BOULDER, Colo. — The Stop Campus Hazing Act passed out of the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday, one day before a dedicated day that honors a University of Colorado Boulder student who died after a fraternity hazing event.
The federal legislation would require colleges and universities that receive federal student aid to implement anti-hazing programs and report incidents of hazing to campus security or local police.
On September 17, 2004, Devin Cramer — known as Gordie — died inside of the Chi Psi fraternity house at CU Boulder. According to The Gordie Center , “Gordie and twenty-six other pledges, dressed in coats and ties for “bid night,” were blindfolded and taken to the Arapaho Roosevelt National Forest, where they were “encouraged” to drink four handles (1.75 liter bottles) of whiskey and six (1.5 liter) bottles of wine around a bonfire in 30 minutes.”
The Gordie Center reports the 18-year-old was left to “sleep it off” on a couch inside the fraternity house. He was found dead the next morning.