Collin Wiant, like many college students, goes off to college looking for a place to belong on campus. But do they really know what they are getting into?

Collin Wiant, like many college students, goes off to college looking for a place to belong on campus. But do they really know what they are getting into?

Each year for at least the last two decades a fraternity pledge has died in this country. And every year the rinse-and-repeat cycle of freshmen hitting campus and being hazed by their peers goes unchanged. Broken Pledge is the story of how a teenager goes off to college and dies. It exposes the underbelly of a system that allows fraternities and universities to protect their brands instead of standing up for victims. 

Each year for at least the last two decades a&nbsp;fraternity pledge has died in this country. And every year the rinse-and-repeat cycle of freshmen hitting campus and being hazed by their peers goes unchanged.&nbsp;Broken Pledge is the story of how a teenager goes off to college and dies. It exposes the underbelly of a system that allows fraternities and universities to protect their brands instead of standing up for victims.&nbsp;

Broken Pledge

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