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It takes a hazing scandal or death to make a difference: SUNY Binghamton expose puts a target on all SUNY schools

Make no mistake. The hazing deaths and near death at Plattsburgh and Geneseo were not the only SUNY campuses with issues. See below for Binghamton’s Greek investigation.

 

Excerpt: Hank Nuwer, a professor at Franklin College in Indiana who has written four books on hazing, said the difficulties of enforcing anti-hazing laws are not unique to Binghamton.

“There’s a lot of frustration,” Nuwer said. “We’ve got 44 laws out of 50 (states), but you’re looking at a handful that actually have any clout at all. The others at the bottom are symbolic.” http://www.pressconnects.com/article/20120922/NEWS01/309220030/E-mails-show-Binghamton-U-city-police-struggled-stop-hazing?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|FRONTPAGE

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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