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Here's what's missing in efforts to curb heavy drinking and hazing on campus

  • Written by Adam M. McCready, Visiting Assistant Professor, Higher Education & Student Affairs, University of Connecticut
Colleges throughout the nation are beset with problems of alcohol and hazing on campus. AP Photo/Dake Kang

Maxwell Gruver had been a student at Louisiana State University for only a few weeks in 2017 before he died of alcohol poisoning in a fraternity house hazing ritual known as “Bible study.” He and other pledges were made to chug...

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