Two fraternities are preparing for their seventh annual softball charity game against each other to give back to the community on Jacksonville’s Northside.

The mother of a senior at Edward Waters College is coming forward to talk about her son's initiation into Kappa Alpha Psi. Allen said the injuries were a result of a beating with a wooden paddle in the spring of 2018. Allen said it happened while her son was a senior at Edward Waters College -- while he was pledging the fraternity Kappa Alpha Psi. Instead, she said it was a synthetic drug commonly called a "jig," a mixture of synthetic heroin, cocaine and LSD. The college issued this statement in response to questions from the I-TEAM:"Edward Waters College (EWC) takes any allegation of hazing extremely seriously.