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I don't think that either of those activities described are really 'hazing'. In a lot of instances, I think people whine too much.
I attended a private high school in 9th and 10th grade, and being a previously all-guys school, they had the traditional 'Freshman Initiation Week'.
Every freshman was given a green beanie by administration and we had to wear it all week, after our senior decorated it. We also had to memorize a pledge that our senior could make us get down and say on demand.
It was all in good fun and I'm very disappointed to hear that the school has since done away with Initiation Week.
My original post was not meant to be in any way related to everything going on with Chi-O. It was just an observation. I understand that there is a lot of tradition involved in the new member ed/pledge process, and am completely OK with that.
But there has to be a line as far as what needs to be taken to earn one's letters. Physical abuse, forcing pledges to strip down and then circling their fat in marker, adding comments like "Moo", asking them to perform sexual acts, or dropping them off in another town and demanding that they find their way home are all things that I wouldn't wan't done to me, nor would I dream of forcing someone else to do, especially a SISTER of mine that I had a voice in choosing.
*Manda*