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The Pi Alpha Phi fraternity at Michigan State University has been suspended by both the school administration and the organization’s international organization. Both suspensions are listed as temporary pending the results of an investigation into the Michigan State fraternity death of Phat Nguyen. In addition to the death of 21-year-old Phat Nguyen, three other members of the fraternity were transported to a local medical center. Phat Nguyen was pronounced dead at the scene after EMTs attempted to revive the young…

A Michigan State fraternity death has resulted in the suspension of Pi Alpha Phi. The victim of the Michigan State fraternity death has been identified as Phat Nguyen. Emergency medical personal responded to a 911 call on Saturday at 2:00 a.m. Upon arrival at the scene, the found Phat Nguyen unresponsive and not breathing. EMTs began CPR on the 21-year-old student to no avail. Phat Nguyen was pronounced dead at the scene. Awaiting Coroner’s Report on Michigan State Fraternity Death…

Much has been reported about the seemingly never-ending problem of fraternity hazing. Every year, grim news of college students being injured and even killed in hazing rituals nabs headlines across the country. What is not as widely discussed is the endemic problem of high school hazing, incidents that can prove as degrading and dangerous as what is seen on the collegiate level. High school hazing is not limited to schools in urban settings in the more populated regions of the…

New Jersey is one of an increasing number of states that has enacted laws designed to impose hasher penalties for hazing of all types. This includes fraternity hazing, sorority hazing, sports hazing, and hazing that occurs in a variety of other settings on the college and university as well as the high school level. The New Jersey hazing law is named after a native of the Garden State, Tim Piazza. As a Penn State student, Piazza died as the result…

Some months before the global COVID-19 pandemic upended learning at colleges and universities across the United States, the tragic fraternity hazing death of San Diego State University Student Dylan Hernandez was making headlines. Dylan’s death sharpened the focus on fraternity hazing not only at SDSU but at colleges and universities across the country. Dylan’s fraternity hazing death opened the door to a close investigation of the prevalence of this type of abusive and potentially deadly conduct at SDSU. Facts Surrounding…