The article is two decades old, but is well worth reading for background. The author is Kerri Mumford.
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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. Read his musings in his blog at Real Alaska Daily--http://realalaskadaily.com
Moderator Note: When I was performing initial research on hazing 1975-1989 for “Human Behavior” magazine and my 1990 “Broken Pledges: The Deadly Rite of Hazing,” no fraternity experts were more helpful than CHUCK founder Elenne Stevens and Delta Tau Delta historian Fred Kershner, Jr.
I think you’ll find this article as relevant today as it was decades ago. Moderator Hank Nuwer
Here is Fred’s article. RIP Fred and wife Marian. –Moderator Hank Nuwer
The 1958 California State Hazing Law includes punishments for hazing such as removal of all state aid and scholarships to perpetrators.
See Front Page, Stanford Daily, Nov. 6 1960
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, November 16, 1900