Penn State Fraternity Hazing Death

[Kneepocalypse]

I'm sure a bunch of yall have heard of this by now, 19 y.o. kid pledging a frat drinks way too much, falls down stair multiple times eventually rupturing his spleen and fracturing his skull. Security cam footage from inside the pledge house and text messages show that multiple people at the party knew the kid was not ok but did nothing but prop him up on a couch. He eventually fell a final time down the stairs, and when an ambulance was finally called it was too late.

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-...-hazing-death-was-no-accident-grand-jury-says

His death was initially ruled an accident. But a grand jury that looked into the case of Timothy Piazza, a Penn State University student who died after a night of excessive drinking in February, is now calling it "the direct result of encouraged reckless conduct."

Eight Beta Theta Pi fraternity members face charges of involuntary manslaughter; an additional 10 face lesser charges. The charges include multiple counts of hazing, reckless endangerment of another person, and furnishing alcohol to minors.

Piazza's injuries included a fracture at the base of his skull and a ruptured spleen. It wasn't until 10:48 a.m. the morning after a Feb. 2 party that an ambulance was called.

The circumstances around the final hours of Piazza's life are detailed in a grand jury document that was released Friday. The evidence includes an account of hours of surveillance camera footage from inside the Beta Theta Pi house, where prosecutors say Piazza died after hazing on "bid acceptance night" for new pledges.

As the charges were announced Friday, Timothy Piazza's father, Jim, told a room of journalists:

"In August, we dropped off our two sons here at Penn State University to further their collegiate experience. Today, we're only going to be bringing one of them home, due to a senseless and very preventable tragedy that ... caused us to bury our son three months ago."

Penn State has made seemingly made some harsh policy adjustments, but at a school where 1/3 of the students are in frats or sororities, it doesn't really seem like a place that places much emphasis on learning. They're barely out of the shadow of Sandusky and this shit happens, what a complete sham of a school. Just a garbage bin for mediocre achievers to party and fuck things up.

At least it looks like the frat bros who ignored him and/or were in charge will get the book thrown at them.

 

[DIABOLUS]

From Penn State to the State Penn.

 

[Kneepocalypse]

From Penn State to the State Penn.

 

[Chad R. Thundercock]

I never understood the concept of fraternities.


Why waste money buying friends to hang out and drink with, and at the same time let your GPA suffer due to the mindless shenanigans that these idiots get into all the time? That tribal mentality of "Oh, we're zeta omega whatever and we're better than the rest" is just ridiculous. They're all douches to me.

I'm glad I spent my time studying and hanging at the university BJJ club instead.

 

[STEVEN SEAGOLD]

White privilege backfires.

 

[STEVEN SEAGOLD]

I never understood the concept of fraternities.


Why waste money buying friends to hang out and drink with, and at the same time let your GPA suffer due to the mindless shenanigans that these idiots get into all the time? That tribal mentality of "Oh, we're zeta omega whatever and we're better than the rest" is just ridiculous. They're all douches to me.

I'm glad I spent my time studying and hanging at the university BJJ club instead.

Humans feel the need to belong. Social approval is one of the biological needs programmed into us.

 

[M3t4tr0n]

Just ban fraternities already

 

[Fluffernutter]

I too am not sure the appeal of fraternity life.

I have two friends who were heavily involved in fraternities in college. When asked why, they stated "It will help me get a job once I graduate. Fraternities are great bases for employment networking."

One is now a math teacher. The other is a wine distributer.

I am not sure if joining a fraternity is what got them those jobs.

 

[Jesus X]

I too am not sure the appeal of fraternity life.

I have two friends who were heavily involved in fraternities in college. When asked why, they stated "It will help me get a job once I graduate. Fraternities are great bases for employment networking."

One is now a math teacher. The other is a wine distributer.

I am not sure if joining a fraternity is what got them those jobs.

The only thing it got them was an elephant walk

 

[bushman505]

White privilege backfires.

There's black people in frats and even all black frats as well.

 

[Kneepocalypse]

I never understood the concept of fraternities.


Why waste money buying friends to hang out and drink with, and at the same time let your GPA suffer due to the mindless shenanigans that these idiots get into all the time? That tribal mentality of "Oh, we're zeta omega whatever and we're better than the rest" is just ridiculous. They're all douches to me.

I'm glad I spent my time studying and hanging at the university BJJ club instead.

College can be hard for kids, a lot of them don't really know how to make new friends since they grew up with their friends since childhood. Frats can seem like an easy way to not be alone, which is sad. I never had too much of a problem with frats apart from the general douche vibes, but the ones that took on the mannerisms of a gang pissed me off. Those wannabe tough guys need wakeup calls, a frat is way, WAY different from a gang.

 

[CargoKing]

"Frat" is the sound my butthole makes after I eat chili with jalapeños in it. Coincidence? I think not...

 

[STEVEN SEAGOLD]

There's black people in frats and even all black frats as well.

Barely. We're all in our div 1 sports playing to go pro

Don't have time to be corny and shit

 

[Kneepocalypse]

There's black people in frats and even all black frats as well.

A lot of them are into stepping, which is infinitely less cool than breakdancing or hip hop dancing in general. It's like the black version of all male acapella groups.

 

[odog]

Barely. We're all in our div 1 sports playing to go pro

Don't have time to be corny and shit

So black people only go to college to play sports? Didn't know that.

 

[CargoKing]

So black people only go to college to play sports? Didn't know that.

Don't be ridiculous, they also go there to rape white women.

 

[KONG-D'SNT-TAP]

Penn State is known to be a sick party school. I visited a friend many years ago who went there and it was pretty crazy.

Being young college kid and going to one of these is a good time.

With that said these kids who did nothing are gonna be fucked. A lot of heat is gonna come down on penn state again. Underage drinking. Frats. Won't be good.

 

[Turtlejuice]

White privilege backfires.

Why are you lying about being black?

 

[bushman505]

Barely. We're all in our div 1 sports playing to go pro

Don't have time to be corny and shit

There's lots of white people playig division 1 sports as well....probably more than black people.

 

[bushman505]

A lot of them are into stepping, which is infinitely less cool than breakdancing or hip hop dancing in general. It's like the black version of all male acapella groups.

Yeah I saw a movie about black students stepping....I think it was called "step up" or something like that.....I was embarrassed for the black community after seeing that.

I actually worked with a black guy who had been into that when he was in college, sometimes I'd walk into the lab and catch hip "stepping" when he thought nobody was looking. To his credit though, he was a legit tap dancer.