A practice with deep historical roots, hazing has led to physical, sexual and emotional abuse — and even deaths — yet still continues in Canada and the U.S.
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'Power and control' at the heart of hazing, says former pro football player, LGBT activist
Wade Davis knows all too well what it's like to be inside a locker room feeling the heat of hazing. Do you speak up or join in on inflicting pain and embarrassment upon fellow athletes? The former pro football player hid behind an insecure facade of masculinity for years trying to protect his secret and avoid becoming […]
'Power and control' at the heart of hazing, says former pro football player, LGBT activist
Wade Davis knows all too well what it's like to be inside a locker room feeling the heat of hazing. Do you speak up or join in on inflicting pain and embarrassment upon fellow athletes? The former pro football player hid behind an insecure facade of masculinity for years trying to protect his secret and avoid becoming […]
Former NHLer Carcillo determined to hold alleged hazing perpetrators accountable
Former NHL player Daniel Carcillo vows to hold those accountable who hurt him physically and emotionally during alleged bullying and hazing incidents in the 2002-03 season when he played junior for the Ontario Hockey League's Sarnia Sting. In a Tuesday morning text exchange with his mom Luana that he posted on Twitter, Carcillo said the alleged […]
Ex-NHLer Carcillo recalls OHL hazing with sawed-off goalie stick
Former NHL player Daniel Carcillo spoke out on the weekend about the alleged hazing he endured as a member of the Ontario Hockey League. In a 15-post narrative on Saturday, Carcillo detailed how as a 17-year-old rookie on the 2002-2003 Sarnia Sting he was bullied by his teammates. Carcillo described being beaten with the sawed-off […]
The Sordid and Dangerous History of Hazing
Like many college freshmen today, 18-year-old Mortimer Marcellus Leggett had high hopes when he entered Cornell University in the fall of 1873. He planned to become a patent lawyer like his father and aspired to join the school’s chapter of the prestigious Kappa Alpha Society. About a month later, young Mort Leggett’s battered body had […]
Chicago high school paused its entire football season amid rumors of hazing
Rena Schild/Shutterstock.com Niles North High School in the Chicago, Illinois suburb of Skokie suspended its entire varsity football season until further notice due to a “possible hazing incident,” The Chicago Tribune reported. Niles North High School posted an official statement on its website about the alleged hazing. “North High School has been made aware of allegations […]
‘They basically treated our son as roadkill’: Parents of Penn State pledge who died after hazing ritual ‘The Gauntlet’ speak out
NBC • Beta Theta Pi pledge Timothy Piazza died February 4 after a fraternity event. • 18 fraternity brothers have been charged in connection with his death; eight brothers have been charged with involuntary manslaughter. • Piazza’s parents called the treatment of their son ‘torture.’ The parents of Timothy Piazza, the 19-year-old Penn State sophomore who died […]
