Hey ginger,
There is a website against hazing you might be interested in (if you haven't already seen it) that shows the other side of hazing in Greek Letter Organizations :
Stop Hazing.Org
Hank Nuwer is involved with that, he has also written some books about hazing. In fact, he has a new one out that I haven't read
yet. ("Wrongs of Passage")
In his book "Broken Pledges: the Deadly Rite of Hazing" he tells the
true story of a boy named Chuck who was hazed + died as a result.
The positive outcome from this tragedy was that Chuck's mother decided to do something about it, and has devoted her life to speaking out against hazing. Chuck's death occured in the 70's (1974 if I remember correctly), so that's a lot of time to put into anti-hazing! Something really cool is that his mom said at first she hated all GLO's, but the more she talked to them, the more she like them! And, instead of trying to abolish the Greek system, she worked (and does still) to make it even more positive by educating members about the real dangers of hazing.
Chuck's death, incidentally, resulted from a combination of things, but mainly alcohol poisoning.
I agree with Mikki that some of things considered 'hazing' are way out there. And I think most of the people on this board will agree w/ that. That doesn't mean that they all support hazing, though.
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Phi Beta Fraternity
[This message has been edited by SilverTurtle (edited April 03, 2000).]