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Background on the Iowa hazing decision: lawsuit by Phi Delta Theta and statement by UI Athletics Director Bob Bowlsby: no hazing occurred

The University of Iowa is now facing a lawsuit from a fraternity chapter regarding a past incident and how it was handled. Was this Phi Delta Theta lawsuit a factor in why the university shied away from calling a baseball incident a case of hazing? Read and draw your own conclusions. I simply do not know if the recent Iowa decision had anything to do with the Phi Delta Theta suit, but it is something to ponder: moderator

Background–Athletics Director Bob Bowlsby: no hazing occurred

By 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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