In 2006 the wonderful Buffalo State Library team of Vice President Maryruth Glogowski and archivist Dan DiLandro
took on the workload of beginning the nation’s first archives and collection of scholarly books and articles on the
topic of hazing in Greek life, high schools, the military, international societies, medical intern training, and occupations
(firefighters, police, restaurant workers, industrial, etc.). Â In time, I trust, it may be feasible to add materials on gang initiations
to the collection. In time, all my hazing files and research will be willed to this collection.
How can this help me, you ask? Â If you are an undergraduate student doing a senior thesis or a graduate student or book
researcher (Higher Education, Popular Culture, Psychology, Sociology, Law Enforcement) doing research on hazing,
you will find a small but increasingly important Hazing Collection at Buffalo
State College Special Collections awaiting your inspection for no charge during regular Special Collections hours. Â
In return, after you write your work, please make
one extra copy of your unpublished or published original research and donate it to the Library.
2) Â If you are one of the parents or interested citizens who have inquired about donating funds for hazing research,
consider sending your contribution to the Hazing Collection to purchase expensive research books and materials
such as doctoral dissertations. The first besides myself to donate was
Dan Bureau, Campuspeak’s Hazing Hero award winner for 2007, who donated his research and some from Campuspeak that had been
developed by the Association of Fraternity Advisers Hazing Taskforce. Thank you, Dan. Â
In 2007 I
have made a pledge to earmark another $1,000 to the library collection. Please consider matching that donation to BSC’s Research Collection by designating your matching $1,000 donation to The Hazing Collection. Â Or, if you cannot
afford that, consider donating the price of a new book related to hazing behavior, legal aspects of hazing, or
the psychology of adolescence. Education is the only way to reverse the increasingly violent hazing occurring in high schools
and in collegiate athetic teams.
The address for contributions of money or research materials is Maryruth Glogowski, Buffalo State Library Special
Collections, Butler Library, 1300 Elmwood Avenue, Buffalo, New York 14222. Â
Thank you for your consideration. And special thanks to BSC’s Maryruth and Dan for making this long-overdue
effort happen. It is my hope that other educational institutions will devote library space to hazing research materials to
eradicate a problem that goes back centuries and has no place in supposed centers for civility and knowledge.
Hank Nuwer
2006 honorary doctorate holder from BSC
Waldron, Indiana
