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Adding post from crazy411skater@yahoo.com

All: I try hard to post all statements except those that might get the sender or me into legal trouble or which are problematic if read by a minor. This is the former case, not the latter. But much of his letter and his point can be shared.
Essentially, crazy41skater wrote this about the recent entry concerning hazing at Texas Tech: “I dont think ive laughed this hard in a long time. i was there and was able to witness most of what happened and its ridiculous how people can get away with saying certain things just by playing the victim. i think people should take into consideration:” Here he, in no uncertain terms, offers a rebuttal to charges made by Nguyen. He denies events occurred as they were described in the newspaper piece published here at entry #906 –Moderator

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. Nuwer is a former columnist for the Greenville (Ohio)Early Bird and former managing editor of the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner in Alaska.
Nuwer was named the Ohio Society of Professional Journalists columnist of the year in 2021 for his “After Darke” column in the Early Bird. He also won third place for the column in 2022 from the Indiana chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists. He and his wife Gosia, recently of Union City, Ind., have owned 20 acres in Alaska for many years. “The move is a sort-of coming home for us,” said Nuwer. As a journalist, he’s written about the Alaskan Iditarod sled-dog race and other Alaska topics. Read his musings in his blog at Real Alaska Daily--http://realalaskadaily.com

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