Frats are known to be a huge part of the ideal college life. You always learn about them in the movies and how fun fraternities and sororities are, but never the dangers. In global, we learned about human behavior experiments and real-life events that went along with it. We learned that Matthew Carrington’s death was caused by water intoxication from a fraternity. His friends were found guilty of his death because they saw he was not feeling well, but didn't do anything to help. When we were watching it, we were trying to answer the question of, is there something in human nature that keeps us from helping others when we are in a position to do so?
This was not the first or last time student has died from dangers in a fraternity. Recently, news about a San Diego State student who was intoxicated with alcohol was pronounced dead when he fell off his bunk and hit his head. He had just come back from a fraternity party where he and other underage students were drinking. The school has since then suspended 14 different fraternities. So far, no charges have been made to the university or the frat, but there could be a possibility of a lawsuit, but I doubt it.
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I came across this story too and was speechless. I think that most people go in with the mentality that their college friends will be there and help you no matter what. Just like the Bad Samaritan, David Cash was present with his friend Jeremy Strohmeyer and did nothing to help I believe that it is 100% reasonable for his fraternity friends to be charged because they did not help him. Though I understand that the majority of college students party and drink, they should be able to know their limits, especially knowing if they don't have any real friends who will always be there to help.
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