• Watchdog: Hazing Deaths
  • Blog
  • Storytelling
  • Bio
  • High School Sexual Hazing Incidents
  • Campus Speaker: Hazing & Binge Drinking
  • Military & Secret Society Deaths
  • World Hazing Deaths & Incidents
  • “Hazing,” “Sons of the Dawn,” “Legend of Jesse Owens”

Hank Nuwer's Hazing Scholarship Site

Follow me on Social Media

  • Email
  • Facebook
  • LinkedIn
  • Twitter
  • YouTube

Badjocks.com update–Bridgewater and Iowa: excerpt attached

June 20, 2006 By Hank Nuwer Leave a Comment

U of Iowa Baseball Initiation FOIA Request Day 5 Update – Kind of a “good news, bad news” day for this story. We actually received a nice email from someone at UI on Monday, which read:

Mr. Reno,

University of Iowa Sports Information Director Phil Haddy forwarded me your public records request, which he received June 15, because I am the custodian of public records for the UI.
I am checking to see whether we have copies of the photos in question. Otherwise, it appears that the only document that we have regarding this incident is the memo to President Skorton from Prof. Altmaier and Associated Athletic Director Fred Mims.
If that is all there is, I will e-mail a copy to you and there will be no
charge. I should be able to respond fully yet this week.

Steve Parrott
Director of University Relations
University of Iowa

The bad news is that we asked for more than just that final report: we also wanted any transcripts of interviews that the investigators did with the baseball team and either they didn’t take any notes, or we didn’t ask for the right thing. Damn! Now we wish we had finished law school . . . or college for that matter. We sent an email back asking for any documents related to the interviews, if any exist. Our guess is that they never put any of it in writing. Either way, we hope to get post that memo to the prez for you later in the week.
BONUS: Bridgewater State College Investigates Alleged Hazing, Uses “Iowa Defense” – The guy at the “Dirty 30” site linked to these pictures and we vaguely remember seeing them, but it’s interesting to see that the BSC athletic director is taking the same investigatory technique with its women’s soccer team that Iowa did with their men’s baseball team: ignore their own hazing policy and clear the team of hazing allegations because a) players weren’t forced to participate and b) the incident happened after the season was over . . . so it couldn’t possibly be hazing, right? Athletic Director John “See No Evil” Harper even went so far as to boast that, “I know hazing when I see it.” While that mildly reassuring and disturbing at the same time, it might help if you read your own policy there John, ’cause there’s nothing in there about when it occurs during the season and, in fact, the last line reads “An individual in alleged violation of the hazing policy may not use consent as a defense to any prosecution.” (Taunton Gazette)

Filed Under: Hazing News

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

You must be logged in to post a comment.

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

Contact Inquiries

Hank Nuwer

Correspondence: Hank Nuwer at Hnuwer@hanknuwer.com   Phone number upon request.  Available presentations USA, … Email to book a date.

Books

Sons of the Dawn: A Basque Odyssey: Hank's novel is for teens 11-18 but also meant to be enjoyed by … Read More

Watchdog: Hazing Deaths

… Read More

Bulletin: Sadly, Stone Foltz has passed away

Moderator: I am posting from West Virginia where my family is with me hiking and camping through Tuesday.  My condolences to friends and especially family of Stone Foltz. Here is my column for today for Stateshousefile.com. It was written yesterday and may be reposted if you wish.

A Miami of Ohio cautionary tale

This pledge made it through hazing–barely. Now he is speaking out.

Delta Chi (VCU) and Pi Kappa Alpha (BGSU) By Hank Nuwer

  The year 2020 came and went with no direct hazing deaths in U.S. and North American schools for the first time since the year 1958. To be sure, there was an indirect death when the girlfriend of an intoxicated pledge killed herself at Louisiana University in 2020 after fraternity pledge brothers broke into her […]

A Pi Kappa Alpha tragedy at Bowling Green State University: Toledo Blade

3/6/2021.   corrected article from Toledo Blade BOWLING GREEN — Prospective member Stone Foltz of the Pi Kappa Alpha International Fraternity at Bowling Green State University is on life suppport following an alleged incident of alcohol-related hazing at an off-campus event, according to a statement from the family’s lawyer.   The fraternity, Pi Kappa Alpha’s Delta […]

Archives


Hank Nuwer's Hazing Scholarship Site is proudly powered by WordPress