Two Cal Poly students filed a lawsuit against former student Ishan Pandhare and the Kappa Sigma fraternity, alleging that hazing activities contributed to his intoxication during a January hit-and-run.
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What an expert and a fraternity brother have to say about hazing
Michael Ayalon presented at a hazing prevention event for Greek life students at Cal Poly, emphasizing the physical and mental dangers of hazing, and the importance of creating a safe and supportive environment for new members.
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Cal Poly says Beta Theta Pi leaders not aware of waterboarding, incident not considered hazing
Cal Poly confirmed that a video shot in September 2018 showing a student being waterboarded at a Beta Theta Pi satellite house does not depict hazing, according to University Spokesperson Matt Lazier. Fraternity recruits were not involved, Lazier said, and the event shown did not take place at a registered fraternity gathering. The incident took […]
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Track & Field team suspended from 7 meets for hazing new recruits
The Cal Poly Varsity Track Team will be suspended from competing in a total of seven meets in March and April after the Office of Student Rights and Responsibilities confirmed senior team members hazed new recruits. The violations included “making alcohol available to underage members, coercion to drink, forced exercising and a scavenger hunt that […]
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A third fraternity has been suspended for violations including hazing this school year. This time for push-ups
Cal Poly greek life identified the charges alleged against Kappa Sigma as violations of alcohol, hazing and conspiracy to haze, health and safety, university policy and violation of law.
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Aware Awake Alive in the decade since Carson Starkey’s death
The nation wide growth and transition of Aware Awake Alive, a program founded in memory of Carson Starkey who died of acute alcohol poisoning.
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Alpha Epsilon Pi on social probation for underage drinking and hazing
The fraternity will not be able to host social events until Dec. 9, 2017.
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Starkey’s death reverberates five years later
It’s been a half-decade since Julia and Scott Starkey sent their son Carson, an architectural engineering freshman at the time, to Cal Poly for the start of what were supposed to be some of the best years of his life.
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The hazy line on initiation traditions
The memory of Carson Starkey, and how his life was tragically taken in 2008 by a preventable hazing situation, reminds the entire Cal Poly community of how important it is to adhere to hazing-related rules.
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Campus examines hazing policies
Laura Pezzini lpezzini@mustangdaily.net Hazing has become the subject of national conversation this week, in light of recent incidents across the country. Last week, twelve members of the marching band at Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University (FAMU) were charged with manslaughter for a hazing incident in which a drum major was beat to death as part of […]
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Fraternity raises money for alcohol awareness
A Cal Poly fraternity’s alumni teed off at a Nipomo golf course Friday morning in honor of former Cal Poly student Carson Starkey who died in an alleged hazing incident three years ago. Delta Sigma Phi alumni raised thousands of dollars for Aware Awake Alive, a non-profit that aims to increase awareness about alcohol poisoning on college […]