Vermont’s Phi Gamma Delta chapter says the school has it all wrong about gay taunts.
Link to story and denials here:
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
Here is the newspaper account. The state’s attorney general has taken a “what can I do?–Nothing” stance in the hazing episode rocking the state.
As part of the democratic process, after reading the article and making your own mind up, you can contact Attorney General Terry Goddard’s office by phone and fax to express your approval or displeasure regarding the way Ms. Polk’s office handled the hazing case. Scroll down the news page on this site to read Ms. Polk’s letter.
Terry Goddard’s phone is 602.542.5025
Fax 602.542.4085
There is an 800 number listed: 800.352.8431 (outside Phoenix and
Tucson)
Who is Terry Goddard? Quoted from his web site:
“Terry Goddard is Arizona’s 24th Attorney General, the chief legal officer of the State. The Attorney General is an independent, constitutionally mandated office elected by the people of the State of Arizona to a four-year term.
The Attorney General’s Office … investigates” crime and civil rights violations.
Letter from the SUNY-Bing. vice president for student affairs
To the Editor:
I have recently heard that some groups or individuals may be placing our students in harm’s way with forms of hazing.
The safety of our students will always be a major priority at Binghamton and hazing in any form is a violation of New York State Law and the University hazing policy.
All students must understand the subtleties of hazing. Hazing need not be a forced or coerced activity. When a “suggestion†or “opportunity†to do something you otherwise would not do is made, that is hazing. You do not have to follow any suggestion where you feel forced, coerced or threatened to do anything or to be deprived of something. For example, if you are told “it is a tradition that you shave your head†to belong to this organization, no matter what organization it is, you don’t have to do it!
If you believe you are being hazed or you witness a hazing incident, report it to staff in Campus Life, Residential Life, University Police, Judicial Affairs or Student Affairs.
It is up to you to help end hazing activities. You must police each other as well as yourselves. This letter is a clear warning that there are consequences for any organization found to be involved in hazing activities.
If you have a question about a practice, ask us. We will help you.
I hope all students will act responsibly.
Sincerely,
Rodger Summers,
Vice President for Student Affairs
“The eight charges Phi Psi faces at the upcoming panel hearing are: assault and battery, hazing; rioting or inciting to riot; possession or use of firearms or weapons; failure to comply with the official regulation or instruction of the University; consuming or possessing alcoholic beverages; committing an act or attempting to commit an act on campus that would be in violation of city, parish, state or federal law; and attempting to commit any of the listed offenses.
The incident involved a Phi Psi pledge member who allegedly assaulted another University student during a fraternity event.”
Whew! Talk about landing in hot sauce!
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New book on hazing by a psychologist:
Link here for info on new hazing book for parents and general public by Susan Lipkins
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