Tracking hazing deaths

Sad historical note: The year a president witnessed a hazing death

Post author By Hank Nuwer
Post date August 31, 2019
No Comments on Sad historical note: The year a president witnessed a hazing death

President Henry Pritchett, MIT

President Pritchett, fairly new to his office at MIT, attended a cane rush, which he later said was even more dangerous than football, the sport that had then claimed many victims due to a play called the flying wedge. Hugh C. Clarke died and another participant was seriously injured in the deadly class fight. –Hank Nuwer, Hazing: Destroying Young Lives author

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

View Archive

You must be logged in to post a comment.

By Hank Nuwer

Leave a Reply