Wrongs of passage
Subtitle: fraternities, sororities, hazing, and binge drinking
By: Hank Nuwer.
Edition: 1st pbk. ed.
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Bloomington
Language: eng
Number of pages: 323
ISBN-13: 9780253214980
Subjects: Greek letter societies -- United States.; Hazing -- United States.; College students -- Alcohol use -- United States.; College students -- United States -- Conduct of life.
Description: Explores the problems of hazing and binge drinking at fraternities and sororities on American college campuses, telling the stories of some of the young people who have been seriously injured or died as a result of such behaviors; and offers a list of recommendations for reform.
Notes: Originally published: c1999.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [305]-312) and index.
Table of contents: title: The tradition; title: Greekthink; title: Alcohol misuse; title: A weed in the garden of academe; title: Greek traditions and tragedies; title: Sororities; title: The law and hazing; title: Violence in historically African American Greek groups; title: Strategies: what can be done?