Maybe an example of how "joking about hazing" doesn't look good -- the IFC at the University of Kansas has got itself into the news, and not in a good way, for "hazing":
http://www.kansan.com/news/2011/feb/03/ifc-hazing/?news
Multiple executive board members of the Interfraternity Council (IFC), the governing body for fraternities, said they were willing to subject themselves to a vote to remove themselves from the council, following a hazing incident that occurred in November.
The declarations came at an IFC meeting . . . that served as a forum for fraternity members and others to question council members about the hazing incident, which occurred after a turnover ceremony between the 2010 IFC council to the 2011 IFC council.
. . . According to a December report by Associate Vice Provost for Student Success Lori Reesor, members of the council engaged in paddling on Nov. 18. The report said that no new executive board members were paddled by former members and that only former members had paddled each other.
None of the former executive board members said he was hurt or forced into paddling, the report said.
. . . “They talked about this activity was typical ‘guy’ behavior like hitting each other on the arm. They understand now that this activity does not look good at all and they apologized for their actions.”
During the meeting, council members reviewed recommended sanctions in the report, many of which are being implemented, council members said.
Among the sanctions listed are the removal of paddles from IFC office space and that paddles should not be purchased with IFC funds or used at IFC events.
Outgoing IFC president Jake Droge, senior from Wichita, said that an anti-hazing consultant would also be hired and that the turnover ceremony would be different next year. . . .
And from the Kansas City Star's site:
http://www.kansascity.com/2011/02/05...ning-body.html