Remembering John Davies, Nevada-Reno Sundowners and a Wolfpack football player

October 8, 2017 By Hank Nuwer Leave a Comment

Remembering John Davies: 42 years ago on October 12th, 1975, John Davies perished at Pyramid Lake following a drunken Nevada-Reno Sundowners hazing.

Pennsylvania hazing law to Senate vote

Here is the link and excerpt http://www.dailyitem.com/opinion/hazing-penalties-need-to-match-the-crime/article_e1ea32a5-08a9-5290-8c42-7d744bf025f4.html?fbclid=IwAR1tcT-GaTJjKtxVoREOMgWccLbUGTRCvFI1oZNJJEqPRt_6Pjwodthx1l8 Excerpt John Butler Groves is not a name known to many, but became an unfortunate first. Groves, according to a family history and a national database, died from hazing at Franklin Seminary in Kentucky in 1838. Hank Nuwer, an author who has covered hazing on college campuses and […]

Ozy: Sordid Past and Coverups

Here is a review of Hazing: Destroying Young Lives (Hank Nuwer) by Ozy Magazine Excerpt: But it was not until extracurricular societies, including almost exclusively male social fraternities, started to proliferate on college campuses during the 19th century that hazing really came into its own. By the time Mort Leggett entered Cornell in 1873, hazing was […]

4-year-old dead; Kentucky ATO banned

This is a heartwrenching story. See my Hazing Deaths page and this link for more information. Excerpt: “Jacob Heil, 18, was charged with DUI Saturday at the scene, not far from a UK football game. UK put ATO on suspension Tuesday after finding the fraternity had allegedly served alcohol to pledges at a tailgate before […]

Wiley College bans Greek Life

Wiley president stops Greek activities. President wants all Greek letters put away “or else”: his proclamation.

Remembering John Davies, Nevada-Reno Sundowners and a Wolfpack football player

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