Hazing death at college followed other incidents

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Dallas Morning News (TX)

By Danny Robbins

“One of Texas' oldest universities has sought to come to grips in the last year with one of the age-old problems of campus life — hazing. But officials at Prairie View A&M were aware of a problem long before the death of a fraternity pledge during a physically punishing initiation ritual.”

“Interviews and records reviewed by The Associated Press reveal that the death last October of 20-year-old Donnie Wade II of Dallas was at least the seventh hazing incident in seven years brought to the attention of officials at the historically black institution 45 miles northwest of Houston. …”

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