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Brendan: THIS MORNING IN
LEGAL LOGIC, WE'RE TALKING
ABOUT A ISSUE MAKING HEADLINES
LATELY -- HAZING.
AND MANY COLLEGES AND
SORORITIES ARE GETTING THOSE
INITIATIONS UNDER WAY AND YOU
MAY BE HEARING THE STORIES OF
PARTIES GONE WRONG.
HERE NOW TO EXPLAIN WHO IS
RESPONSIBLE AND LEGAL
RAMIFICATIONS IS BRIAN CUNHA.
GREAT TO HAVE YOU BACK.
THANK YOU, BRENDAN.
Brendan: UNFORTUNATELY THESE
STORIES CONTINUE TO COME OUT.
IT SEEMS EVERY YEAR, EVERY
MONTH, SOMETHING ELSE IS
HAPPENING WITH AN UNFORTUNATE
CIRCUMSTANCE FROM A
RESPONSIBILITY STANDPOINT, THAT
LEGAL STANDPOINT, TWO IS AT
FAULT WHEN ONE OF THESE
TRAGEDIES TAKES PLACE.
HAZING IS A METHOD OF
INITIATION INTO A SORORITY,
EVEN ATHLETIC TEAMS.
AND IT -- IT IS A PROBLEM BUT
IT IS KIND OF LIGHTLY TAKEN BY
MANY LEGISLATORS.
THE PENALTIES, BELIEVE IT OR
NOT, RHODE ISLAND THE MAXIMUM
PENALTY IS $500 AND FOR AN
ADMINISTRATOR, IT'S BETWEEN $10
AND $100.
IT IS A MINIMUM, MINIMUM
PENALTY.
Brendan: LISTENING TO YOU
SAY THAT SEEMS UNFATHOMABLE
ESPECIALLY IN THIS DAY AND AGE.
ARE WE GETTING CLOSER TO THAT
CHANGING AT ALL?
IS THERE LEGISLATION ON THE
DOCKET?
THE LEGISLATION WAS PASSED
IN 1985 IN RESPONSE TO THE
DEATH OF A STUDENT IN 1984.
A BOY HAD ACUTE ALCOHOL
POISONING.
HIS MOTOR WAS A PRIME MOVER OF
IT.
GOVERNOR DUKAKHIS PASSED A LAW.
AND SOCIAL SCIENTISTS REALLY
HAVE A HARD TIME UNDERSTANDING
HAZING.
WHAT IS HAZING?
HAZING IS BASICALLY I'M GOING
TO BE A BULLY TO YOU FOR MONTH
AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO BE BROS.
Brendan: FOR LIFE.
THAT IS THE PROBLEM WITH IT.
AND A LOT OF LEGISLATORS -- A
LOT OF PEOPLE WENT THROUGH IT.
SO, SOCIAL SCIENTISTS REALLY
DON'T UNDERSTAND IT BECAUSE IT
REALLY IS A METHOD OF
SOCIALIZATION BETWEEN NET
MEMBERS.
BUT WHEN IT GOES BAD, IT GOES
VERY BAD.
AND HAZING CONSISTS OF ANY KIND
OF MENTAL OR PHYSICAL ABUSE OF
ANOTHER.
AND IT GOES ON A LOT.
IN RHODE ISLAND AS YOU JUST
SAID, THERE IS TWO INSTANCES.
ONE WHERE A PENN STATE STUDENT
WAS RECENTLY CHARGED WITH
INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER.
SOMEONE DIED.
THIS YEAR.
AND IN 2015, THERE'S A STUDENT
FROM JOHNSON AND WALES WHO
ACTUALLY HAS SUED THE
FRATERNITY AND THE COLLEGE.
IT IS A VERY, VERY DIFFICULT
THING TO DEAL WITH.
I WAS IN A FRATERNITY.
I WENT THROUGH IT.
AND IT IS MISERABLE.
FOR ONE MONTH, IT CAN BE AS
LITTLE AS CARRYING SOMEONE'S
BOOKS AROUND BUT IT CAN BE AS
BAD AS FORCED INTOXICATION, SO
PARENTS HAVE TO BE AWARE OF IT.
KIDS HAVE TO BE AWARE OF IT.
THERE HAS TO BE SOME JUDGMENT
THAT IT'S A RITE OF PASSAGE BY
MANY, MANY STUDENTS.
UNFORTUNATELY THE LAWS HAVEN'T
CAUGHT UP WITH THE SERIOUSNESS
OF HAZING.
Brendan: WE JUST DON'T WANT
TO SEE IT SPIRAL OUT OF CONTROL.
WE HAVE TO KEEP OUR EYES ON IT.
BRIAN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
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