Athens County Prosecutor Keller Blackburn and Ohio University Police Department Chief Andrew Powers on Wednesday both testified before the Ohio Senate Workforce and Higher Education Committee in support of revived anti-hazing legislation, or Collinâs Law.
Both men, whose offices worked together closely in investigating the 2018 hazing-related death of Collin Wiant, an OU student who the bill is named after, argued it provides robust reforms to current hazing laws seen by the two as inadequate. The newly proposed measure would increase the penalty for hazing, currently a fourth-degree misdemeanor, to a felony if adopted.
âThrough my prosecution of those involved in the events leading up to Collin Wiantâs death, I know first-hand of the problems associated with Ohioâs current hazing law,â Blackburn, whoâs worked closely with Wiantâs mother in lobbying the legislature to amend hazing laws, said in a letter to the committee. âThe definition is to
BGSU students bridge the pandemic divide
Communication-gerontology collaboration creates community engagement project with long-term care facility in Columbus
By Bob Cunningham
While the pandemic was severely limiting our interactions with others and forcing many to function inside a protective and often lonely self-enforced bubble, a group of Bowling Green State University students explored a different avenue of communication and found a landscape of exciting new connections.
Dr. Sandra Faulkner from the School of Media and Communication collaborated with Dr. Wendy Watson in gerontology to create a community engagement project that linked students with residents of the Worthington Christian Village long-term care facility in Columbus.
This month, another Ohio family is grieving. Stone Foltz, a 20-year-old sophomore at Bowling Green State University, died after alleged alcohol-induced haz
Ohio University Launches Anti-Hazing Letter-Writing Campaign By Olivia Wile Ohio
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ATHENS, Ohio More than two years after an Ohio University student died as a result of hazing at a fraternity house, the school is taking a stand against hazing.
The university launched its statewide, letter-writing campaign this week. Students at 18 Ohio schools will have the opportunity to write letters to state legislators in support of “Collin’s Law,” named after Collin Wiant, who was 18 when he died at the off-campus Sigma Pi Epsilon house.
Ohio University student Lauren Moritz was a sophomore when the tragedy happened. She remembers that week well.
Protecting Ohio students from hazing
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This month, another Ohio family is grieving.
Stone Foltz, a 20-year-old sophomore at Bowling Green State University, died after alleged alcohol-induced hazing at a fraternity event.
Hazing isn’t a “rite of passage,” it’s not just fun and games, and it’s not something everyone does in school. It’s dangerous, and it threatens the health and safety of Ohio students.
For every tragic death that we hear about in the news, there are many others who survive, but end up in the hospital with alcohol poisoning or other injuries some of which can be long-term.