fraternity death

For those of you who didn't know him, he was an awesome guy and so much fun to be around. So many memories with him

Prayers to all those affected by this tragedy. Much love to the family, the fraternity, and the students who loved him. Despite all the nasty things that get said on this site, The Greek community and the Aggie Family stands with you in this time of mourning

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Please don't spread rumors about my brother's death. He was a great guy and we're mourning for him and his family. News reports will eventually come out with more information. But until then, please don't spread information that you don't know to be fact. This only hurts those that know and care about him.

In these situations, (inter)nationals' reps swoop in and advise officers and brothers not to talk to anyone but the reps. Then, if there's any liability, those member statements are used against the chapter and the individual brothers to deny insurance coverage as well as moral responsibility. Read the "Dark Power of Fraternities" in the Atlantic magazine or "Frats worse than Animal House" on the Bloomberg website.

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As you should by now be able to see very clearly, the interests of the national organization and the individual members cleave sharply as this crisis-management plan is followed. Those questionnaires and honest accounts—submitted gratefully to the grown-ups who have arrived, the brothers believe, to help them—may return to haunt many of the brothers, providing possible cause for separating them from the fraternity, dropping them from the fraternity’s insurance, laying the blame on them as individuals and not on the fraternity as the sponsoring organization. Indeed, the young men who typically rush so gratefully into the open arms of the representatives from their beloved national—an outfit to which they have pledged eternal allegiance—would be far better served by not talking to them at all, by walking away from the chapter house as quickly as possible and calling a lawyer.

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TRUTH