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                                                                                    "If you get caught hazing, expect to be tweeted and retweeted with disrespect." @Hazing

Hank Nuwer wrote his first hazing article for Human Behavior magazine on the importance of bystander intervention following the death of a football player (1975) at the University of Nevada where he was a graduate student. He began a hazing listserv and began tracking hazing deaths in 1995 while an adjunct professor (1995-2008) for the Indiana University School of Journalism (IUPUI campus). He has edited The Hazing Reader (Indiana University Press), the only anthology of hazing articles written by many of the best-known hazing experts.  He also has written Wrongs of Passage for Indiana University Press; High School Hazing for Scholastic and Broken Pledges: the Deadly Rite of Hazing, whose 20-year anniversary was celebrated at a Hazing Taskforce held at the University of Maine in 2009. Nuwer was awarded an honorary doctorate and spoke at commencement to receive the honor from the State University of New York. He plans to launch a scholarly periodical called Bullying and Hazing: Interdisciplinary Journal and actively seeks pertinent submissions (papers, dissertation/thesis sections, surveys) of quality from worldwide contributors.

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Last updated September 25, 2012

NPR hazing "Morning Edition" with Cornell President Skorton, etc.

Hazing blog by Hank Nuwer:  "Let us work together to make hazing a best-forgotten relic of the past. Just imagine what an amazing undergraduate fraternal experience there would be if hazing were ended, and all the time spent fighting an illicit practice were put into service to one’s chapter, school, national–and society itself."

The family of Robert Champion has started a foundation in his honor.  Florida A & M holds an antihazing discussion.

SUNY Geneseo pulls plug on its volleyball season.  Previous death of Arman Partamian (video) in fraternity initiation spurred action. No word from school on fate of Coach Jen Salmon.

Geneseo volleyball player survives initiation. 11 players face charges and a Coach Jen Salmon apologizes for her bizarre Facebook party photo.

Cornell University Hazing Information (R.A.R.E)

Florida A & M Hazing Info Page

Fresno State death

Bakersfield Kappa Alpha Psi case closes

The 2010 death of Samuel Mason at Radford University was hazing-related, according to police.  My thoughts here.

george desdunes hazing death cornell--Another death linked to the "harmless" kidnapping of brothers and/or pledges. Cornell University brother George Desdunes (above).  Star Gazette reports: "Max Haskin, Ben Mann and Edward "EJ" Williams and an unnamed defendant were indicted in a five-count indictment that included counts of hazing in the first degree, unlawfully dealing with a child in the first degree and criminal nuisance in the second degree. Two counts and other defendants' names were redacted." 16 pledges of the now-defunct Cornell SAE plan to pledge Tau Kappa Epsilon.
Max Haskin Cornell hazing death caseTennis player Max Haskin: one of four charged in Desdunes death at Cornell Sigma Alpha Epsilon. George's BAC was .35.

--Documents related to Texas A & M Greek life reveal pledge abuses and a pet goat blown apart by a member wielding shotgun.

Donnie Wade Hazing DeathDonnie Wade: See Fox 26 interview and a video with Donnie's father.
--Marvin Jackson: Death of Donnie Wade II and Prairieview A & M.  "I killed him. It's my fault," Prairie View A&M University student Marvin Jackson said as he sobbed ... [to] police investigating the death of Phi Beta Sigma pledge... now banned.

Andrew Bartlett hazing death
--Hazing party non-criminal death of Andrew Bartlett (above picture), a volleyball player at St. Thomas. Fell down stairs after drinking.
  Fredericton (Canada).

Matt Fritzie hazing--Download the lawsuit filed by paralyzed pledge Matt Fritzie (left) of Kansas University (Phi Gamma Delta/Fiji)

--Brand botched badly: ABC News. No Charges in coat hanger branding of Texas Christian University Kappa Sigma's Amon Carter IV.

--Cal State Bakersfield rogue fraternity faces charges

--Massachusetts. What good is a law if government fails to monitor it?

--Utah hazing charges placed gainst middle schoolers after "hogtying" incident broken up by Logan teacher.

--Northwestern U. orientation program offers hazing by counselors, according to Northwestern.com --Project Wild (P-Wild) editorial.

--Valencia High School video of Curtis Peralta, 18. Los Lunas, NM.

Carson Stuckey hazing death --A settlement has been reached in the Cal Poly hazing death of Carson Stuckey (left), Sigma Alpha Epsilon

--Washington State's Jackson High School has bounced its cheerleading squad for hazing.

--Purdue chapter of Alpha Tau Omega caught hazing

--Charges have been placed against two members of the Montclair State chapter of Tau Kappa Epsilon after a pledge was hospitalized with a lacerated arm.

--A Valencia High School student has been charged with serious counts of sexual assault and other charges after a football player said
he was groped and attacked in a locker room incident. Two juveniles have been similarly charged.

--A University of Virginia fraternity waits for an inquiry to see if a Zeta Psi pledge's hospitalization is actionable for hazing.

--Kappa Sigma removes University of Georgia chapter for hazing and substance abuse.

--Utah State Pi Kappa Alpha chapter nabbed for hazing soon after the death of Michael Starks.

Information courtesy of Hank Nuwer  Contact: Hnuwer@franklincollege.edu



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Hank Nuwer,  Franklin College, Franklin, Indiana

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