The Deadly Consequences of Hazing - February 4 2022

<div>February 4th: Death of Tim Piazza (2017)</div> <div>Going into college can be an exciting yet terrifying moment in your life. Everything is new, everything is different and, for the first time in your life, you are 100% free and clear to make all of the decisions that will impact your life. For many, that decision is to join a fraternity or sorority and gain friendships that will last a lifetime. On February 4th 2017 a young man hoping to join one of those fraternities took part in an age-old tradition that, you would hope, would not exist in the year 2017. The dangerous ritual of hazing. </div> <div> <br> <a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.post-gazette.com/news/crime-courts/2020/08/28/Former-Penn-State-fraternity-member-sentenced-in-death-of-Timothy-Piazza/stories/202008280105%23:~:text%3D%25E2%2580%2594%2520A%2520former%2520Penn%2520State%2520fraternity,the%2520Beta%2520Theta%2520Pi%2520house&amp;sa=D&amp;source=docs&amp;ust=1643635490446914&amp;usg=AOvVaw1hxmyJLAQBxofDtooHe_Mw">https://www.post-gazette.com/news/crime-courts/2020/08/28/Former-Penn-State-fraternity-member-sentenced-in-death-of-Timothy-Piazza/stories/202008280105#:~:text=%E2%80%94%20A%20former%20Penn%20State%20fraternity,the%20Beta%20Theta%20Pi%20house</a>., <a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Tim_Piazza&amp;sa=D&amp;source=docs&amp;ust=1643635490447038&amp;usg=AOvVaw26U-WYTu68tpHAtfSN_uiq">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Tim_Piazza</a>, <a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/04/03/penn-state-timothy-piazza-first-jail-terms-issued-hazing-death/3353467002/&amp;sa=D&amp;source=docs&amp;ust=1643635490447084&amp;usg=AOvVaw3mPmhTDp-dHtAKvzKhs0pl">https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/04/03/penn-state-timothy-piazza-first-jail-terms-issued-hazing-death/3353467002/</a>, <a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/11/a-death-at-penn-state/540657/&amp;sa=D&amp;source=docs&amp;ust=164363549