Tracking hazing deaths

This day in hazing: the death of Matt Carrington at Chico State Chi Tau

Post author By Hank Nuwer
Post date February 2, 2012
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Moderator note: I respectfully disagree with NPR writer’s calling Matt’s death an accident. His hazing resulted in a felony conviction. That conviction of Gabriel Maestreti says this was no accident. Read about Matt’s Law, his legacy, in California.

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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