Tracking hazing deaths

Add this sad Univ. of Rhode Island Lambda Chi Alpha to Hazing Death List

Post author By Hank Nuwer
Post date November 30, 2017
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Note: On Nov. 30, 2017, I discovered the death of Jose Manuel Costa, 20, a University of Rhode Island sophomore, who died following an all night Lambda Chi Alpha session. A passenger, Costa was killed when the vehicle went off the road and hit a pole on Rte 1A in N. Kingston, R.I. Source The Journal News, White Plains, December 17, 1964. The chapter was punished by President Francis H. Horn with a $500 fine.

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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