Category: Hazing News

Moderator: Hank Nuwer  As you can tell, I am immersed in research for yet another hazing book. .)

Leighton Mount

The amazing story of how a Northwestern University president tried to blame a student’s disappearance after a class rush on a “suicide.” And denied a rush-related additional accident was hazing-related http://www.northbynorthwestern.com/…/murder-on-the-lake-th…/

Harassment and hazing

The recent and swift cultural change regarding sexual harassment in this country is remarkable and truly unprecedented (“A win for decency, a warning for the GOP,” Dec. 14). The #MeToo movement has given victims of sexual harassment a voice that is finally being heard.

Much like sexual harassment, hazing is another centuries-old practice that must stop. Colleges and universities have anti-hazing policies that are effectively nothing more than marketing tools to allay the fears of parents. In reality, many schools continue to turn a blind eye. Schools hide behind the fact that most fraternity and sorority houses are “privately” owned, and therefore, the school has no jurisdiction. With the two recent hazing deaths of young men at Penn State and Texas State universities, we as a society must say enough is enough.

As in cases of sexual harassment, we must hold people accountable and put an end to hazing.

— Denyse Richter, Portsmouth, N.H.

Orlando Sentinel: FSU fraternity death result of ‘alarming’ alcohol abuse, grand jury says; It called the alcohol abuse at Pi Kappa Phi “alarming” and said while Coffey wasn’t “physically forced” to drink, his death “occurred with in an environment of hazing,” at a party…

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.