BATON ROUGE — University leaders and students from around Louisiana came together Tuesday morning to discuss how to prevent hazing on campus.

The summit was held at the Pennington Biomedical Research Center, bringing attention to how hazing can cause deaths and the impact it has on families and universities.

Earlier this year, Southern University student Caleb Wilson died from a hazing ritual. Student Government Association President Sean Inman said Wilson's death left a mark on campus.

"Caleb was a friend of many, and it left, definitely, a dark shadow on campus," said Inman.

Following Wilson's death, the university expelled the Beta Sigma Chapter of Omega Psi Phi.

In 2017, LSU student Max Gruver died from alcohol consumption while being hazed. The Max Gruver Act was signed in 2018 t

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