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Questions come to mind with U-Oregon’s response to a hazing.

Link to article at Register-Guard

Here are the questions–Moderator Hank Nuwer.

  1. Why no criminal charges here?
  2. Why have the names been kept from the public in this hazing incident. Oregon is a public institution.
  3. As Penn State, Texas and other colleges adopt transparency and put all club infractions prominently on a web site, why is Oregon playing the “information keep-away” game with the press? Hopefully, the Register-Guard will file a FOIA request as the San Diego, Grand Rapids, U-Georgia Red & Black have done when similarly information blocked.

 

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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