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
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MIT PBE hazing investigation update
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Quad City Times link above and excerpt below:
CLINTON, Iowa — After hearing more than three hours of testimony, the Clinton School Board unanimously affirmed the suspension of a student over hazing of freshman football team members during homecoming week.
Daylan Ludemann, a senior on the football team at Clinton High School, was among about a dozen students suspended over the incident that involved chasing, paddling and bullying the freshman students.
The students received five-day out-of-school suspensions and separate good-conduct suspensions from activities.
Ludemann appealed the four-week, good-conduct suspension to the school board. He returned to school last week after serving the out-of-school suspension. An open hearing was held Monday night at the student’s request.
Freshman football coach Dan Sullivan described the scene as “chaos.â€
As the freshman players left the building after their game, the doors locked behind them. Sullivan said he and two other coaches heard noises and looked to see what was going on outside.
The coach said 30 to 40 people, all dressed in dark clothing and some wearing masks, were chasing the freshmen players around the field and the area around the school. Some carried what looked like bats or sticks and some were hitting the players. Sullivan said after yelling at them, the assailants finally left and he got the players who were still there back inside and called 911 because he was not sure if anyone was hurt or needed medical attention.
CHS associate principal Lisa Toppert said she interviewed a number of students and an administrative team worked together to determine the punishments against those students whose participation was confirmed by reports from at least two separate students.