hazing
Coverage of hazing in the Nexus archive.
- Ex-Bucknell strength coach charged with hazing in 2024 death of player who collapsed during workout
Mark Kulbis was charged with hazing in the death of 18-year-old Calvin Dickey Jr., who collapsed during a workout. The Pennsylvania attorney general announced the charges.
- Bucknell coach charged with hazing in freshman football recruit’s 2024 death
A Bucknell University football strength coach, Mark Kulbis, is charged with felony aggravated hazing and involuntary manslaughter after a freshman recruit, Calvin Dickey Jr., died in 2024 from stress-induced sickle cell disease following a punitive workout. The Pennsylvania Attorney General’s Office alleges Kulbis disregarded training on handling athletes with sickle cell trait and ignored warnings about Dickey’s condition, leading to his death.
- Football workout may have been ‘hazing’
A football workout is under investigation as potential hazing, according to a ruling. The article references a legal or institutional assessment of the activity.
- Parents who lost children to college hazing spent 4,000 days fighting for federal law in new documentary
Parents who lost children to college hazing spent 4,000 days advocating for federal legislation, culminating in the bipartisan Stop Campus Hazing Act. Their efforts are highlighted in the documentary '4000 Days,' which premieres at the Tribeca Film Festival and features families like the DeVercellys, whose son died in a 2007 fraternity hazing incident.