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The Death of Savanna Jones: Why a “Non-Alcohol” Policy is No Defense for Wilberforce University When a parent drops an eighteen-year-old off at a university, there is an unspoken but legally binding trust. You trust that the institution will protect your child from the very dangers its own policies claim to forbid. At Wilberforce University, that trust was shattered in the most egregious way possible. Savanna Jones, a freshman with her entire future ahead of her, was allegedly forced to consume an entire bottle of liquor during a “Turtles” sorority ritual. She passed out, she became faint, and she died. The horror did not end with the forced drinking. Reports indicate that instead of calling 911 when Savanna lost consciousness, sorority members took a photo of her lying unconscious on a bed. They then allegedly moved her body across campus and abandoned her at her own dorm. By the time help was called, it was too late. We see cases like this often, and we know exactly how the university and the national sorority will respond. They will try to hide behind their “non-alcohol campus” policy. They will argue that the students were acting on their own. They will try…