(FOX NEWS) – Hazing, the practice of subjecting new members of a group to varying degrees of degradation for the supposed sake of building solidarity, has been around for centuries and can be found in street gangs, the military, sports teams and numerous other organizations.
In recent years, a string of tragic deaths related to the hazing of young men, many of them just 18 or 19 years old, has brought increased attention to the dangers of hazing at fraternities in the United States.
The first death from hazing at an American university likely occurred in October 1873. Mortimer M. Leggett, a student at Cornell University who wanted to join Kappa Alpha, was being led blindfolded by two members of the fraternity when he fell off a cliff near campus, fracturing his skull and dislocating his neck.
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