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Hazing Deaths 2000 to 2002: How many chapters are active in 2025?

From 2000 to 2002, these hazing death fraternity chapters were suspended or prohibited from operating. How many are back in 2025?
One sorority lost its chapter. It has not returned.
16 fraternity chapters lost their charter. One chapter lost it one more time after coming back. 11 fraternity chapters once pulled of charters are now operating.
1 high school service club had a death but never stopped operating. It is operating in Florida at the same high school.
2000
Chico State University (California).
Pi Kappa Phi fraternity (not honor society). Alcohol death caused by hazing.
Pledge Adrian Heideman died after being encouraged to drink
190) 2000
Alpha Tau Omega, Old Dominion University
Big Brother/Little Brother bottle exchange led to death on Dec. 1, 2000. The victim who died of alcohol poisoning was Terry Ryan Stirling, 19. The family sued ATO.
No longer active
191) 2000
Alpha Tau Omega, University of Georgia
Road trip death: Pledge sneaks—events in which pledges kidnap members—have widely been condemned by national organizations. Blindfolded and handcuffed Ben Folsom Grantham III died on an apparent pledge sneak.
ATO is back on Georgia campus.
192) 2001
Theta Chi, Indiana University
Accidental rush death: Seth Korona of New Jersey died from the effects of a head injury contracted after consuming beer during a keg stand. Alcohol was a contributing factor but other factors also were involved (namely a previous illness).
Theta Chi is back on campus
193) 2001
Omega Psi Phi, Tennessee State University
Pledging death: A coroner ruled that Joseph T. Green died on a run during an exercise session “suggested” by members. Physical hazing was a cause of death. Unknown if alcohol was present but seems unlikely. This is the second death at this university’s chapter.
Omega Psi Phi is now back on campus.
194) 2001
Kappa Sigma, University of Miami (Fla.)
Accidental drowning of pledge (hazing was ruled out until May 2002 when family attorney reopened and won case
Interesting, Kappa Sigma was back and lost its charter in 2019. It is now back on campus.
195) 2001
Men’s & women’s rugby initiation, University of Minnesota, Duluth
Rugby is no longer a recognized sport here.
196) 2001
Texas Tech University
Delta Sigma Phi
Hazing-related auto fatality
Driver Zachary Jameson fell asleep and flipped the car he was driving, killing Mullins unintentionally.
This chapter is back on campus.
197) 2001
Manatee High School “Interact” Club sponsored by the Bradenton (FL) Rotary Club.
Beating death related to initiation
James Brier was hazed while trying to gain admission into the Manatee High School “Interact” Club sponsored by the Bradenton (FL) Rotary Club. Alcohol was served and he was hazed. He behaved badly and was subsequently bullied by classmate John (Juan) Albert Acosta, son of a Cuba-born physician, Jose Acosta.
The service club remains at Manatee H.S.
198) 2002
Texas Tech University
Tau Kappa Epsilon
Preventable accident due to sleep deprivation
Tragically, the year following the death of Mullins at Texas Tech, another preventable death occurred, this time in TKE.
This chapter is back on campus.
199) 2002
Zeta Beta Tau, Alfred University
Suicide after beating for revealing hazing tradition:
Member Ben Klein was beaten after turning his chapter in for hazing and later died in a creek near the fraternity house.
The university banned fraternities and sororities in 2002.
200, 201) 2002
Tau Kappa Epsilon, San Diego State University
High-speed pledging-related truck crash and rollover accident: Two males associated with the SDSU Tekes, on suspension for hazing, were killed when thrown from their truck as pledges were being taken somewhere from campus.
TKE is active at SDSU
202, 203) 2002
Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority, California State, Los Angeles
Drowning but hazing disputed by chapter:The Associated Press reports that the mother of a drowning victim and her friend may have been partaking in a sorority ritual.
204) 2002
Pi Kappa Alpha, University of Nevada, Reno
Drowning Death: Pledge Albert (A.J.) Santos drowned in a University of Nevada campus lake. He was a pledge of Pi Kappa Alpha. There were no arrests. A district attorney refused to call it hazing but instead a prank. Alcohol contributed to the death.
The chapter is not operating in 2025. However, it is on a list of troubled chapters for “outstanding conduct matters.”
205) 2002
Phi Sigma Kappa, University of Maryland
Alcohol connected to Bid Night death:
Daniel Reardon (Photo), 19, was found in a coma in January at the Phi Sigma Kappa house following Bid Night.
father and numerous media reports.
It was banned and never returned.
207) 2002
Occidental College (California)
Alpha Tau Omega
Sleep deprivation of pledges sent on an annual Eagle Rock, Ca. to Las Vegas pledging “tradition”
It was banned and has not returned.
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JMU fraternities have been involved historically in alleged atrocious behaviors and death of Alpha Phi Marisa Curlen

According to JMU’s list of unrecognized fraternities, the sub-rosa chapter involving the deaths of a rushee and two members in 2023 was known under these names at times: List of Unrecognized Organizations: Delta Chi (Also known as: Pi Beta Chi, PBX, Crosskeys Society) – Lost recognition in Fall 2013 due to hazing (forced calisthenics and underage drinking)
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Greek life began at Madison College with the addition of Sigma Sigma Sigma in 1939. Madison College in Harrisonburg, Virginia became James Madison University (JMU) on July 1, 1977. Virginia Governor Mills E. Godwin signed the bill changing the name on March 22, 1977.
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The attached hazing complaint in 2002 was dismissed and was on my list as an outrage for its dropping in 2002–HN
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This JMU Alpa Phi sorority MEMBER death was termed alcohol poisoning but not ruled hazing in 2015: HARRISONBURG, Va. — The death of 20-year-old James Madison University student Marisa Curlen has stunned a New York community who has lost three students from its 2013 class.
Curlen was found dead in her dorm room in Harrisonburg early Friday morning. An autopsy was pending on Friday night, but the cause appeared to be alcohol poisoning, reported WCBS.
“Preliminary investigation indicates no suspicious circumstances or foul play. The investigation is pending per review from the medical examiner,” Harrisonburg Police Department Lt. Roger Knott. The university has not released an official statement about her death.
Curlen was a sophomore and a member of the Alpha Phi chapter. The sorority posted a picture on Instagram mourning the loss of a sorority sister.
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What JMU’s Sarah Butters Wants Other Women to Know about “Expulsion After Graduation”
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Aug 13, 2014
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What JMU’s Sarah Butters Wants Other Women to Know about “Expulsion After Graduation”
It was an unfathomably lenient decision: In June, Virginia’s James Madison University punished three Sigma Chi fraternity members for sexually assaulting a female student on spring break by banning them from campus—after graduation.
Two of the attackers could graduate on time; the other would stay on campus for another year until earning his diploma.
Really?
The pathetic punishment crystallized the frustration felt by so many victims of campus rape: Why even bother coming forward? News of the punishment, or lack thereof, went viral. Even Jon Stewart mocked the story.
But there’s a victim behind the headlines and jokes: Sarah Butters. Butters, who’s pursuing her undergraduate degree elsewhere—“I’m just not proud to have a James Madison diploma,” she says—asked to share her side of the story with NO MORE.
As Told to NO MORE
I went on spring break in 2013 with a large portion of my school to Panama City. Everyone there was there was from Greek life. My parents’ big thing was, “Don’t go with someone you don’t know,” but I knew everyone there.
We were drinking on the beach. I was with friends, and at some point I blacked out. I ended up back at the condos we were renting with my friends.
Over the next few days, I heard rumors about a video circulating. Friends were telling me, “You need to say something to these guys.” I immediately went up to one of the guys who I was closest to and asked him, “Do you have a video of me?” I was wondering what I could have done.
photo1He told me that there wasn’t a video. He lied to my face, but I believed him. But later, one of the guys showed it to one of my friends and said: “I could ruin her life with this.”
Friends were telling me what to do: I should press charges; I should just make it go away. I was hearing so many opinions and I couldn’t form my own.
Meanwhile, friends had gotten hold of the video. I was concerned, but I also didn’t want to watch it yet. I was too nervous and helpless. I was dating one of the guys in their frat—I was so close to them.
Two weeks after spring break, I finally sent the video to my best friend, who went to Radford. I needed an outsider to watch it, someone who knew me well. She saw it, and she flipped out. “This looks like what happens before a rape,” she told me. I watched it that night. It was a 90-second video. I was in a bathroom, leaning against a wall, and three guys were groping me, pulling me onto their lap. I kept trying to put my top back on and they’d knock it out of my hand, saying, “You look great.” They were grabbing my breasts, touching me.
I have a scar above my bikini line from an ovarian cyst, and one of the guys kept trying to grab my bikini bottoms to see it. When he tried to do that, I let out a yell. It was such a disturbing yell.
The morning after I watched it, I woke up to a text from one of the guys, saying, “Hey, we didn’t mean for this to be a problem. We’re not sending it around. We can meet up and talk about it.”
I met with them, with my roommate, at my house. I wanted to be in my comfort zone. I get so mad at myself now that I let them in.
They said, “This is an inconvenience for all of us.”
I’ll always remember that. It was such an insincere apology.
I was told by JMU’s judicial affairs office that the common punishment for this kind of harassment is suspension. I was told that it’s very rare for someone to get expelled. I didn’t know what to do—I didn’t want to put myself through the misery of taking action. What if I lost? But I was told, if the judicial board had the video and watched it and could tell who was in it, they’d move forward anyway. So I bought a flash drive and handed them the video. They said they’d review it.
I had a really rough summer emotionally. My grades slipped. I got free counseling at JMU, but it didn’t help.
I was venting with my dad about it a lot. He’s a police officer and he contacted JMU’s director of judicial affairs, Josh Bacon. Bacon said he couldn’t tell if what happened in the video was consensual or not. That was really discouraging. JMU had been my dream school since eighth grade. I trusted them. This is where I felt safe.
I felt I had the short end of the stick. I filed a formal complaint in January 2014. It took JMU over a month to schedule hearings. Once the process started, the guys couldn’t talk to me. If I saw them on campus, it ruined my whole day. It was affecting my whole life, but not theirs at all.
There was a separate trial with each of the three guys. I had to be in the same room during it. It was so disturbing. After the third trial, Josh Bacon said that he’d never seen a case so serious. He told me that he wanted to propose an “abnormal” idea—expulsion after graduation—because they’d just appeal any other punishment, and graduation was coming up anyway. I just started bawling when I heard that. It was not OK. Who would punish them? Who would even know if they were on campus? What if they were tailgating? Or at a reunion? I was told that I’d have to identify them and tell campus police. If they recognized them, they’d be escorted out.
But the burden to identify them was on me. I was devastated.
Bacon went ahead with the expulsion punishment anyway. I read the student handbook; this wasn’t what was supposed to happen. The judicial board had caught them in lies—one guy said he hadn’t grabbed my bikini when clearly he did on the video—it was such crap.
The guys changed their attitude when expulsion was presented. They said they’d earned their diploma and paid for it. They were embarrassed not to be able to bring their kids back to their alma mater.
A local reporter covered my story; it aired locally that June. I didn’t expect it to blow up nationally. I thought it would draw attention to the area but not nationally. The Huffington Post wrote a really fair story about it after that.photo4
When you hear about sexual assault, it’s only recent that the term is “survivor.” It used to be “victim.” I felt like a victim. I felt I never got closure. I never got to move on. But I also got support—from other people who saw the stories, from my sorority who told me how strong I was. My Facebook blew up. Twitter blew up with #standwithbutters. I hadn’t wanted to show myself in these stories, but then I realized if it would help someone else to put a face with the story, I wanted to do it. It helps for people not to read a generic story, but to see who I am.
I filed a federal civil rights violation complaint with the school. That process is going through now. It’s a drawn-out process, but I did it because I don’t want another girl to go through this. If my case was the most serious they’d seen, and I had video evidence, and they still didn’t even get suspended—what would happen to someone else? How could anyone else feel comfortable coming forward?
As for where I am now, I withdrew from JMU. Whenever I used to see a JMU sticker, my heart got happy. But I had to break up with my school.
I’m taking classes at a community college now. I love working with kids, and I want to be a teacher. I’ve always worked to put myself through school, so I need to take one step at a time.
But I’m finding myself through all this. When I saw the NO MORE PSAs, I recognized all the excuses: “She was asking for it. She was drunk.” So I wanted to share my story here.
These are not excuses. I want other women to know—you cannot be bullied into silence.
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James Madison University faces a federal lawsuit due to its unusual punishment of “expulsion after graduation” for three students it deemed to have sexually assaulted a female undergraduate in 2014.
As previously reported by The Huffington Post, JMU found three men responsible for the sexual assault and harassment of Sarah Butters during spring break in 2013, and declared that the students would be punished by not being allowed back on campus after they had graduated.
Jay Kyle Dertzbaugh, Michael Joseph Lunney Jr. and Nicholas John Scallion, who at the time were members of the Sigma Chi fraternity, filmed themselves taking turns groping and fondling Butters and circulated the video to other students on JMU’s campus, according to the suit and legal documents and correspondence Butters provided to HuffPost.
Butters filed a federal complaint against the university in 2014, prompting the Education Department to open an investigation into how the school handles sexual violence. The university said that until now, federal privacy law prevented it from giving its side of the story.
“Now that the plaintiff has filed a civil lawsuit, the university will be at liberty to share the facts and circumstances in the case through the normal channels of litigation in due course,” JMU said Friday in a statement. “As the university already stated, rest assured that as this process unfolds and is resolved, you will see that JMU handles such serious matters with integrity and compassion.”
The university has not made any apology for the punishment that prompted outrage among many in the community. The school has also not elaborated on how it came up with the sanction, except to say it follows guidance from the Association for Student Conduct Administrators, a higher education professionals group that many schools turn to in order to form conduct policies. Higher education policy experts have said they are not aware of any other schools that have used “expulsion after graduation” as a sanction.
Butters’ lawsuit says that the three men assaulted her while she was visibly intoxicated during a spring break trip to Panama City, Florida. After returning to campus, she learned that video of the incident was circulating among members of Greek life. The men initially denied that such a video existed, but Butters obtained a copy, which is now under seal as evidence in her lawsuit.
“We feel really bad and apologize for the drunken stupidity,” Scallion wrote in a text message to Butters shortly after the spring break trip, prior to her filing conduct charges against them with JMU. “We’re not bad guys and we really didn’t mean to disrespect you like this.”
As Butters pursued adjudication against the three men, the chapter president for Sigma Chi expelled the men from the fraternity.
The lawsuit contends the school did not issue a final decision in her case until 396 days after the assault happened. Meanwhile, Butters said in her suit that she “failed all of her classes, lost her financial aid, [and] severed ties with many of her peers” as a result of the incident and how the university handled the adjudication, which she said exacerbated her stress. In May 2014, she dropped out and moved back to her Virginia hometown to work at a hotel.
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2023 death of Joshus (Josh) Mardis and two Pi Beta Chis from JMU called hazing-related by Howard Mardis

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Pledge set afire for laughs in. a skit: San Diego State University’s Phi Kappa Psi

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Another breaking story from Fox News:

Four members of San Diego State University’s Phi Kappa Psi fraternity are facing felony charges after a skit performed at a party last year led to a pledge being set on fire.

The member set on fire suffered third-degree burns that covered more than 16% of his body as a result of the skit performed on Feb. 17, prosecutors said.

Caden Cooper, 22; Lucas Cowling, 20; Christopher Serrano, 20, and Lars Larsen, 19, were each charged Monday with at least one felony, and all four pleaded not guilty. Larsen was the person set on fire.

The charges include recklessly causing a fire with great bodily injury, conspiracy to commit an act injurious to the public and violating the social host ordinance. If convicted of all charges, the defendants could face seven years in prison.

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News for the end of 2024 in hazing, including NMSU scandal and firing

The firing of NMSU athletic director Mario Moccia for cause:

https://www.krqe.com/news/new-mexico/nmsu-fires-athletic-director-mario-moccia/

 

NM potential hazing law

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14iqQEdiP-I

 

The report, titled ‘Title IX and hazing on campus: Lessons learned from New Mexico State University,’ cited “lax oversight and discipline” in NMSU’s student safety programs that “failed to deter” former Aggies players DeShawndre Washington, Doctor Bradley and Kim Aiken Jr. from allegedly sexually assaulting at least four of their former teammates and two student managers. The assaults were initially described by the university as hazing when first reported and ultimately resulted in the shut down the NMSU men’s basketball season in February 2023.

 

Pro sports hazing

 

https://www.expressnews.com/sports/article/shaq-allegedly-hazing-defecate-teammate-shoe-20011140.php

 

https://www.si.com/fannation/backinthedaynba/that-time-shaquille-o-neal-took-a-crap-in-teammate-s-shoe-over-donuts-01jgkq026ky5

 


“He ratted us out to Jerry West” – Shaq on how Kobe Bryant responded to rookie hazing

Basketball Network

In his book Shaq Uncut: My Story, Shaquille O’Neal revealed that Kobe Bryant ratted out his team to Jerry West while going through rookie hazing.

 

Danny Santulli is not a hazing death. But his quality of life and likely breadth of life are at risk. 

 

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/hes-alive-for-a-reason-danny-santullis-family-is-hopeful-new-anti-hazing-law-will-save-lives/ar-AA1wIJOW

 

Incidents

 

Iowa fraternity suspended over hazing allegations

Inside Higher Ed

https://www.insidehighered.com › news › 2024/11/22 › i…

Nov 22, 2024 — The University of Iowa suspended its chapter of the Alpha Delta Phi fraternity Monday after police discovered 56 blindfolded pledges covered in food.

 

PSU Pi Delta Psi

 

https://www.lehighvalleylive.com/news/2024/12/penn-state-fraternity-suspended-for-hazing-new-members.html?outputType=amp

 

St Olaf baseball

 

https://www.elkharttruth.com/news/national/st-olaf-college-cancels-baseball-season-over-hazing/article_c87edd53-b2b5-534b-a687-57b6f1800860.html

 


20 student organizations on disciplinary statuses this semester – Indiana Daily Student

Indiana Daily Student

IU defines hazing as “any conduct that subjects another person, whether physically, mentally, emotionally or psychologically, to anything that may …

 


Highlands investigating alleged boys basketball hazing – Sewickley Herald

Sewickley Herald – TribLIVE.com

… hazing allegations. Foster said the missing players were not expected back this season. But he was optimistic Flow would return to the team and …

 

Press Herald interviews Allan on Lisbon hazing report – UMaine News – University of Maine

The University of Maine

… hazing allegations of the Lisbon High School football team. Allan said the reactions from some of the parents are unsurprising. “It’s a really …

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IU’s Kappa Alpha Psi disbanded | news – Indiana Public Media

Indiana Public Media

IU has an anti-hazing policy in its code of conduct. The university defines hazing as anything that could endanger, abuse, degrade or intimidate …

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Alcohol, not drugs, sickened students at Boulder fraternity, police say – The Denver Post

The Denver Post

Whether CU disciplines students for hazing will be determined by BPD’s investigation, Mueksch said. Smith said he believes a fraternal organization …

 


Arkansas fraternity shut down for at least 3 years over hazing allegations – MSN

MSN

The Phi Gamma Delta Fraternity violated rules against hazing and providing alcohol to people under the age of 21, the university found.

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4 players investigated in hazing probe at Elkmont | Archives | timesdaily.com

Times Daily

ELKMONT – Four Elkmont High School football players are under investigation after accusations that a freshman teammate underwent hazing.

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Legal

 

WFMJ.com

Court hearing set in Canfield hazing lawsuit

Dr. Miller claims in his complaint that the incident was a prank and did not cause distress to the victim.

 

Kingfisher Public Schools Cuts 21 Jobs Amid Budget Deficit, $5 Million Hazing Lawsuit Settlement

News 9

As for Myers, the former head coach is charged with child neglect for allegedly allowing hazing and bullying on the football team.

 

Students: Nixing football sends no-hazing message | National | elkharttruth.com

The Elkhart Truth

DOYLESTOWN, Pa. (AP) — Students at a suburban Philadelphia high school say officials have sent a strong anti-hazing message by canceling the rest …

 

Laredo HS update

 

https://www.kgns.tv/2024/12/17/uisd-board-member-speak-alleged-hazing/

 

Hazing Report Rocks Girls Hoops Team | | riograndesun.com

Rio Grande Sun

Archuleta told the coach that if her daughter had been hazed or bullied, she would have taken it to a higher level to ensure the two would have been …

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Marshall

 

https://www.wsaz.com/2024/10/29/marshall-fraternities-sorority-suspended-amid-hazing-investigation/

 

Purdue

 


Purdue fraternity suspended for alcohol, hazing violations | Indiana | elkharttruth.com

The Elkhart Truth

Purdue University’s Sigma Phi Epsilon chapter has been suspended until 2020 after school officials found the fraternity violated alcohol, hazing and …

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Ohio State ATO

 


Hazing on college campuses remains an issue, despite ongoing efforts to combat it – MSN

MSN

Students living in the Alpha Tau Omega, a fraternity at Ohio State University under investigation for alleged hazing, said they were surprised at …

 

Kenyon: At Dartmouth, 46 years after the release of “Animal House,” not much has changed

Valley News

On Nov. 19, a Tuesday, Hanover police served Dartmouth student-athlete Q. Jones with an …


Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity suspended following cease and desist – Indiana Daily Student

Indiana Daily Student

The fraternity was suspended for dishonest conduct, endangering others, physical abuse and hazing, according to IU’s organizations on disciplinary …

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University of Arkansas students react to fraternity’s suspension for hazing allegations

KNWA

The University of Arkansas has another fraternity accused of hazing members among other allegations and students are reacting to the news.

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Hazing on college campuses remains a pervasive issue, despite ongoing efforts to combat it

10tv.com

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Students living in the Alpha Tau Omega, a fraternity at Ohio State University under investigation for alleged hazing, …

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Dartmouth after non-hazing death

 

Frat suspended, hazing charges sought against students at Dartmouth – Boston.com

Boston.com

A Dartmouth College student and two men are facing charges after another student pledging for Theta Beta Beta Fraternity said he was hazed earlier …

 

Settlement reached in wrongful death lawsuit filed over VCU student’s hazing death – MSN

MSN

Settlement reached in wrongful death lawsuit filed over VCU student’s hazing death … RICHMOND, Va. (WWBT) – Family members of Adam Oakes, the National …

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Football coach at Mead fire over hazing | Video – KXLY.com

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Settlement reached in wrongful death lawsuit filed over VCU student’s hazing death – WWBT

WWBT

In addition, the …

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