What everyone also has to remember is that people are becoming more sensitive to what is considered hazing. One of the reasons is because there are more people willing to discuss it. As well as the fact that more fraternities and sororities are taking a no tolerance stance on hazing.
As a result of all of this "publicity" people are learning more about it as well as deciding that they are against it. So while the laws do not always reflect what society is willing to accept, in this case the environment is quickly changing. Laws are created to help change society even more quickly then just allowing people to evolve on their own.
I am hearing more and more often of pledges who felt that they were being hazed going to the school newspapers and telling their story. In fact, we just had a chapter do so for my fraternity and reading the story it makes me mad that this chapter is in my fraternity. And none of the events were even harsh, they were just humiliating. Problem is that with the Internet, when a story like that goes up, everyone reads it and some other schools may even decide to print the story as well which embarasses the local chapter (which also happened in this case)
So in today's society, what one chapter does no longer just affects the reputation for that chapter but any others who have charters as well. People who believe in hazing, even the harmless things need to realize that while they think it's okay, many of their members in other chapters aren't taking it any more.
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