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That actually does happen at my school, but it is only new member girls stealing the guy's pledge pins. The guys never take the girls' pins.
Normally a guy will "accidentally" leave his pin on his backpack or take off his suit jacket and leave it on the chair, or he will leave it on his dresser in his dorm room or something...then the girl takes the pin. Of course, the guy has done this on purpose, knowing what will happen. Sometimes though, a girl will manage to get it detached from his shirt while he is wearing it, which is MUCH harder, so it is really rare.
Then the guy will ask what she would like for him to do to get it back and it is usually bake cookies, wash her car, serenade, buy her lunch, etc. If the guy is not willing though, you have to give it back when he asks for it but like I said, this is normally something that is sort of mutually planned, so the guy knows what he is doing when he leaves the pin around.
I think this is just a silly tradition. If the new member were actually stealing the guy's pledge pin or if she required payment to give it back or humiliated him, then I think it would be hazing.
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