Posted by noa on May 8, 2003, at 20:07:24
In reply to Disturbing news., posted by Questionmark on May 8, 2003, at 2:38:49
I HOPE there is hope.
I also found that story extremely disturbing. I just don't get it. I mean, why anyone wants to do those things. It seems so incredibly primitive!!
Hazing has been banned from most colleges after some deaths. It seemed to me that the school handled it badly. They had heard there might be hazing, had forbidden it, and then on Friday, when they saw the kids in their jerseys, had questioned them about it again, but the kids were all mum. So what, the school took the silence to mean there would be no hazing? Or that the school had no responsibility at that point? They could have guessed that the lack of cooperation on the students' part when questioned was a good indication of the likelihood that something could happen. They should have notified parents and maybe even the police.
I think the police will be prosecuting.
I only hope this publicized case will raise awareness, like previous deaths on college campuses did a few years back, and got the colleges to take action (I have no idea, however, if the colleges have kept up the vigilance or how successful they've been in preventing hazing).
It is extremely discouraging. But remember, the news often focuses on all the bad stuff, but there is good stuff happening, too. We just need to look at it more.
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