Tracking hazing deaths

San Diego State’s Barzeen Barzanji dies — from Sigma Alpha Epsilon, but at another house

Post author By Hank Nuwer
Post date May 12, 2012
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Under investigation: another Sigma Alpha Epsilon death (San Diego State’s Barzeen Barzanji), which has occurred after the undergraduate members rejected a measure that would require chapters to be dry following a previous death at Cornell. http://www.phikaps.org/news/89893/Updated-Statement-Regarding-the-Death-of-a-Student.htm

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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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