To say that all NPC sororities do not haze would be a stretch since everyone on GC seems to have a different definition of hazing. However, I have heard and seen NPC sororities engaging in some form of "hazing" if you will. One act was having lil sisters in one NPC sorority wear signs, pins, jewelry that was larger than life, etc saying "My big sis loves me." Now that was brought up by our panhellenic council on campus as hazing so we stopped making our nms wear stuff like that because we were told to. However, I still see this one sorority making their NMs wear lil sis stuff. Now whether the lils choose to wear this stuff is up to them and none of my business... but if you had the option, would YOU wear an 8.5x11 sign with a pink fuzzy boa around it hanging from you neck all day?
Now since I am in a local, there seems to be a stigma against locals with reguards to hazing. I won't lie... things we did in the past could be considered. But that is in the past. There are a lot more creative ways to bond a class together than to haze them senseless. But we still have our traditions that are still considered by some, hazing. SOmeone above mentioned class songs. All the classes in my GLO have songs. The difference is that we don't tell the nms that they have to bad mouth other sororities or prove anything worthy or whatever. If they want to do that... well, that's on them. It's fun because all the prior classes have to sing their song as well. And when you rushed 2 years ago... trying to remember that song on the spot can be pretty funny.
I digress, but I won't lie to the questioning PNM. There are GLOs that do the handbook definition of hazing. I think it just depends on the context of it all and how the event, option, activity, etc is presented to the NM. If the NM is told to wear a clown outfit for a week because so and so didn't like their attitude, yeah, that's hazing... to an extreme. My old roomie was on the soccer team and she had to go around campus dressed up and had to sing songs with the rest of her freshman counterparts just because the senior members felt like having them do that. I think in any organization, there is going to be SOMETHING that may challenge you a bit or make you upset. But to say that it just doesn't happen? that's not right.
On a side note... NatelieCD, what the heck happened to you in college? Details?
