Hazing Charges Against N.J. College Officials Dropped

August 30, 2007

  • August 30, 2007 at 11:56 am
    Stat Guy says:
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    Too bad I can’t be interviewed about this ruling because I would like to say: “do you know what I’m upset about, that this kid had responsibility – definitely had responsibility- to drink in a manner which would not harm himself”….that the father thinks someone else should pay for his son’s stupidity…..

  • August 30, 2007 at 2:12 am
    Reagan says:
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    This father is just typical of the lawsuit mentality. He is looking to profit off his son’s death. And unfortunately,. he will

  • August 30, 2007 at 2:19 am
    Yeah Right! says:
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    Okay, the student has died…yes, alot of it was his fault..he was not a child.. he knew right from wrong… but, the college should have been more supervised….the parent is not wrong for sueing….. the college is partly at fault…..

  • August 30, 2007 at 2:22 am
    N. Judge says:
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    I don’t think they look so much to profit out of a child’s death but to place blame elsewhere. If it was his son’s responsibility, it was the father’s responsibility to see that he was well equipped when he left for school. That’s a bitter pill to swallow. Surely the parent bares significant (but not all, giving the son some free will) responsibility here for failure to prepare.

  • August 30, 2007 at 2:28 am
    Yeah Right! says:
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    N. Judge…How does this now become the father’s fault…kids to do not act the same around their parents as they do with their buddies in the street….As a parent you can only plant the seed and guide them..they are going to make their own decisions….I’m tired of that lame excuse..it was the person’s up bringing..people have to suck it up, grow up and make a future for themselves…

  • August 30, 2007 at 2:38 am
    clm mgr says:
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    When I was in college 100 or more years ago, it was not expected that college students would need, or that colleges would provide, round-the-clock supervision of their youthful charges. In fact, as a student with some familiarity with alcohol consumption, we made it a point to do our underage drinking while avoiding any scrutiny from the authorities at the college. Of course schools don’t condone underage drinking or binge drinking or drunkenness in general…but students do it anyway and do it in such a manner that school officials could not possibly monitor their behavior. It’s part of the challenge to get away with it. Who knows? Maybe this unfortunate kid was just inexperienced or not bright or whatever. Finding fault and placing blame has become a national pastime since money is attached to doing so. But drinking beyond the ken of school officials goes back to cave man days: Why? Because it’s part of the fun. This child’s fun just turned out to be a tragedy.

  • August 30, 2007 at 2:48 am
    Mary B. says:
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    Great decision by the Judge to dismiss the two Rider U. officials.

    Now for a better quote….

    DeVercelly’s father, Gary DeVercelly Sr., decried the decision to drop the charges.

    “We’re upset about it, that the charges are being dismissed, because we feel that Rider has deep pockets — definitely has deep pockets — in this case,” he said by phone from California.

  • August 30, 2007 at 2:52 am
    Nancy says:
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    Well the parents have more blame in this than the University. Why are you, Yeah Right, so quick to blame the University. The school is there to educate people and not to be their Nanny. We already have enough Nanny Government as it is and you want more?!?! If parents do a lousy job raising their children then an ending like this is predictable.

  • August 30, 2007 at 2:59 am
    Yeah Right! says:
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    I totally disagree that parents are to blame…. yes the parents have the responsibility of raising them until a certian point…. colleges give them too much freedom…when they go off to college they should be considered young adults… parents can’t follow them around from day to day giving direction for the rest of their lives…and doesn’t the student have some responsibility in this?

  • August 30, 2007 at 3:20 am
    Exactly! says:
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    Exactly….young adults!!! Parents let/help them go off to college & they grow up (even w/o college). It’s not the officials responsiblity to watch over their every activity. Very sad that a life ended, but it wasn’t without help from his “brothers”. It got out of hand & no one knew what to do about it.



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