Tracking hazing deaths

Busted New England fraternity was Sigma Alpha Beta: WHDH-TV – Boston,MA,USA

Post author By Hank Nuwer
Post date March 6, 2009
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and an excerpt

HENNIKER, N.H. — Authorities in New Hampshire arrested seven students at New England College allegedly involved in hazing.

All seven students were victims in a hazing ceremony for initiation into Sigma Alpha Beta.

The fraternity has been under investigation since a hazing incident last fall involving branding, or burning, pledges.

By Hank Nuwer

Journalist Hank Nuwer tracks hazing deaths in fraternities and schools. Nuwer is the Alaska author of Hazing: Destroying Young Lives; Broken Pledges: The Deadly Rite of Hazing, High School Hazing, Wrongs of Passage and The Hazing Reader. In April of 2024 and April 2025 , the Alaska Press Club awarded him first place in the Best Columnist division.

He has written articles or columns on hazing for the Sunday Times of India, Toronto Globe & Mail, Harper's Magazine, Orlando Sentinel, The Chronicle of Higher Education and the New York Times Sunday Magazine. His current book is Hazing: Destroying Young Lives from Indiana University Press. He is married to Malgorzata Wroblewska Nuwer of Fairbanks, Alaska. Read his musings in his blog at Real Alaska Daily--http://realalaskadaily.com

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