[MysticCat]

As Kevin says, every organization (and every college, I would think) prohibits hazing, as do most if not all state laws. That said, the definitions of what constitutes hazing can vary.

As far as things like waking pledges up to take them out to a field and beat them (was your brother already living in the house as a pledge?), I tend to be a little suspicious. Your brother didn't experience it, but just went by what he was told. I'm older and I remember well that some groups would tell pledges they were going to do something like that, but when they'd actually get to wherever they were going, something more like a party happened. The hazing (and yes, it was hazing) was in the fear and anticipation, not in the actual event.

What I'm saying is that one has to be careful to separate rumor from fact.