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Originally posted by emb021
I have no idea why hazing being a problem or not should have an inpact.
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One reason that many organizations and universities have gone to requiring same semester initiation is that it cuts down on the amount of time available for a "Hell Week" or "I-Week." In the not too far distant past, waiting till, say January, to initiate Fall new members, provided a lengthened time frame during which new members were subject to activities that could be mentally and physically harmful.
I even know of campuses who allow fraternities not to initiate spring new members until August or September, after everyone returns, and after grades are known.
Universities and national organizations, again, think that requiring the same semester initiation eliminates hell week for many people. Campuses where hell week was/is a tradition or a standard, I think, need to require same semester initiation and get the activities over with.