Every fall as students head to college and GLOs recruit new members, I hold my breath each time I look at my alerts in the morning. Will there be a story about hazing? Will the current collegiate members of GLOs heed the efforts of many, including those who have lost the most to hazing, to eliminate hazing from all GLO activities? I hope and pray they do. It is an effort that has no end, for the way our organizations work, hazing prevention education is a constant as members join and others graduate and leave.
HazingPrevention.Org has been educating, advocating and engaging about hazing prevention since 2007. This year’s Hank Nuwer Anti Hazing Hero Award winners have been named. They are Rae Ann and Stephen Gruver and Dave Westol. The Gruvers, along with last year’s Heros Jim and Evelyn Piazza, lost precious sons to fraternity hazing. The Gruvers’ son Max died while pledging a fraternity at Louisiana State. The Piazzas’ son Timothy was at Penn State. The two families have spoken to countless GLO audiences and at GLO conventions around the country. Dave Westol has been a tireless advocate for all the good things that GLOs do and he is a crusader to make GLOs the best organization they can be. Previous winners also include collegiate members of GLOs who tackled hazing issues, athletes and professionals working with GLOs. We are grateful for the efforts of those who have been honored with this award.
A Four Diamonds Child Enrolls “At Home”
Penn State’s THON began in 1973 as an overnight Dance Marathon. Forty-six years later it is the largest student-run philanthropy in the world. Funds are raised for Four Diamonds at Penn State Children’s Hospital. This year, Tucker Haas, who has attended THON as a Four Diamonds child will be on the other side of the THON effort as a Penn State student.
Tucker Haas, a childhood cancer survivor, has been part of Penn State’s THON and is now a Penn State student.
The GLO Members Who Perished on September 11, 2001
We are about a week away from the anniversary of the September 11 attacks. This year’s crop of out of high school freshmen have no real memory of the terror of that day. I think it is important for us to remember those of our number who perished on that September morning, so I will post this again.
