Tracking hazing deaths

Close call at SUNY Geneseo–athletic hazing

Post author By Hank Nuwer
Post date September 6, 2012
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The State University of New York at Geneseo volleyball had its games cancelled after a close call due to an alcohol-fueled initiation and hazing. Wasn’t the death of Arman Partamian, 18, enough at Geneseo–and so recently? http://www.democratandchronicle.com/article/20120906/NEWS01/309060031/charges-pending-in-geneseo-case?nclick_check=1

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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