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Donna Alvarez Hazing
Fraternities and sororities have been involved in hazing rituals since the 1800s
(Alvarez 43+). Alvarez claims that about sixty college undergraduates have lost their lives in hazing events since 2005, and at least five of those deaths occurred in 2013 (43+). Every year students who aspire to become Greek members undergo hazing (Alvarez 43+). Alvarez reveals the analysis, “Hazing in View: College Students at Risk,” performed in 2007 discovered that seventy-three percent of undergraduates associated with the Greek community encountered hazing activity at least once (43+). Alvarez mentions that “hazing among Greek letter organizations continues to be an issue of national importance (43+).” Alvarez claims that hazing and misconduct cause fatalities and physical suffering (43+). In 1970, Donna Bedinger, a member of Alpha Gamma Delta at Eastern Illinois University lost her life after striking her head
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In July 2014, Armando Villa, a fraternity pledge of Pi Kappa Phi at the University of Northridge passed away from a

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