In February 2011, George Desdunes was kidnapped by freshman pledges as part of a hazing ritual. He was blindfolded, tied up, and made to consume a lethal amount of alcohol. When George's mother stepped in to get answers, she was met with silence. For a transcript of this episode: https://bit.ly/campusfiles-transcripts To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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This episode contains descriptions of violence and kidnapping. Please take care while listening. George Tedun was a sophomore at Cornell University in February, 2011. He was busy studying to become a doctor, but he still made time every week to call his mother, Marie, and every Friday, his godfather.
We always talk every week. This is what was important. So he can call me anytime. I said, call me as you're going to your dorm or as you're going to school, to a class. This is the way he was. He never missed one Friday, except for that dreadful Friday.
I'm Margo Gray. This week on Campus Files, the hazing of George DeDune and a mother's fight for change.
George, he was a child who wanted to learn everything. As a young age, he loves to read, love math and science.
That's Marie. She moved to Brooklyn from Haiti, where she and George's father built a life together. But when George was just two years old, his father fell seriously ill and passed away within the year.
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