As thousands of college students across Louisiana vie for membership in Greek life and other campus organizations, higher education and law enforcement leaders spent Tuesday in Baton Rouge discussing hazing, which has proved difficult to curtail on college campuses in the state.

The summit followed the March death of Caleb Wilson, a 20-year-old Southern University engineering student and marching band trumpet player who died during a pledging ritual with Omega Psi Phi fraternity. His death rattled the university and local community and spurred the creation of a statewide antihazing task force.

Wilson’s mother and sister sat in the front row during the five-hour seminar Tuesday.

“They represent why we have to do better,” said Kim Hunter-Reed, Commissioner of Higher Education. “I knew tod

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