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The Fraternity Paradox: Lower GPA, Higher Incomes
Party more, study less and still do better than other male graduates in the work force. What's the secret?
In a rush.
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Tragedies at college fraternities never seem to be out of the spotlight for very long.
Four men pleaded guilty in May in the beating death of a Baruch College freshman during a kind of racial-awakening ritual at an Asian fraternity. At Louisiana State University, a student died after a drinking game. A few weeks ago, a judge told 14 members of a now disbanded Penn State fraternity that they would not have to stand trial for involuntary manslaughter (the most serious charge) in the hazing death of a pledge, Timothy Piazza. Security cameras recorded the students' cruelty and indifference to Piazza as he lay dying.