Thread: Why Haze!!
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Old 02-28-2008, 03:08 PM
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Originally Posted by MysticCat View Post
sometimes the definition is loose enough to cover almost anything
For example, most hazing statements contain prohibitory clauses against practices "which might cause mental discomfort."

-- study hall is hazing?
-- requiring people to attend meeting is hazing?
-- requiring people to pay attention in meeting and not goof off is hazing?

That sort of clause, I think (and it's in Sigma Nu's policy) is a nice catch all clause which makes it really difficult (impossible) to know whether a practice runs afoul of the policy or not.
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