Stars of the movie are James Franco and Nick Jonas.  It is based on a book by the same name.

Go to the 45-minute plus mark of this video link

Here is the story link Excerpt follows from NBC-TV.   he death of a young recruit at the Marine Corps’ vaunted Parris Island training camp has triggered a broad investigation into hazing and abuse, the corps said Thursday. The probe, launched following Raheel Siddiqui’s March 18 death, has so far led to allegations against 15 drill […]

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Moderator:  Here is what I could locate. http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/lifestyle/a-horrifying-look-at-what-its-really-like-in-an-american-fraternity/news-story/3a8cc01e67e22b05801684ee11458b22  

Here is the review and columnist opinion from The Guardian and an excerpt. FRom The Guardian: OK, that’s it, totally unsold. Frat boys aren’t just horrid individually – leery, loud, drunk jocks. But the sinister secret organisations they belong to can cultivate cruelty and sexual violence. The one real winner in the film is the […]

Moderator: Here is the link and my feeling.

Here is the link to the latest hazing death back in April WKBN report: According to search warrants, Michael Walker of Cumberland, Virginia was found unresponsive on a porch on April 17th, 2016 after witnesses say he had been heavily drinking all that day. A second search warrant shows that police seized the phone of […]

Here is an except about this chilling, perverse rite of passage. (CNN)Teenage recruits were raped by staff and forced to rape each other as part of initiation practices in the Australian military going back to 1960, a public inquiry heard on Tuesday. The Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sex Abuse is hearing evidence […]

member of the Beta Kappa Gamma Fraternity at LSU died in the fall semester of 2015 during one of the fraternity’s retreats. It was the fraternity’s annual “Apple Night” retreat, where they stayed overnight in the woods to bond with one another. Members left for the retreat on Nov. 6, 2015, the next morning 22-year-old […]

The Harvard Crimson excerpt May 7, 2016 http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2016/5/6/college-sanctions-clubs-greeklife/ By C. RAMSEY FAHS Starting with Harvard’s Class of 2021, undergraduate members of unrecognized single-gender social organizations will be banned from holding athletic team captaincies and leadership positions in all recognized student groups. They will also be ineligible for College endorsement for top fellowships like the Rhodes […]

Moderator:  For an extensive look at hazing in the Coast Guard, look for a library or used copy of my book “Broken Pledges”–Hank Nuwer Here is the link to the lengthy report DOD AND COAST GUARD Actions Needed to Increase Oversight and Management Information on Hazing Incidents Involving Service members

Moderator:  The University of New Hampshire ceased recognition of its troubled Pi Kappa Alpha chapter for hazing and miscellaneous run-ins with police.  Here is a link to the story. And an excerpt: According to Erika Mantz, director of UNH Media Relations, the Gamma Mu chapter of Pike exhausted its right to appeal and was notified […]

Here is the link to Shanon Quinn’s Daily News story. Moderator: Note that Phi Delta Theta headquarters has a mandate for all chapters to be alcohol free. Excerpt and link to full article: Washington State University’s Interfraternity Council Senate confirmed the suspension Wednesday of the Washington Gamma chapter of the Phi Delta Theta fraternity at WSU […]

RIP, Mr. Conroy: link

Link to story and excerpt:  Reporting of military hazing is at best incomplete and at worst…shoddy. Moderator Hank Nuwer

Part of the shutdown of Michigan’s once-prestigious Kappa Alpha Theta were lurid party photos that may have depicted pledges in a state of undress.  Here is the link. I chose NOT to republish the photos. –Moderator

Miami of Ohio orders pledging ceased. Does the grand old university have a culture of hazing? Judge for yourself. http://wkbn.com/2016/02/25/miami-university-investigating-hazing-complaints/ …

Here is the link  And excerpt: In an e-mail to the Daily, University spokesperson Rick Fitzgerald said Theta was suspended for inappropriate conduct. “In January, Kappa Alpha Theta was suspended through the Greek Activities Review Panel process for violations involving hazing and under-age drinking,” Fitzgerald said. A video obtained by The Michigan Daily and heavilty […]

All: My first complaint about Indiana Sigma Alpha Mu having a culture of hazing came from a pledge’s parents back in 1993 when they came to see me.  –Moderator Hank Nuwer PS: From the Michigan student newspaper: “Sigma Alpha Mu [at Michigan] was [kicked out] by its national chapter after … more than $250,000 in damages during […]

Here is the link and an excerpt: SAN JOSE A jury Monday found three white men – one of them from Clovis – guilty of misdemeanor battery on a black suitemate in 2013 at San Jose State University, but did not reach guilty verdicts on more serious hate crime charges. After deliberating for slightly more […]

Buffalo police say there is no evidence that hazing practices led to the death of Ball State student Bradley D’Oyley, but family not sure.  Attorney for the family John Elmore said the police ruling comes too early and he has engaged a private detective to search for additional information.  Buffalo News link

Here is a sad story out of Tennessee–Moderator Brief excerpt: Sunday, Hamilton County School Board Chairman Dr. Jonathan Welch released a statement on the board’s handling of the Ooltewah Rape incident. And the full board statement from Jonathan Welch. I want to first take responsibility for and apologize to the citizens of Hamilton County for […]

Here is the link to what the Post speculates may have been a fictitious gang rape performed by fictitious pledges. –Moderator Excerpt: “Jackie was the primary source for Rolling Stone’s false and defamatory article that included her story about being the victim of a violent sexual assault,” said Libby Locke, one of Eramo’s attorneys. “But there […]

Excerpt: Theater/Books Editor November 23, 2015 Tisch sophomore Jake Rosenberg questions the practice of fraternity hazing, privilege and perception of masculinity in his new play “Brothers.” In light of the startling number of hazing-related deaths, “Brothers” explores the centuries-old practice of hazing and its connotations of masculinity and power. This one-act play is set in […]