Hazing: Destroying Young Lives

371 Pages·2016·26.3 MB·English

by  Hank Nuwer

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Destroying Young Lives
Edited by Hank Nuwer
Indiana University Press
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Tis book is a publication of
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Indiana University Press
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Ofce of Scholarly Publishing
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1320 East 10th Street
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Bloomington, Indiana 47405 USA
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iupress.indiana.edu
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© 2018 by Hank Nuwer
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All rights reserved
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No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or
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and recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system,
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without permission in writing from the publisher.
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Manufactured in the United States of America
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
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Names: Nuwer, Hank, editor.
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Title: Hazing : destroying young lives / edited by Hank Nuwer.
27 Description: Bloomington, Ind. : Indiana University Press, 2018. |
Includes bibliographical references.
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Identifers: LCCN 2017051097 (print) | LCCN 2017057864 (ebook) |
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ISBN 9780253030252 (e-book) | ISBN 9780253029386 (hardback :
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alk. paper) | ISBN 9780253030047 (pbk. : alk. paper)
31 Subjects: LCSH: Hazing—United States. | College students—United
States—Conduct of life. | Greek letter societies—United States. |
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Initiations (into trades, societies, etc.)
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Classifcation: LCC LA229 (ebook) | LCC LA229 .H39 2018 (print) |
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DDC 371.5/80973—dc23
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In memory of Harrison Kowiak and all others who
have perished due to hazing.
To all the Hank Nuwer Anti-Hazing Hero Award
r ecipients recognized by HazingPrevention.Org.
To my wife, Gosia Wroblewska-Nuwer, for her
u nfagging support of my research on hazing.
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And that is why I swore never to be silent whenever and
w herever human beings endure sufering and humiliation.
We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor,
never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the
tormented. Sometimes we must interfere.
—Elie Wiesel, Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech
[Te hazers’] code of honor exalts perjury as a virtue.
—Julian Hawthorne, “Te Crime of Hazing,” Munsey’s Magazine,
March 1905
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Contents
Acknowledgments xi
Credits xiii
Introduction: Te Perils of Hazing, a Few Toughts on Forty Years of
Writing about Hazing / Hank Nuwer 1
1 Dead to Rites: Te Chlorine Poisoning of Henrietta Jackson /
Hank Nuwer 5
2 Hazing in Fraternities and Sororities: A Primer / Hank Nuwer 24
3 A Need for Transparency: Parents, Students Must Make
Informed Decisions About Greek-Life Risks /
Douglas Fierberg and Chloe Neely 42
4 Shame: Te Hidden Harm of Hazing for Victims and Hazers /
Tracy Maxwell 50
5 Sexual Hazing: A Wrongful Passage / Norm Pollard 57
6 Ill Met by Moonlight: Te First Fraternity Hazing Death /
Hank Nuwer 72
7 Eliminating Band Hazing: What Must Be Done / Malinda Matney 88
8 Hazing and Gender: Lenses for Prevention / Elizabeth J. Allan and
Morgan B. Kinney 100
9 Listening to the Voices of the Hazed: An Examination of Race,
Violence, and Black Fraternity Membership / Ashley Stone 116
10 Unspoken Sisterhood: Women in African American
Sororities and Teir Physical and Mental Ordeals—“Weeding
the Good from the Bad” / Gina Lee-Olukoya 138
11 Sexually Exploitive Athletic Hazing and Title IX in the
Public School Locker Room: Warriors, Machismo, and
Jockstraps / Susan P. Stuart 154