Lawsuit Alleges Ohio HBCU Failed to Stop Deadly Underground Hazing

Lawsuit Alleges Ohio HBCU Failed to Stop Deadly Underground Hazing

Hours after Wilberforce University freshman Savanna Jones texted her friends that she was “lowkey scared” to join an underground social club, a picture of her passed out on a bed began circulating across the campus.  On April 29, the 18-year-old was set to join the Turtles, which she described in text messages to her friends as an underground drinking organization. That evening, Jones and at least 10 students crowded in a dorm room on the privat…