Members of a Youngstown University chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. have been indicted Thursday on charges of hazing. Nine members allegedly beat two pledges in a hazing ritual that sent them to the hospital.

Batavia high school baseball team is under investigation after a player was reportedly taped to a bench and sexually assaulted. The hazing incident, which occurred after practice during spring break, included players placing their genitalia around the 15-year-old victim’s face.

In a hazing incident that has garnered national attention, the Boston Police Department has charged 14 fraternity members with a total of 70 complaints involving five victims, according to a Boston Police Department report..

Florida A&M Marching 100 member Robert Champion succumbed to hazing in late November of last year. The 26-year-old was found unresponsive on a bus following a football game after suffering internal bleeding caused by being struck repeatedly.There is currently an ongoing investigation on the circumstances surrounding his death. It is nearing 5 months since he has died and there are still no arrests.

Hazing at Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University was never an isolated incident with the Robert Champion case. It has been a continuous problem at the university, according to hundreds of pages of records obtained by The Associated Press and Tallahassee Democrat.

Eight members of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. have been charged with hazing two Youngstown University students.

Florida A&M University dismissed four students who are believe to have played a role in Robert Champion’s Death. University President James Ammons released a memo to the university’s Board of Trustees.

Julian White, fired band director of Florida A&M’s “Marching 100,” said his warnings on hazing were ignored by university leaders. White, 71, said he has been made the scapegoat for the death of Robert Champion, a FAMU band member who died on Nov. 19.

Hazing is an initiation process, which involves the harassment, abuse or humiliation of another person. Hazing has been linked to athletics, fraternities and sororities, as well as band membership. Many proponents of this ritual say hazing bonds those to the particular organization they are seeking membership in. But in Robert Champion’s case, this has led to his early demise.