To Blake Adam Hammontree, he was just a Sigma Chi pledge going through pledgeship. However, Hammontree probably never thought that joining a fraternity would cause his death.

On September 30, 2004, Hammontree was announced dead due to alcohol poisoning. Furthermore, his death was the result of peer pressure his fraternity placed upon him during a fraternal ritual.

It was big bro night. A time that members take a little brother, a pledge, under their wings to be a mentor during college and pledgeship. This should be a time for brotherhood; however, for the OU fraternity, it was a time to influence young pledges to drink a liter of liquor.

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