Thank you for the clarification, I was just pointing out how it seemed from an outsider's perspective. I apologize for any disrespect what I said might have conveyed, I certainly didn't mean any. I just wanted to say that from an outsider it seemed really odd and harsh without any backstory.

I totally understand. I was an "outsider" when the first flyer went out - so I completely understand where you're coming from. :)

Wow, I can't imagine having the oppritunity to haze! Our school has VERY strict polices. Although, the reason they were put into effect was because a student was endangered because of hazing. I am just so used to signing an anti-hazing contract every year and proudly saying we don't haze. It's funny though when alumni come back from about 20 years ago and ask why we aren't making the pledges do certain things. Every year the same people ask and every year we tell them it breaks our anit-hazing laws. I guess, I also don't understand why someone would want to be friends with people that made them do outrageous things. I understand everyone does it, but still theres a thin line...

I kind of went off the topic there but I just didn't realize how many people assumed locals haze because they don't have nationals to stop them. I guess just because we dont have nationals, doesn't mean we don't have someone regulating what we do...

Well the media never says anything about the many many GLOs who go on existing, without 0 instance of hazing ever. They just always focus extremly on the couple of instances that happen a year, and in doing so always try and bring up past ones.