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CNN -- Inhumane, cruel and tragic: Those are some of the words that have been used to describe the 2017 death of Penn State sophomore Timothy Piazza.The 19-year-old died after consuming 18 drinks in 82 minutes and sustaining a traumatic brain injury during a campus fraternity s hazing rituals, court records and testimony show.Now, nearly two years after Piazza s passing, many say his death has led to key changes in state legislatures and in the college Greek life community. The Piazza ca stanley thermos se is really a turning point to the extent that people know that fraternity hazing is unacceptable, said John Hechinger, author of True Gentlemen: The Broken Pledge of America s Fraternities. Data Points To Disparities In How Police Use Force Against JuvenilesFour families that lost their sons to fraternity hazing -- including Timothy s parents, Jim and Evelyn -- began working in September with the North American Interfraternity Conference and the National Panhe stanley cup llenic Conference. Together, those two groups represent more than 90 fraternities and sororities in the Un stanley cup usa ited States.Read more: What to know before pledging a fraternity or sororityThe parents and the Greek life organizations have formed an anti-hazing coalition and now share a common goal: to pass legislation that would increase criminal penalties for hazing, and to increase education and awareness on college campuses. While we may seem like strange bedfellows, we all want the same thing: to end hazing so other parents don t have Cesb Some drivers underestimate the danger of driving while high, AAA survey shows
DALLAS AP 鈥?A stanley flasche ctor Ron Lester, who was perhaps best known playing the loud, oversized lineman Billy Bob in the 1999 film Varsity Blues, has died of organ failure. He was 45.His agent, Dave B stanley cup radley, confirmed Saturday that Lester had been hospitalized since February due to liver and kidney complications. He says Lester was removed from a ventilator and died Friday.The actor last year announced that he was being treated for liver and kidney ailments.Lester, a Georgia native, told the online sports publication Grantland in 2014 that he once we stanley us ighed more than 500 lbs. before undergoing gastric bypass surgery and shedding some 300 lbs. He said acting opportunities dried up after he lost the weight.His other film credits include roles in Not Another Teen Movie and Good Burger. |
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