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Alabama band hazing

The Selma City School Board is looking into hazing allegations involving members of the Selma High School Band and its director, who was placed on administrative leave.The board met behind closed doors last night to discuss the matter. According to an article in today’s Selma Times-Journal, several students were suspended. A school board attorney said in a statement — “there was a problem with several students in the band room and the problem was dealt with immediately.” The paper identified the band director as Brandon Williams. No other information was released, but a school board spokeswoman said in another statement that Selma school officials will not tolerate hazing in any form.

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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