Join the Frat. Just Don’t Lose Yourself. | Hazing, Peer Pressure & Courage

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A Place To Belong

2026 has already seen several serious hazing cases across the U.S.

In January, 18 year old Northern Arizona University student Colin Martinez died from alcohol poisoning during a fraternity hazing incident. A former fraternity leader later pleaded guilty to felony hazing and was sentenced to jail.

In Florida, three men were arrested in July and charged with multiple felonies after authorities alleged fraternity pledges were repeatedly beaten with canes and paddles, leaving victims hospitalized.

More recently in September, two young men were arrested in Madison, Wisconsin, after police found about 30 young men in a fraternity basement, half naked, with several with signs of being physically assaulted.

Fraternities and sororities can be places where kids might want to belong to find peers and friends, but when things go too far in the name of hazing, its time to step up and say no.

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