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...that it takes a village to raise a child. If something were to go wrong, why should one single person or group be blamed, instead of the whole village? Why is it that the tragic death of Scott Krueger is wholly blamed on the members of the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity at MIT (Editorial...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Frat Not Wholly Responsible | 11/13/1998 | See Source »

...case against Phi Gamma Delta, the MIT fraternity where first-year Scott Krueger died as a result of alcohol poisoning, effectively concluded last week with the frat's disbanding. With no individual fraternity member named in the indictment, the closing of the fraternity chapter effectively absolved its (ex-)members of any criminal responsibility for Krueger's death...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Crimson Staff | 11/4/1998 | See Source »

...outcome of this case is disappointing, to say the least. We accept that the culture of binge drinking is widespread, and that Phi Gamma Delta members were perhaps acting only as irresponsibly as many other college organizations. However, the failure to hold individual members responsible not only denied the Krueger family their day in court, but also sent the wrong message to the myriad fraternities and final clubs which populate America's campuses. "Drink, haze, disband, and move on" is a message that makes a mockery of the judicial process...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Crimson Staff | 11/4/1998 | See Source »

Instead of trumpeting the unprecedented, but fundamentally flawed, charges brought against the fraternity, the District Attorney's office should have focused on the people who are most directly responsible for Krueger's death--the former officers of the now-defunct Phi Gamma Delta chapter. These officers should be held accountable for creating an environment in which Krueger was not only hazed but was subsequently carried by fraternity members to the fraternity's basement and left alone in a medically precarious condition while the fraternity partied...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Crimson Staff | 11/4/1998 | See Source »

...Gamma Delta house has followed MIT's example of refusing to face responsibility for Scott Krueger's death," Henry said...

Author: By Joyce K. Mcintyre, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Krueger Suit Ends as Frat Disbands | 10/29/1998 | See Source »

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