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Hazing charges dropped against two Rider University officials
Hazing charges against two officials at Rider University in connection with the drinking death of a freshman were recently dropped, the Associated Press reported. After indicting the New Jersey university’s dean of students and director of Greek life, Mercer County prosecutor Joseph Bocchini Jr. asked that charges against the officials be dropped. The student, 18-year-old Gary DeVercelly, died from alcohol poisoning after imbibing at a fraternity initiation.

Charges are still pending against three officers of the fraternity.

Va. lawmakers: Ban college admissions for illegal immigrants
Republican leaders of Virginia’s legislature announced plans to press for laws that prevent the state’s public colleges from accepting illegal immigrants, whether or not they attended high school in Virginia, according to the Washington Post.

The legislators, whose party now controls both the Virginia Senate and the House of Delegates, said they feared that some U.S. citizens living in Virginia were being shut out of some state institutions because illegal immigrants were taking their spots. The proposed bill would require public colleges to prove that an applicant was a legal resident or held a valid student visa.
—Matt Weeks

 
 
 


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