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Discuss “Executive Privilege”

I?d like to talk about a tragedy that occurred three weeks ago at the University of Colorado. Gordon Bailey, one of 27 pledges at Chi Psi fraternity, died from alcohol poisoning. While a handful of college students die from alcohol poisoning each year, this situation was particularly devastating.

Bailey, 18, had just completed his fraternity initiation. The pledges had been driven blindfolded to a nearby forest, ordered to drink large amounts of cheap whiskey and wine, and then abandoned. The pledges were then picked up and driven to the fraternity house to celebrate.

Bailey soon passed out from the alcohol he had drunk during initiation. Because his shoes were on, Chi Psi tradition dictated that the brothers write on his body with felt-tip...

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