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And id like to begin by asking you what comes to mind when you think of that word . College. Fraternities. Initiation. Okay. All right. So it didnt take long for some images to pop into your head. And, thank you. And youre like many others who think about some common images as they relate to hazing. And one is young men in college fraternities, beating each other, passing out or even dying tragically from alcohol poisoning because of hazing. Also people think about professional athletes like last years headlines of the rookie Jonathan Martin of the Miami Dolphins and more recently people think sometimes about marching bands with the tragic death of drum major robert champion down at florida a m university. And now more recently over the past month weve heard news of a sexually harassing culture and hazing in the ohio state universitys marching band prompting them to fire the ....
Yes, thank you. [ inaudible question ] about the needs around the clubs that kids go through hazing to get into because i think when theyre interpreting the event as a problem, a lot of kids going into a club think of it as an art. Its kind of a brainwashing. And theyre going to the hazing but they feel its an honor that theyve been asked to do it. And so the Marketing Needs to be up front about the clubs and the aura so that the kids are alerted way before they even are in the situation where theyre intervening. Absolutely. I wholeheartedly agree with you. Were moving in that direction. Yeah. Unfortunately, were out of time. I do want to encourage everyone here to please read through the biographies. They have a lot of information about the work that theyre doing. What their offices are doing. Theyve provided you with some great resources today. And some great jumping off points. So thank you both sincerely for coming. Cspans 20 ....
And while acknowledging the impact of dr. Fords words, republicans were projecting absolute confidence they would hold this vote and kavanaughs nomination would head to the full senate. As Mitch Mcconnell put it, quote, in the coming days. This morning, even moderate republicans who were still on the fence about Brett Kavanaugh appeared to be falling in line. Senator jeff flake, who was as of last night telling reporters that this was a tough decision for him and who was reportedly visibly torn over whether or not to confirm kavanaugh announced this morning that in fact he would vote to confirm kavanaugh to the Supreme Court. The white house expressed pleasure with the decision, as did republican senators. There were even reports this morning that democratic senator joe manchin had decided to join and vote to confirm ka ....