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According to the NPC website this is hazing in case there are any questions, "Hazing is defined as any action or situation with or without consent which recklessly, intentionally or unintentionally endangers the mental or physical health or safety of a student, or creates risk of injury, or causes discomfort, embarrassment, harassment or ridicule or which willfully destroys or removes public or private property for the purpose of initiation or admission into or affiliation with, or as a condition for continued membership in a chapter or colony of an NPC member fraternity. All member groups will affirm their policies denouncing hazing and inform their membership of this NPC position denouncing hazing through mailings and through their inter/national magazines."
33girl - Actually, I did not bash locals. I wrote of MY own experience with MY own chapter. I never wrote anything about any other organization. I was injured during a pledging event similar to something that Bridget3D described, and I recounted my own experience as an example of what can potentially go wrong. I knew that I was uncomfortable with what was happening at the time. I knew that I was hazed when I was rushed to an emergency room. Later, I didn't know that some of the things we did as sisters would be considered hazing until our International HQ and NPC very specifically outlined what was hazing. And yes, the sisters were and still are nice and good people. For the record there was never any alcohol or violence which is hazing. The word for people who engage in this behavior is not "assholes" but criminals. My concern is not about scavanger hunts or pledge/sister interviews, but blindfolding people and leading them into the woods. The potential for injury is high.
I'm not sure what SNL and Katie Roiphe have to do with this. I am not a part of any "victim mentality" despite what you may believe.
Bridget3D - I agree many of us were hazed. I'm not chewing you out. I just don't want any of your pledges injured as I was. Blindfolding can be dangerous. I just think you and your sorority need to weigh the consequences of a potential injury against the benefits of this event.
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