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Parent defends Sacramento hazing; other voices express concern. Our opinion is this: police should follow the beverage trail.

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My big question: The police officer interviewed in this piece on low-level athletic hazing is looking for
someone to complain before acting. My comment? They won’t. So he should.
The officer needs to do his job a bit better and find out if under-aged players were served.
I also think the dad’s opinion in this piece is telling–and naive. HN

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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