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Quick updates from Florida A & M

Mother of Robert Champion scorns the first man given just probation in her son’s death. http://abcnews.go.com/US/video/hazing-victims-mom-blasts-deceitful-lies-in-court-17537732

 

No jail time for first defendant with supposedly minimal involvement in the death of Robert Champion. Judge throws a light book at him–probation  http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/10/22/first-defendant-sentenced-in-famu-hazing-case/

 

Florida A & M shuts down a professional sorority. This has to be taking its toll on staff but FAMU gets praise for sticking to its antihazing stance. http://www.theroot.com/buzz/another-hazing-incident-famu

 

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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