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Student escapes charges in Prairie View A & M death of Donnie Wade

Post author By Hank Nuwer
Post date November 10, 2010
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DALLAS â€” A grand jury has declined to indict a fraternity member linked to the hazing death of a Prairie View A&M University student last year.

Waller County Assistant District Attorney Fred Edwards told The Associated Press Wednesday that the grand jury made its decision after twice meeting to consider the circumstances surrounding the death last October of Donnie Wade II of Dallas.

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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