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VCU To Pay Nearly $1M To Family Of Student Who Died In Hazing Incident VCU To Pay Nearly $1M To Family Of Student Who Died In Hazing Incident
VCU To Pay Nearly $1M To Family Of Student Who Died In Hazing Incident The family of Adam Oakes, the Virginia Commonwealth University Student who died in a 2021 hazing incident, is set to receive nearly one million dollars from the school as part of a settlement. On Feb. 27, 2021, Oakes drank a large bottle of whiskey at a Delta Chi pledging event, an act of hazing that would cost the student his life.  The Oakes family has worked tirelessly ever since, to keep Adam's legacy alive and advocate for safer practices within sororities and fraternities. In addition to the financial settlement from VCU, the school and the Oakes family have also worked together…

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by AJ Goldbloom
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Hazing Charges Dropped For 5 Former VCU Students After Pledge's Death Hazing Charges Dropped For 5 Former VCU Students After Pledge's Death
Hazing Charges Dropped For 5 Former VCU Students After Pledge's Death The hazing charges against five former Virginia Commonwealth University students have been dropped, according to NBC4 Washington. Back in September 2021, Loudoun County's Adam Oakes died while pledging the Delta Chi fraternity at VCU, after some of the older members told him to drink a large bottle of whiskey, the website said. Six of the 11 former students involved in the hazing pleaded guilty or no contest, but a prosecutor working on the case did not release the reason why the remaining five students had their charges dropped, NBC4 Washington said. Click here for the full story from NBC…

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by AJ Goldbloom
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Hazing Law In Memory Of Virginia University Student Takes Effect: Here's What It Means Hazing Law In Memory Of Virginia University Student Takes Effect: Here's What It Means
Hazing Law In Memory Of Virginia University Student Takes Effect: Here's What It Means A new law that took effect in Virginia July 1 could help prevent other university students from the fate of Adam Oakes. The 19-year-old Virginia Commonwealth University Delta Chi pledge was instructed by the brothers to chug 40 ounces of Jack Daniel's Whiskey during a fraternity event that began at 8 p.m. on Feb. 26, 2021. The 350-pound freshman had a blood alcohol level of .419 — the point where people lose consciousness and when death occurs. That was the case for Oakes, whose brothers left him at the scene to die. Eleven witnesses were charged in Oakes' death, though none with…

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by Cecilia Levine