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Suzette Walden Cole spoke to the University of South Carolina’s Greek community on the negative effects of hazing.<\/p>\n
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Max Gruver, a\u00a0student at Louisiana State University, died in 2017 after an alcohol-fueled fraternity hazing, one of the more egregious examples of\u00a0hazing that has alarmed universities, parents and students.\u00a0<\/p>\n
On Thursday, an expert on fraternity and sorority hazing told the University of South Carolina there is a way to ensure such incidents never wreak pain on families and college campuses.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Suzette Walden Cole, an alumna of the Alpha Delta Pi sorority at Mercer University in Georgia, shared her insights on hazing prevention and what being a part of the Greek community years out of college continues to mean to her.<\/p>\n
\u201cI believe in the power of fraternity and sorority when it\u2019s done well,\u201d Cole said. \u201cI\u2019ve seen situations where it has been life-changing.\u201d<\/p>\n
Gruver died early in his freshman year on Sep. 14, 2017, a day after being found with a blood alcohol concentration of 0.495 and THC in his system,<\/strong> according to a story shared by KNOE<\/a>\u00a0in July.<\/p>\n Mattthew Naquin, a former member of the Phi Delta Theta fraternity at Louisiana State University, is scheduled to be sentenced next month\u00a0after being found guilty in Gruver’s death two years ago,<\/strong> according to The Advocate<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n For Cole, the story went beyond headlines. Gruver\u2019s mother, Rae Ann, is one of Cole\u2019s sorority sisters. Gruver\u2019s death resulted in passage of the Max Gruver Act in 2018,\u00a0<\/strong>which made hazing a felony.<\/p>\n \u201cInstitutions get faced with challenges of what you can prove, versus what’s happening and sometimes, groups are really good about pushing stuff underground,\u201d Cole said. \u201cUntil somebody comes forward and reports it, or people say no more, then it will continue to happen in the shadows.\u201d<\/p>\n Cole is familiar with the University of South Carolina community as it’s where she earned a master\u2019s degree in higher education administration in 2001. A professional speaker, she has been traveling throughout the week stressing the negative impacts hazing has on fraternity and sorority members nationwide.<\/p>\n