lost in the name of fraternal kinship. Yet rush continues and Greek initiations roll on..... #stopthehazing #hazing #fraternities #endhazing...
Continue ReadingChris Quintana | USA TODAY | September 5, 2019 Colby College stopped recognizing fraternities back in the 1980s, but in 2019 it still had a problem. Rumors had it, rather than dissipating in the intervening decades, the organizations had burrowed underground. Their secrecy caused many on the small-town Maine campus...
Continue ReadingThe Missourian | Sarah Straughn | September 4, 2019 More than 4,000 MU Greek students listened as Rae Ann Gruver and Evelyn Piazza each recounted one of the worst moments of their lives. Both women lost their sons in fraternity hazing-related incidents. They visited MU to express to students exactly...
Continue ReadingSpeakers at the event included our client Rae Ann Gruver, Mother of Max Gruver, and Evelyn Piazza, Mother of Tim Piazza -both lost their sons to hazing in 2017. The Crimson White | Madison McLean, Contributing Writer | September 3, 2019 On Thursday evening, the University of Alabama’s Greek community...
Continue ReadingABC 13 ON YOUR SIDE | Staff | August 29, 2019 "We are very concerned about these sales and the representations made to induce them,” said Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel. LANSING, Mich. — A company producing the "first ever sexual assault evidence kit for at-home use" is on blast...
Continue ReadingThe Fresno Bee | Jim Guy & Robert Kuwada | Updated August 30, 2019 The Sigma Chi fraternity at Fresno State has been suspended through the fall semester in connection with instances of underage alcohol consumption, physical assaults and noise violations at a May event, the university announced Friday. A...
Continue ReadingThe Louisiana Record | Zeta Cross | August 29, 2019 Max Gruver was only 18 when he died of alcohol poisoning in a hazing incident at Louisiana State University in 2017. In criminal court, Matthew Naquin, 21, a member of Phi Delta Theta at LSU, was recently found guilty of...
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