The lead announcement for members only on the Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity web page urges members to learn about a moratorium passed by the organization’s elders. According to a fraternity member who does not wish to be identified, the moratorium concerns pledging, also known as Membership Intake, “due to a proliferation of pending lawsuits (45+). The insider adds that the Fraternity has had its insurance carrier cancel. –Hank Nuwer
Kappa Alpha Psi reportedly issues moratorium on pledging
- Post author By Hank Nuwer
- Post date October 18, 2014
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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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