Tracking hazing deaths

Kappa Alpha Psi trial for injurious pledge beatings

Post author By Hank Nuwer
Post date November 5, 2011
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Beaten pledge was kept from his parents who might have seen the injuries.

Suspects in a violent fraternity hazing incident leave Kern County court after their arraignment on misdemeanor charges Monday, Oct. 31, 2011. BAKERSFIELD, Calif. – The long investigation report into an alleged fraternity hazing incident involving CSUB ..

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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