Five are indicted in hazing death
Two Rider University officials and three students were indicted in Trenton in the death of a freshman after a drinking binge at a campus fraternity house.
The school dissolved the Phi Kappa Tau chapter and authorities said the aggravated hazing charges should send a message to students and administrators alike. Further action related to the officials and students involved is to be decided next week, university spokesman Earle Rommel said.
“The standards of college life, when it relates to alcohol, need to be policed carefully,” prosecutor Joseph Bocchini Jr. said.
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