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News feature by Aaron Besacker. Why is hazing so hard to prosecute? Read to find out.
Interviews with David Easlick, Kimberly Burch, Douglas Fierberg continue
–Moderator Hank Nuwer
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 and Best Humorist, second place.
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
Thank you to Aaron for forwarding the link.
News feature by Aaron Besacker. Why is hazing so hard to prosecute? Read to find out.
Interviews with David Easlick, Kimberly Burch, Douglas Fierberg continue
–Moderator Hank Nuwer
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“Editorial: UB sends clear message on hazing”
https://buffalonews.com/2019/04/15/editorial-clear-message-on-hazing/
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Coach turns self in voluntarily
By Phil Helsel
An Ohio wrestling coach who had been accused of child endangerment and hazing turned himself into police on Friday, an official said.
Bart Freidenberg, 58, was wanted by police in the city of Franklin on charges of child endangerment and hazing, Franklin Police Chief Russ Whitman said in an email.
The charges were related to an alleged incident in June 2018 when the Ohio All-Star Wrestling Team, which Freidenberg coached, was renting school facilities in Franklin before leaving for a wrestling tour on the West Coast, police said Monday in a statement.
Ironically, this well-researched article on hazing by th eSyracuse daily Orange came out even as another death in New York had occurred upstate in Buffalo. See also the University of Buffalo Spectrum