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Ten other members of the Delta Chi fraternity chapter at VCU have also been charged in Adam Oakes’ February death.

Adam Oakes always said hello and goodbye with a hug, played basketball with his little cousins and competed in family-style fantasy football every fall, his family said.

Family members of Adam Oakes push for anti-hazing legislation Anna Chen, Contributing Writer  Family members of freshman Adam Oakes and a Virginia senator are backing an adoption of stronger anti-hazing legislation more than a month after Oakes’ death at an off-campus Delta Chi fraternity event. Both Courtney White, Adam Oakes’ cousin, and Eric Oakes, Adam Oakes’ father, are pushing to make hazing a felony. They aim to advocate for other states to amend similar laws in the future. “We...

Stone Foltz, 20, a sophomore at Bowling Green State University and member of Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity, was allegedly hazed in an alcohol-related initiation event.

Adam Oakes’ parents meet with students during emotional vigil Vigil held for VCU student By Desiree Montilla and Brent Solomon | March 3, 2021 at 4:41 PM EST - Updated March 3 at 11:26 PM RICHMOND, Va. (WWBT) - A group of VCU students met at Monroe Park on Wednesday to help put up a memorial dedicated to VCU freshman Adam Oakes, who was found dead in an off-campus house on Saturday morning. The students put up flowers and pictures of Adam around the fountain in the park as part of ...

Adam Oakes had, at last, been asked to join a fraternity at Virginia Commonwealth University. On Friday night, Oakes, 19, went to an off-campus party for the first step in his...

Virginia Commonwealth University Delta Chi fraternity has been suspended after the death of a 19-year-old student CNN 3/3/2021 © Shutterstock Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Virginia Virginia Commonwealth University has suspended a fraternity and announced a review of all Greek life after a student was found dead at an off-campus house on Saturday. The VCU chapter of the Delta Chi fraternity was also suspended by the national Delta Chi organization. The suspensions follow the...

The father of a freshman found dead following a fraternity party over the weekend said the loss has left him feeling a little bit empty on the inside.

A Virginia Commonwealth University fraternity has been suspended after the death of a 19-year-old student By: CNN By Joe Sutton, Melissa Alonso and Hollie Silverman, CNN (CNN) -- Virginia Commonwealth University has suspended a fraternity and announced a review of all Greek life after a student was found dead at an off-campus house on Saturday. The VCU chapter of the Delta Chi fraternity was also suspended by the national Delta Chi organization. The...

It was not clear how Adam Oakes died. He was supposed to meet the “big brother” who would guide him through fraternity life on Friday, his family said.