Tracking hazing deaths

Non-hazing deaths of Beta Theta Pi members

Post author By Hank Nuwer
Post date December 16, 2013
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Hugo Chan, a Beta Theta Pi member from the University of Toronto, died during apparent horseplay as he unsuccessfully tried to scale a wall.

Scott Notary, a Beta Theta Pi from Purdue, died in a fire at his apartment. The fraternity had been ordered out of its house some time ago for miscellaneous violations.

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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