Tracking hazing deaths

Witness claims Clemson Sig Ep pledge Tucker Hipps’ death was hazing-related

Post author By Hank Nuwer
Post date August 14, 2015
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Moderator: As always, I’ll present the allegation, which if true, has serious implications for the civil suit brought by the parents of Sigma Phi Epsilon pledge Tucker Hipps. But I do caution that no charges have been brought against any of those accused of orchestrating any events of that morning.

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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