FSU Andrew Coffee’s death definitely a hazing: The party introduced pledges to their big brothers and included drinking large amounts of liquor straight from the bottle. The presentment says Coffey consumed a bottle of bourbon he was given. He passed out.
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
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Government Accounting Office shocker
Department of Defense has a ghastly time with offensive sexual behaviors Govt Accounting Office reports proves Dept of Defense has NO defense when it comes to too long turning a blind eye toward sexual assault and hazing.
Another grand jury shoe drops. This time a Florida jury says go ahead with investigation into death of Fla State pledge http://www.bdtonline.com/news/grand-jury-investigation-of-fsu-pledge-s-death-not-complete/article_84944c8a-370f-58b4-8f67-796459989fd6.html
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From the Muncie Star Press, Feb. 15, 1990