I think that it depends on what scavenger hunts they have to do. Some scavenger hunts are fun and harmless, but others are not. On a 20/20 report about hazing, one of the interviewed girls "Sarah" and other groups of three were put into back seats of cars with their heads down. They couldn't look out the window or talk. One of the sisters drove them out of the state of Minnesota and into North Dakota. (They were close to the state boarder I assume) The girls were dropped off into a wooded area and then told to find their way back to campus. "Sarah said that she spent most of the night outside in sub zero degree temperatures and often wading into knee deep snow". Her foot as it turns out, was frost bit. But she wouldn't let the sisters down and went through with the pain. After 2 days and after initiation she finally got medical attention. The doctor told her that they wanted to schedule an emergency amputation in the morning to cut off her toes. She refused to go through with this procedure and after long painful months of treatment her foot was saved. Later she sued the campus and the sorority, and both denied that it happened. Scavenger hunts such as this, obviously are harmful to the health of students, and I see where some of these people are coming from when they consider this hazing. Other types of scavenger hunts such as finding silly things should not be considered hazing, but what do you do in a situation like this? How do you determine what is harmful and what is not?
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