COLUMBIA — A Greek organization on the Mizzou campus released a new video to help prevent hazing.
Members of the Missouri Greek Alliance said their informational video was a direct approach to the problem at fraternities and other organizations.
The 26-minute video comes two years after Mizzou freshman Danny Santulli became disabled during an alleged hazing incident at Phi Gamma Delta.
Santulli can no longer walk, talk, or see after suffering a traumatic brain injury during a fraternity event.
Prosecutors charged several fraternity members with hazing.
Many of the defendants made plea deals for lower sentences.
Mizzou Greek Alliance administrators sent the video to 16 member fraternities.
Fraternity pledge classes, active members, and officers plan to watch the video.
“We have not danced around the issue,” said Mizzou Greek Alliance President Bob Selsor. “We have shown pictures of people who have died because of hazing or people who have gone to jail as a result of it. It’s not sugar-coated. If you assume that people will act in their own self-interest, then we’re hoping that this education will cause them to pause and reconsider being part of something like this.”
Selsor said Danny Sanutlli’s family was heavily involved in the making of the video.
