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NEWS ABOUT: hazing

hazing stories: 9 news summaries

Hazing 'Slut List' Rattles
NJ High School

Administrators try to crack down on mean girls' ritual

Sep 24, 09 2:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - Parents and administrators are trying to crush a rite-of-passage "slut list" targeting freshmen in a top academically ranked New Jersey High School. The hazing isn't being perpetrated by adolescent boys, but by senior girls, who write and circulate degrading comments about the  incoming 13-year-old girls at Milburn High. And... More »

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high school • New Jersey • Whorelore • hazing • slut • Milburn High School

(AP) - The US Embassy in Afghanistan says it has fired eight security guards following allegations of lewd behavior and sexual misconduct at their living quarters. The management team of the private contractor that provides the guards is also "being replaced immediately," officials at the Kabul embassy said today. The... More »

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Afghanistan • alcohol • Kabul • lewd conduct • parties • US Embassy • hazing • military contractors

 Navy K-9 Unit Accused 
 of Vicious Sex Hazing 

Recruits were hog-tied, forced to simulate sex in Bahrain unit

Sep 4, 09 4:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - A culture of vicious hazing and sexual abuse held sway at the US Navy's bomb-sniffing dog division in Bahrain for years, a Youth Radio investigation finds. Documents obtained under the Freedom of Information act state that incidents included "throwing hard balls at the groin" and "a dog attacking... More »

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US military • bullying • canine units • Bahrain • US Navy • dog • hazing

 Sex Acts Tied to 
 Promotion at Afghan 
 Embassy: Guard 

Private contractor encouraged nude, drunken parties, worker says

Sep 3, 09 6:37 AM CDT
(Newser) - One of the guards at the rowdy US embassy in Kabul went public last night, telling ABC News that new recruits had to participate in naked parties and perform sex acts with other men in order to get promoted or be assigned preferable shifts. The guard, one of 12 who... More »

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Kabul • US Embassy • private security guards • hazing • drunkenness

4 GIs Charged With Hazing Suicide Soldier

Ashamed private
later shot himself
in portable toilet

Aug 21, 09 4:17 PM CDT
(Newser) - Four US Army soldiers in Iraq have been charged with cruelty and maltreatment for hazing a private who later killed himself, MSNBC reports. The NCOs allegedly hazed 19-year-old Keiffer P. Wilhelm with excessive physical exercise while showering him with verbal abuse. Wilhelm, self-conscious about his weight, shot himself in a... More »

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suicide • US military • abuse • US Army • court martial • Iraq war • hazing • American soldiers • NCOs

 NH Frat Brands  
 Pledges With Bayonet  

Police try to be 'fair'
on executors of
long-held tradition

Apr 23, 09 11:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - Two men face misdemeanor hazing charges for branding fraternity pledges at a New Hampshire college with a World War II bayonet, the Concord Monitor reports. Authorities began investigating the hazing after four students sought burn treatment at New England College's infirmary. Six of the seven pledges involved had 7-inch burn... More »

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fraternity • New Hampshire • college • hazing • New England College • Henniker, NH

Forget Syllabi; Booze Fest Kicks Off St. Andrews' Year

At Prince William's alma mater Raisin Weekend a time of nudity, debauchery

Oct 14, 08 1:51 PM CDT
(Newser) - If only these medieval walls could talk. Scotland's oldest university is seeping with tradition, but perhaps none as unexpected as Raisin Weekend, a two-day hazing festival with unclear roots that encourages "academic mothers" to booze up their "children"—who are then escorted to parties and, sometimes, into... More »

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Prince William • college student • hazing • University of St. Andrews • foam party • Raisin Weekend

(Newser) - For the first time in 40 years, horns won’t blow at a University of Wisconsin football game tonight: The marching band’s been suspended for alleged hazing, the Wisconsin State Journal reports. The school hasn't disclosed details, but the band director said alcohol and “inappropriate sexual behavior”... More »

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University of Wisconsin • hazing • marching band

 Frat Boys Busted for Third-Degree Burn 'Hazing'

Boiling water and pepper spray poured on pledges' backs

May 8, 08 4:52 AM CDT
(Newser) - Ten Tulane University frat boys face battery charges after taking "Hell Night" hazing way too far and severely burning two pledges, CNN reports. The Pi Kappa Alpha members poured boiling water with pepper spray in it and "crab boil" seasoning mix onto the backs of pledges to see... More »

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fraternity • New Orleans • Louisiana • student • Tulane University • hazing

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