bility to hold meetings or place advertisements on campus (MacLachlan 11). This could prove very harmful to the future of the fraternity if the ban is for several semesters. If a fraternity is not able to advertise, this makes it difficult for the fraternity to get its name out in order to recruit new members. According to a press release by Congresswoman Diane Watson of California, although there are state laws, no anti-hazing laws exist at the federal level. To remedy, she has recently introduced legislation. The Hazing Prohibition Act would "suspend a student's eligibility to receive federal grants, loans, and work assistance for one year if the student is officially given a sanction for hazing by his or her college or university" in the hopes of deterring hazing and letting it be known that hazing is a serious problem that will not be overlooked (Watson 1).
             One of the first records of a fraternity pledge dying as the result of a hazing incident was in 1945 at St. Louis University. More recently, in 1978, Chuck Stenzel and two fellow pledges were req
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