Police charge 16-year-old football player from Cromwell H.S. after four rookies allegedly were beaten with a belt. http://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/local/Cromwell-Football-Player-Charged-in-Hazing-Incident-Cops-324182861.html
Author: 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
Univ. of Connecticut investigating possible hazing involving hockey squad. http://wtnh.com/2015/09/04/uconn-investigating-allegations-of-hazing-in-hockey-program/ …
Caleb Jackson, 26, was sentenced to four years in prison: He could have received 15 years.
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Judge Marc Lubet said that he chose not to give Jackson a more lengthy prison term because he said evidence showed that Champion was a willing participant in the incident.
Champion’s parents, Robert Sr. and Pam Champion, both testified Friday and expressed disappointment with the outcome of the prosecutions over the past four years, which they said didn’t collectively send a clear message to end hazing.
“Yes, Mr. Jackson, you killed my son,” she said looking at Jackson. “You will never get out from under the fact that you killed my son.”
Fifteen former band members were charged in Champion’s death. Purported ringleader Dante Martin was sentenced to 6 1/2 years in prison in January. Jessie Baskin served just shy of a year in county jail after entering a no-contest plea to manslaughter. Most of the others were sentenced to community service and probation.
Jackson’s sentencing now ends all prosecution in the case.
Champion collapsed and died in November 2011 after being pummeled by other members of FAMU’s famed Marching 100 band with fists and instruments during a brutal ritual known as “crossing Bus C” while aboard a parked bus after a football game.
Here is the latest from Texas:
Excerpt from the Tech Toreador:
David Greis, the colony development coordinator for Beta, said he will be in Lubbock the remainder of the school year to help the chapter recolonize.
“We are trying to find the guys to build up the Beta chapter,” Greis said. “And to really be a positive in the guys’ lives and hopefully add a lot of value to the Greek system here as well.”
The fraternity looks for gentlemen, scholars and leaders, Greis said.
Beta plans to be involved in brotherhood events, social events, philanthropy events and mixers with sororities, he said, as well as have members focus on grades.
“We want Beta to really compliment the college experience,” Greis said, “but we don’t want it to be the entire college experience. Grades are a priority.”
All classifications are welcome, he said, and finding the right type of members is going to help bring a positive image back to the fraternity.
It is going to be important for the chapter to recruit members with the same values as the fraternity, he said.
“We want guys who maybe didn’t find their fit in the fraternities they looked at,” Greis said, “and maybe want to build this positive experience.”
Beta will have a zero tolerance policy for hazing, Greis said.
Here is the list of chapters that have been told to stop rush activities: Alpha Epsilon Pi; Alpha Tau Omega; Chi Psi; Delta Kappa Epsilon; Kappa Alpha Order; Lambda Chi Alpha; Phi Gamma Delta; Phi Kappa Sigma; Phi Sigma Kappa; Sigma Alpha Epsilon; Sigma Chi; Tau Kappa Epsilon and Theta Chi.