USA Today A Virginia school will pay nearly $1 million to the family of a freshman who died after a fraternity hazing incident as part of a settlement agreement. The...
August 5, 2022
Richmond Times - Dispatch | August 4, 2022 Virginia’s U.S. senators have added their names to a federal bill to address hazing on college campuses following the death of a...
June 11, 2022
Adam Jeffrey Oakes had his whole life in front of him when he decided that Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond was where he wanted to go to college. It was...
March 1, 2022
On Sunday afternoon, the anniversary of the death of Adam Oakes, 10 members of his family stood on West Clay Street, outside the red brick duplex where he died. Adam’s...
February 8, 2022
West Virginia University has suspended the Delta Chi fraternity for an alleged hazing incident in violation of the Student Conduct Code. Per a news release from the university, the suspension...
January 27, 2022
The bill passed unanimously, and Courtney White rose from her bench in the upstairs Senate gallery to hug her uncle, Eric Oakes. Then the bill’s sponsor, Sen. Jennifer Boysko, D-Fairfax,...