HAZING DEATH LSU LETS FRATS RESUME ALCOHOLRELATED EVENTS

Just 1 month ago, Roswell youth died after alleged hazing.

One month after a Louisiana State University freshman from Roswell died after a suspected hazing involving alcohol, fraternity parties with booze are allowed again, the Advocate of Baton Rouge, La., reported.

When Max Gruver, 18, died Sept. 14 he had an alcohol level of .495 percent, more than six times the legal limit for drivers, the East Baton Rouge Parish Coroner’s Office said. It happened at the Phi Delta Theta fraternity house, according to investigators.

LSU President F. King Alexander suspended all fraternity activities after Gruver’s death, and that fraternity’s national headquarters suspended the LSU chapter.

Eight current and two former students have been charged with hazing, and one is also charged with negligent homicide.

Now, the newspaper reported, fraternities and sororities may participate in on- and off-campus parties where alcohol is served. Students are supposed to attend risk-management training to participate.

LSU hosted the first meeting on Monday of an 11-member task force formed to review policies on fraternity life, the newspaper reported.

Alexander said security and policies governing social events have been tightened and students have been put on notice. “They know they’re on notice,” he said in an interview Monday. “We want them to know we’re watching them carefully.”

AP Eight current and two former LSU students have been charged with hazing and one with negligent homicide in the death of Maxwell Raymond Gruver.

Maxwell Gruver of Roswell, Ga., an 18-year-old LSU freshman, was pronounced dead Sept. 14, 2017, at a Baton Rouge, La., hospital.