I'M CHARLIE BERENS AND THIS IS "THE DARK SIDE OF..."
TODAY, WE'RE LOOKING AT FRATERNITY LIFE.
NOW, YOU MIGHT THINK, "FRATERNITY -- I GET THAT.
IT'S PARTIES, AND MAYBE IT'S NETWORKING."
BUT THERE IS AN UNDERBELLY THAT YOU DON'T OFTEN SEE,
AND SOMETIMES, IT GOES TOO FAR.
Reporter: A MAKESHIFT MEMORIAL OF FLOWERS AND CANDLES IS
PLACED OUTSIDE THE CHI TAU FRATERNITY HOUSE
FOR MATTHEW CARRINGTON.
POLICE SAY THE 21-YEAR-OLD CHICO STATE STUDENT WAS
IN THE BASEMENT OF THIS HOUSE,
TAKING PART IN A FRATERNITY EVENT
AT 5:00 A.M. WEDNESDAY MORNING.
IT JUST MAKES ME SICK THAT THEY DIDN'T THINK,
THAT THEY DIDN'T THINK, "SOMETHING'S WRONG."
SO, WHY CAN'T SOMEONE SAY STOP?
I SAY, "GUYS, HE'S BLEEDING OUT OF HIS MOUTH.
HE'S DYING. HE'S DYING."
TODAY, WE'RE TALKING WITH SOMEONE
WHO'S BEEN THERE AND SURVIVED.
THIS IS THE DARK SIDE OF FRAT LIFE.
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LET'S KIND OF START WITH WHAT YOU WERE THINKING
WHEN YOU WENT INTO THE GREEK SYSTEM.
WHAT WERE YOU LOOKING TO GET OUT OF IT?
Quintana: MATTHEW AND I BOTH THOUGHT
THAT JOINING A FRATERNITY WOULD HELP US MAKE NEW FRIENDS
AND FURTHER OUR CAREERS IN THE FUTURE.
AT CHICO STATE, IT'S A SMALL SCHOOL.
PROBABLY ABOUT 20,000, 25,000 STUDENTS.
THE GREEK LIFE IS WHAT IT SEEMS TO ALL CIRCULATE AROUND.
FOR ME, I JUST DIDN'T SEE
WHO WOULDN'T WANT TO BE A PART OF THAT.
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WHAT'S IT LIKE CHOOSING THE FRATERNITY FOR YOU?
THERE'S PARTIES, YOU KNOW?
ONE OF THE HOUSES BROUGHT STRIPPERS.
THEY GO ALL OUT.
ONCE YOU'RE KIND OF GIVEN THE INVITE,
AND YOU DECIDE TO JOIN, THE INITIATIONS PROCESS
REALLY IS TO WEED OUT THE WEAK.
THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU EARN YOUR WAY IN
BUT ALSO, THEY WANT TO KIND OF PUT YOU THROUGH HELL.
WHEN YOU'RE TWO, THREE MONTHS IN,
YOU KNOW, 150 DAYS IN, IT TAKES A LOT TO WALK AWAY.
YOU, OBVIOUSLY, REACHED YOUR BOILING POINT.
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THAT WAS THE BEGINNING OF HELL WEEK.
THAT'S, BASICALLY, THE LAST WEEK BEFORE YOU'RE INITIATED IN.
THIS WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF WINTER IN CHICO,
SO IT GET TO ABOUT 30 DEGREES AT NIGHT.
THEY CUT OUT THESE CUBBIES IN THE BASEMENT.
THAT'S WHERE WE SLEPT.
THEY ALSO FLOODED THE BASEMENT
WITH ABOUT 8 TO 10 INCHES OF WATER,
AND THIS IS WHERE THE MAJORITY OF THE INITIATION,
OR THE HELL, TOOK PLACE.
AND, EVENTUALLY, ALMOST EVERYBODY BROKE,
EXCEPT FOR -- IT WAS JUST TWO OF YOU
AT THE END.
WE STARTED OFF WITH 30 GUYS.
AND MATTHEW AND I WERE THE ONLY ONES LEFT.
THEY STRIPPED US DOWN TO OUR BOXERS
AND OUR T-SHIRTS,
AND TOLD US TO HAND THIS 5-GALLON WATER BOTTLE
BACK AND FORTH WHILE DRINKING.
THEY WOULD QUIZ US ON THE HISTORY AND THE MEMBERS,
AND IF WE GOT IT WRONG, THEY'D TELL US TO DRINK
OR POUR THIS WATER ON OURSELVES.
OR THEY WOULD HAVE US PUT IT DOWN,
COME OFF THE BENCH, AND DO PUSH-UPS OR SIT-UPS.
AND THE WATER COMES UP TO YOUR, YOU KNOW, MOUTH
WHILE YOU'RE WORKING OUT.
YOU'RE SUBMERGED IN WATER.
AND THIS WENT ON FOR SIX, SEVEN HOURS.
I THINK WE STARTED ABOUT 8:00 P.M.,
AND IT WENT ON TILL 3:00 A.M.
THEY WERE HAVING US TO DO PUSH-UPS.
WE GOT ONE OF THE QUESTIONS WRONG,
AND MATTHEW COLLAPSED.
AND HE STARTED TO HAVE A SEIZURE.
I REMEMBER THAT HE HAD
HIS TONGUE STUCK BETWEEN HIS TEETH,
AND I WAS, OF COURSE, TERRIFIED
AND REALLY WORRIED THAT HE WAS GONNA BITE HIS TONGUE OFF.
SO, I PUT MY FINGER
IN BETWEEN HIS TEETH TO RELEASE HIS TONGUE,
AND HE BIT DOWN SO HARD, I STARTED TO BLEED.
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AT THIS POINT, I'M TELLING ALL THE FRATERNITY BROTHERS,
I'M LIKE, "HE'S HAVING A SEIZURE.
CALL THE AMBULANCE. WE NEED TO GET HELP."
TWO OF THE GUYS SAID, "NO, NO. IT'S FINE. HE'S SLEEPING.
HE'S JUST PASSED OUT OF EXHAUSTION.
DON'T WORRY. WE'RE E.M.T.s."
THEY REASSURED ME THAT THEY WERE, YOU KNOW,
MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS.
ONCE MATT WAS SNORING, THEY PULLED US OUT OF THE WATER,
GAVE US SWEATERS, AND HAD US SIT ON THIS COUCH,
BUT WITH WHATEVER ENERGY I DID HAVE,
I SAID, "I THINK WE SHOULD CALL AN AMBULANCE."
BUT THEY LET MATTHEW SLEEP THERE FOR ABOUT AN HOUR.
I WAS NEXT TO HIM. HIS HEAD WAS ON MY LAP.
AND I WAS GOING IN AND OUT OF SLEEP,
BUT TRYING TO STAY AS AWAKE AS MUCH AS I COULD
TO MONITOR HIM.
BUT THAT'S WHEN HE STARTED TO BLEED OUT OF HIS MOUTH.
AT THAT POINT, I SAID, "GUYS, HE'S BLEEDING OUT OF HIS MOUTH.
HE'S DYING. HE'S DYING."
WHILE HE'S BLEEDING OUT OF HIS MOUTH,
I'M DOING C.P.R. ON HIM,
AND FINALLY, THEY CALLED 911.
WHEN THE E.M.T.s GOT THERE,
THEY WENT RIGHT TO WORK AND TOOK OVER.
BUT I SAW THEM WORKING FRANTICALLY
TO KEEP HIM ALIVE,
AND I JUST...
I KNEW.
I KNEW HE WASN'T GONNA MAKE IT.
JUST THE LOOK ON THE EMERGENCY WORKERS' FACES
AND HOW SCARED THEY WERE...
WE GOT THE CALL WITH THE NEWS THAT, UH...
MATTHEW HAD DIED.
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ULTIMATELY, WHAT MATTHEW DIED FROM
WAS HYPOTHERMIA AND WATER INTOXICATION.
I CALLED HIS MOTHER, DEBBIE,
AND GAVE HER THE NEWS THAT HER SON HAD PASSED AWAY.
THAT WAS ONE OF THE HARDEST THINGS
I'VE EVER HAD TO DO IN MY LIFE.
WHAT HAPPENED, LEGALLY?
DID ANYBODY GO TO JAIL?
I BELIEVE FOUR OF THE FRATERNITY MEMBERS
ENDED UP GOING TO JAIL, ONE OF THEM RECEIVING A YEAR
FOR INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER,
AND I BELIEVE THE OTHER ONES GETTING SIX MONTHS.
SO, PEOPLE DID GO TO JAIL.
WHAT IMPACT DID HIS MOM HAVE PUSHING FORWARD
LEGISLATION?
MATTHEW'S MOTHER, DEBBIE,
DID A LOT OF WORK ON CAPITOL HILL
AND THERE'S NO LAWS CALLED MATTHEW'S LAWS,
AND THEY DEAL WITH HAZING,
AND NOW IT'S A FELONY TO PARTICIPATE IN HAZING.
IT HAUNTS ME STILL, TO THIS DAY,
THAT IF I WOULD HAVE GOT UP AND WALKED OUT
OR GRABBED MATT AND WALKED OUT, HE WOULD BE ALIVE TODAY.
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DON'T LET MATTHEW STORY BE IN VAIN.
I HAVE A BROTHER -- HE'S COLLEGE AGED.
WE HAVE TO STAND UP TO THIS KIND OF THING.
YOU HAVE TO BE THE ONE TO TAKE THAT STEP,
TO REALIZE THAT YOU ARE JUST IN SOMEBODY ELSE'S GAME
AND TO REFUSE TO PLAY ALONG.
BECAUSE NO GAME IS WORTH A LIFE.
I'M CHARLIE BERENS, AND UNTIL NEXT TIME,
THIS IS "THE DARK SIDE OF..."
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