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Originally posted by icytre:
I am a new member on here, and I must say that these are some interesting responses. Let me put my 06 cents in.
I am not ashamed to say that I was hazed physically and mentally. But, it never was in a manner to where I would question anyone's integrity or I felt like my life was at stake. I was drained mentally and physically, and I was very excited and relieved when I put on that Black and Old Gold.
I don't think the question should be who pledged the hardest because people's perceptions are different. Maybe "Who pledges hard?"
Personally, I think anybody can go get a physical beat down. I will not lie, there were times I felt like I was beat down, but there was so much more to my process.
My process consisted of getting to know my fraternity through learning tons of history(chapter & national), getting to know each other, working together with different personalities, teaching life lesssons, getting physically fit, mental challenges, and learning the true meaning of brotherhood through my experiences and challenges. My experiences always seemed to run well after the midnight hour.  Being that I am a night person, I could deal with it. Everything I did had significance and reason, and that is how it should be.
I think that we really need to realize that these people we are pledging are our chapter's future. Realizing that, our chapter takes our intake process very seriously because we want our future to keep the chapter's traditions going and possibly add new traditions. Understanding that, it has to be more than just physical. Why settle for just inflicting bludgeonings and malicious attacks? 
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SKEE-PHI FRAT
Personally I think pledging is fine but beating is not. You want the individuals that are entering into your organization to have messed up grades because they wanted to be an Alpha. An Alpha man has always been noted for his character and high scholastic achievement. I can't really comment too much about A Phi but I can about AKA. We are to uphold high scholastics and to take the purpose of your organization away to see who is a true whatever is insignificant. I would want my future sorors to study on line. There information as well as their books. AKA must remain like our founders' and if that can't be maintained AKA will be no more. I would die before I let that happen. We need to really evaluate the principals and ethics of our organizations. Are we acting like our founders and are we welcoming people in our brother or sisterhood that are like our founders? Pledging is fine but, have substance with it. Don't let pledging be in vain. Make your line the tightest and the most educated in the organization and on the campus and I think that would make a true Ebony black and Old gold man. Just for the record No one makes a man like an Alpha Man.
Just my little .08 cents.
Much Love and SKee-Phi my frat Bruh.