ANTI-HAZING STATUTES

The following is a compilation of current state statutes that outlaw hazing. Typically, statutes prohibit any willful action that recklessly or intentionally endangers the physical health of a student; some statutes  include the mental health  of  a student as well....
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NUWER'S WRONGS OF PASSAGE REVIEWED

Wrongs of Passage (Indiana University Press), is the second book by Hank Nuwer to examine the tragedies of hazing. Nuwer, whose first book, Broken Pledges, examined in detail the alcohol-related death of Chuck Stenzel at Alfred University, in his latest...
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"GUARDIAN ANGEL" FALLS DOWN ON THE JOB

Timothy M. Burke, Manley & Burke Under the laws of the State of  Idaho,  a sorority may  be liable to one of its members who was injured as a result of becoming intoxicated at two fraternity parties even though the...
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SPLIT IN CIRCUITS CAUSES UNCERTAINLY IN LOUISIANA

Christopher A. Wagner In May, the Louisiana Second Circuit  Court of Appeal held the State of Louisiana and a national fraternity liable for injuries caused to a pledge during a hazing incident1. This decision runs counter to a similar case...
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