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Judge dismisses hazing charges against Rider officials

Associated Press – August 28, 2007 10:54 AM ET

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) – Two Rider University officials no longer face charges stemming from the binge-drinking death of a fraternity pledge.

A judge today dismissed the aggravated hazing counts against Dean of Students Anthony Campbell and Greek Life Director Ada Badgley. The university’s president had defended the pair, who were placed on paid leave.

The prosecution told the judge there wasn’t enough evidence to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the pair had any role in the incident.
LINK TO ANNOUNCEMENT and coverage at Trenton Times

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Column by Hank Nuwer: Prediction at 8:40 a.m. Charges will be dropped and there will be an outcry from the public.

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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