Tracking hazing deaths

Blackfoot High School drops sexual assault charges against basketball players; coach returned to job

Post author By Hank Nuwer
Post date January 11, 2011
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Here is the end of the odd but hardly unusual case where a prosecutor ends up dropping all charges after a community and nation are led to believe a serious incident occurred. The mishandling of the Carmel (IN) basketball case has been a public relations disaster for the community of Carmel.

Story link to Blackfoot High School

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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