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As long as things aren't harmful, I think pranks & other goofy requirements aren't bad. like XOMichelle, I would love the attetion from the members of a group with senority.
In HS, I was the youngest person to make the Varsity cheer team my sophmore year. I met soo many people through the girls and since I was the baby of the team I got special treatment & I loved it. It was realy cool knowing so many people but even better so many people who knew me and I didn't know them! At State Finals (HOORAH WE GOT TO GO!) I was told as a joke that I had to sleep in the bathtub & it was just all in fun. (My biggest concern was "well what if someone wants to take a shower??") So I went to go sleep in the bathtub & the girls took pictures and then told me it was a joke... I definetely remeber that season on the team better than any other. If it wasn't for the fact that I made the team during the winter term, I would have probably gotten to be especially close friends with the seniors who graduated that year. My subsequent years on the cheer squad, we had fun TPing the football players houses and they in turn to ours. Harmless pranks are awesome ways to create bonds between teammates, teams and between grade levels.
My sorority doesn't haze or require us to do any pranks which is a good policy but at the same time I was kinda dissapointed. I was looking forward to having to go out and do stupid pranks or jokes such as having to go do a solo seranade at a fraternity. (Esp at the houses with Josh Hartnett look-alikes) Half the time, during my pledge term I came up with silly ideas and talked some of the actives into acting them out with me. (i don't remember any of the jokes tho anymore tho)
Bottom line-I think as long as no one gets hurt, its all in fun, and the person is given a choice, its alright. It goes too far when the pranks are set up to hurt someone or have potential to be harmful.
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