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Hazing is one of the most idiotic things ever perpetrated on college campuses. It is mostly a fraternity and sports team thing but occasionally can involve other organizations.

This week, President Biden signed H.R.5646 - The Stop Campus Hazing Act which is designed to prevent hazing.

A bill sparked by a dangerous hazing incident that left a Minnesota native with permanent brain injuries was signed into law by President Joe Biden this week that will require colleges and universities to report hazing incidents to the public. Danny Santulli of Eden Prairie suffered permanent alcohol-induced brain injuries following a hazing incident at a University of Missouri fraternity after he was reportedly forced to drink a gallon of vodka during an initiation ceremony in 2021. The injuries left him unable to speak or walk.

Seriously, a gallon of vodka? A group of people who require such mindlessly dangerous behavior is not worth being part of.

Under the legislation, colleges will be required to report hazing incidents in an annual security report. It also will help establish anti-hazing education programs on college campuses and require colleges and universities to publish hazing prevention policies on their websites and organizations that may have violated those guidelines.

Technically, H.R.5646 doesn't outlaw hazing. Laws regarding assault, intimidation, and reckless endangerment are part of state and local law enforcement. But under this new law, campuses are required to report to the federal government hazing incidents and to engage in hazing prevention programs.

Presumably the hazing reports will be made available by the feds in a database.

A 2008 study found that over half of college students in athletics and other extracurriculars go through hazing. Between 2000 and 2021 there were more than 50 hazing-related deaths in the U.S. NBC News reports.

Any organization which requires you to do dangerously idiotic things to become a member is obviously made up of a bunch of idiots.

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The US is so carceral-minded that this is the kind of thing we resort to rather than considering not using arrest and jail time as our response to everything.

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Missouri student, victim of 'the worst fraternity hazing injury ever,' is 'alive for a reason': parents

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Missouri student, victim of 'the worst fraternity hazing injury ever,' is 'alive for a reason': parents

On Oct. 19, 2021, Daniel “Danny" Santulli suffered brain damage from severe alcohol poisoning after attending a fraternity party. His parents, Tom and Mary Pat Santulli, are speaking out.

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The HORRIFIC hazing case of Danny Santulli #morbidfacts #shorts

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"Danny Santulli was given a bottle of Tito's vodka, and the rule was you were supposed to consume it quickly, and within two hours Danny had consumed the whole bottle," his attorney, David Bianchi, said. Santulli remains unable to speak or walk in a Colorado hospital, where his attorney says he'll have a long road to recovery. The Phi Gamma Delta national organization pulled its chapter from MU shortly after this happened. The university also withdrew recognition of the fraternity and last week announced sanctions against 13 students in connection with the incident.

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8 more men charged with felony hazing in Mizzou incident

8 more men charged with felony hazing in Mizzou incident

(NewsNation) — An additional eight men have been charged with felony hazing in an incident at the University of Missouri that left a fraternity pledge blind and unable to walk or talk, according to the Columbia Daily Tribune. In October, 19-year-old Danny Santulli became unresponsive at a Phi Gamma Delta party on Missouri’s campus, his blood alcohol level was six times the legal limit. ‘End…

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Felony Charges for Hazing That Led to Brain Damage

Felony Charges for Hazing That Led to Brain Damage

Felony charges were brought Friday against Ryan Delanty and Thomas Shultz, two former members of the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity at the University of Missouri at Columbia, for their roles in hazing Danny Santulli last fall, The Columbia Daily Tribune reported. Santulli suffered brain damage in the incident, which left him blind and unable to walk or communicate. Delanty and Shultz are charged with…

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Family Of Missouri Hazing Victim Calls For Criminal Charges Against Fraternity Brothers

By Camille Bosshard, Wake Forest University, Class of 2024

June 18, 2022

In a recent video shown on Good Morning America, the family of former University of Missouri student Daniel Santulli appears to be pleading with prosecutors to criminally charge the individuals responsible for the fraternity hazing that left Daniel unable to walk, see, or talk. Although a settlement was reached in the Santulli’s civil lawsuit against 23 defendants many people are angry the Boone County Prosecutor’s Office has not enforced the state of Missouri’s anti-hazing law. Earlier this month police released surveillance footage showing fraternity members pouring beer down Danny’s throat and dumping him on a couch where he fell on the floor, unmoving for 15 minutes. After finding Danny, fraternity members did not call 911 but instead transported him to the hospital in a car after dropping him on his head on their way out. Despite what many experts are calling an obvious hazing incident, the prosecutor’s office has not charged any of the defendants with any hazing charges.

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Lawyer representing Mizzou alleged frat victim: 'This is a slam-dunk hazing case'

Lawyer representing Mizzou alleged frat victim: ‘This is a slam-dunk hazing case’

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Trial lawyer David Bianchi, noted for his casework in anti-hazing, is representing the Santulli family after pledge Danny Santulli suffered permanent brain damage from dangerous Phi Gamma Delta hazing at the University of Missouri in October 2021. Bianchi on Friday slammed Boone County prosecutors for not filing charges on “The Story.”. OHIO COLLEGE…

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Family of Mizzou Hazing Incident Seeks Justice for Danny Santulli

By Camille Bosshard, Wake Forest University, Class of 2024

June 16, 2022

“These hands don’t haze”, a phrase commonly uttered by college students during National Hazing Prevention Week in September, has become barely more than a catchy slogan at this point. According to Hank Nuwer, professor and hazing researcher, in 2021 alone there were five deaths in the US directly tied to fraternity hazing, and he continues to investigate more.[1] Hazing isn’t a new phenomenon, it has plagued college campuses for years with only the worst stories escaping a college-lead coverup and making media headlines. But the recent tragedy of former University of Missouri student Daniel Santulli, who suffered significant brain damage that has left him unable to speak, walk, or see, will go down as one of the most tragic near-death hazing cases to date. On Thursday January 27th the family of Santulli filed a civil lawsuit against 23 defendants, including officers and board advisors for Phi Gamma Delta. Although a settlement was reached with the defendants, of which no details have been disclosed, the Santulli family is still hoping that prosecutors will make criminal charges. Following the June 10th announcement of the Boone County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office stating they will review the results of the hazing investigation, major-media attention is drawing a spotlight on hazing accountability and prevention.[2]

Daniel Santulli, 19, from Eden Prairie, Minnesota entered his freshman year at the University of Missouri, commonly known as “Mizzou”, with plans to join the Chi Mu chapter of Phi Gamma Delta, known as “fiji”. According to the Santulli family’s attorney David Bianchi, a hazing litigation specialist, the fraternity had a “pattern of unsafe and dangerous behavior”.[3] Since 2017, Fiji had received six documented violations of alcohol distribution policies and two hazing violations. Unaware of this history, the Santulli family supported Danny’s decision to pledge Fiji during his fall semester. Early in the semester, his parents received a letter from the fraternity informing them, or perhaps warning them, that Danny would “face situations where his values will be challenged” which the letter referred to as “testing points”.[4] One of these “testing points” sent him to the ER after he obeyed orders to climb into a trash can with broken glass, which left him requiring stitches and crutches.

FIji was sanctioned by the University of Missouri and prohibited from having alcohol on October 3rd, 2021.[5] Almost two weeks later on October 19, Danny reported to the chapter house to participate in a tradition known as “the family bottle.” On this night Danny’s appointed “pledge dad” handed him a full bottle of Tito’s Vodka, which he was expected to finish by the end of the night. Video footage obtained by ABC from the fraternity house shows members of the pledge class walking down the stairs blindfolded.[6] Later footage from before 11 pm shows Danny falling backwards and losing his balance, prompting other fraternity members to carry him to a couch where he layed until he fell off at 12:30 am. Footage shows Danny lying on the floor for 15 minutes until fraternity members finally picked him up. When they found him, he was unresponsive, with pale skin and blue lips, but instead of calling 911 someone put Danny in his car and drove him to the hospital. Hospital staff determined that Danny was in cardiac arrest and had a BAC of .468, over 5 times over the legal limit.[7] After spending six weeks in the hospital intensive care unit, Danny transferred to a rehab hospital in Colorado. The brain damage he suffered will leave him with permanent injuries. His mom told ABC news that he still can’t talk, walk, or see.

David Bianchi claims this is an “obvious hazing case”, in which prosecutors are “refusing to enforce the law”.[8] The State of Missouri defines hazing as behavior of a person who “knowingly participates in or causes a willful act….that recklessly endangers the mental or physical health or safety of a student or prospective member for the purpose of initiation or admission into or continued membership in any such organization to the extent that such person is knowingly placed at probably risk of the loss of life or probably bodily or psychological harm”.[9] Missouri law categorizes hazing as a class A misdemeanor, “unless the act creates a substantial risk to the life of the student or prospective member”, in which case it is a class D felony. When interviewed by ABC, Danny’s father said, “I want to see specific kids receive felony D’s. It’s going to wake them up. A misdemeanor is not going to wake them up.” Ultimately, it is up to the prosecutor how this case will turn out. Prosecutors have charged fraternity member Alex Wetzler with two misdemeanors, one for supplying alcohol to a minor, and one for purchase/attempt to purchase liquor by a minor, but no felony or misdemeanor hazing charges have been brought against fraternity members.

As mentioned earlier, Boone County prosecutors have hours of surveillance video of Santulli’s alleged abuse. Many would argue they have everything they need to proceed with criminal charges, yet they haven’t. David Bianchi addressed the prosecutor’s office on ABC News saying, “If you’re not going to enforce the hazing laws in Missouri under these circumstances, then you’re never going to enforce them.”[10] Anti-hazing advocates are eagerly awaiting to see whether the Boone County prosecutor’s office will make an example out of this case or fail to acknowledge what they view as an obvious hazing incident. In the meantime, those who believe the prosecutor should enforce Missouri’s hazing statute can visit www.justiceforDannySantulli.com to sign a petition calling for action.

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Camille Bosshard is an upcoming junior at Wake Forest University studying Sociology with a concentration in Crime and Criminal Justice and minoring in Politics & International Affairs. Her passions for advocacy and investigative research fuel her desire to pursue a career in the legal field.

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[1] Nuwer, Hank “U.S. Hazing Deaths Database Part 2: 2000-2022” https://www.hanknuwer.com/hazing-destroying-young-lives/

[2] Herbert, Madeline, (June 10, 2022), “Interim Boone County Prosecuting Attorney Reviewing MU Hazing Case” KOMU

[3] Associated Press,(February 2, 2022), “Parents of Missouiri Student Sue Fraternity Over Hazing” U.S. News & World Report

[4] Steward Tilghman Fox Bianchi & Cain, (February 2, 2022), “STFBC Files Lawsuit Against Phi Gamma Delta & 22 Others for Severe Brain Damage”  STFBC

[5] McKinney, Roger Columbia Daily Tribune

[6] ABC News, (June 9th, 2022) “Family of Mizzou Student Allegedly Hurt After Hazing Incident Speaks Out” ABC News

[7] Steward Tilghman Fox Bianchi & Cain, (February 2, 2022), “STFBC Files Lawsuit Against Phi Gamma Delta & 22 Others for Severe Brain Damage”  STFBC

[8] Crime Stories with Nancy Grace, “Teen Boy Boy Force Fed Alcohol, Brain Dead With Blue Lips at Frat Party” Crime Online Staff

[9] Stop Hazing, “Missouri Anti-Hazing Law”, Stophazing.org

[10] ABC News, (June 9th, 2022) “Family of Mizzou Student Allegedly Hurt After Hazing Incident Speaks Out” ABC News

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Watch "The HORRIFIC hazing case of Danny Santulli #morbidfacts #shorts" on YouTube

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This comes after some college students in Missouri as well as elsewhere in the country have suffered serious injuries or death following acts of hazing on campuses. Many of these incidents involve heavy consumption of alcohol in a short period of time. One case, the Danny Santulli case, at the University of Missouri, has garnered national attention.

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Felony Charges for Hazing That Led to Brain Damage

Felony Charges for Hazing That Led to Brain Damage

Felony charges were brought Friday against Ryan Delanty and Thomas Shultz, two former members of the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity at the University of Missouri at Columbia, for their roles in hazing Danny Santulli last fall, The Columbia Daily Tribune reported. Santulli suffered brain damage in the incident, which left him blind and unable to walk or communicate. Delanty and Shultz are charged with…