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Police conclude Brockport Delts belong in a barn, not in a college

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Moderator comment: The State University of New York system has been troubled by deaths of pledges at these rogue chapters–including Geneseo, Plattsburgh, Albany.

Police at the College at Brockport are investigating hazing allegations linked to an unrecognized off-campus fraternity.

College officials said University Police on Wednesday detained a handful of students  after executing a search warrant about 9:30 p.m. Wednesday at 104 Monroe Ave., a residence that borders the college campus.

The months-long investigation has focused on allegations of hazing, assault and drug use and sales, said Brockport Police Chief Daniel Varrenti. The two police departments are leading the joint investigation, he said.

Brockport police Lt. Mark Cuzzupoli said officers were previously called to 104 Monroe about six times this year for noise violations and fights.

“We found some things in the house that we were looking for. I can’t really elaborate on what they are,” due to the ongoing investigation, Chief Daniel Vasile, of Brockport University Police. said.

“There are a lot of kids that go here and we’re trying to keep everybody safe,” Cuzzupoli  added. “We’re trying to be proactive here, with what we’re doing.”

“This house made Animal House look good,” Varrenti said Thursday. “I wouldn’t let my dog walk through this house.”

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 and Best Humorist, second place.

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 Warsaw, Poland and Fairbanks, Alaska. Nuwer is a former columnist for the Greenville (Ohio)Early Bird and former managing editor of the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner in Alaska.
Nuwer was named the Ohio Society of Professional Journalists columnist of the year in 2021 for his “After Darke” column in the Early Bird. He also won third place for the column in 2022 from the Indiana chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists. He and his wife Gosia, recently of Union City, Ind., have owned 20 acres in Alaska for many years. “The move is a sort-of coming home for us,” said Nuwer. As a journalist, he’s written about the Alaskan Iditarod sled-dog race and other Alaska topics. Read his musings in his blog at Real Alaska Daily--http://realalaskadaily.com and in his weekly column "Far from Randolph" in the Winchester Star-Gazette of Randolph County, Indiana.

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