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Carmel, Ind. case in 1998 needs disclosure of how much was paid in settlement for alleged sexual hazing since it was paid with tax dollars. Carmel has a responsibility to reveal the amount to its taxpayers.

Moderator — The WISH-TV investigative story on a 1998 hazing case at Carmel High School shows that the school was not required to release its settlement payment to a swimmer who alleged that three other swimmers harassed, bullied and sexually assaulted him when he was a first-year swimmer. Clearly, taxpayers in Carmel have a right […]

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Editorial: The Coopersville Settlement Must Be Made Public

Coopersville School District Has a Duty to Release Sum by Hank Nuwer A hazing settlement in the news in Michigan is a case of deja vu all over. Back in 1997, Rancho Bernardo High School (California, Poway School District) endured the physical hazing and sexual assault of a junior varsity baseball player. After a rookie […]

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Hazing shame

Link and except Parent of hazing victim calls acts ‘true evil’ Wednesday, September 12, 2007 By John Tunison The Grand Rapids Press WEST OLIVE — One parent described the attacks on his son as “true evil.” Months after a Coopersville High School hazing incident — complete with expulsions and criminal charges against four members of […]

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Grand Rapids paper: Father thinks punishment for son’s being sodomized in hazing not enough

Here is the article: Hazing victim’s dad sizzles as teen gets probation Friday, August 03, 2007 By John Tunison The Grand Rapids Press WEST OLIVE — A father lashed out at a Coopersville teen Thursday for his role in a school hazing that left his son — one of two victims — ostracized from the […]